Level
4-Rook
Chess Diagram
[Event "Puzzle #290"][Date "2016.02.01"][Result "0-1"]1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. de5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Bb4 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. e3 Nge5 8. Ne5 Ne5 9. Be2 a5 10. O-O d6 11. Nb1 Be6 12. a3 Bc5 13. Nc3 Nc4 14. Nd5 Bd5 15. Qd5 Nb6 16. Qb7 O-O 17. Rac1 Rab8 18. Qc6 Qd7 19. Qe4 Rfe8 20. Qd3 Qe6 21. Bd1 Qe4 22. Qe2 Nd5 23. Bg3 Ne3 24. Re1 {White resigned}
Replay the game and then your tasks are going to be as follows:
a) Name the opening
b) What trick could black play if white moved 7. a3 ... instead?
c) How could black win after 24. fxe3 ...?
d) What was the main reason why white lost?
e) Why did white resign immediately after 24. Re1 ...?
Total available points for this puzzle is 19 points. The answers will be published next time together with puzzle #291.
Puzzle #289 solution:
Game Jeffrey Dawson – Yutong Zhang, Vancouver K12, 2011. The correct answers are:
a) English opening
b) Strong aspects of white's setup:
- the h1-Bishop along the h1-a8 diagonal
- the strong pawn center
- stable pawn chains
c) The best line for white to gain advantage is:
[Event "Puzzle #289"][Date "2016.01.18"][Result "1-0"][SetUp "1"][FEN "1r2rbk1/1ppq1ppp/p2p1n2/n3pb2/2PP1P2/1PN1P1P1/P2BN2P/2RQ1RKB w - - 0 14"]14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nd5 Nc6 16. Nxc7 Red8 17. Nd5 exd4 18. exd4 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bg4 {and white won}
Correct solutions:
Jalen - 22 points
Bradley, Yakov, Coco - 20 points
Deryk, Daniel, Benjamin - 15 points
Cody, Aaron - 10 points
Dheera, Shya - 5 points
a) Name the opening
b) What trick could black play if white moved 7. a3 ... instead?
c) How could black win after 24. fxe3 ...?
d) What was the main reason why white lost?
e) Why did white resign immediately after 24. Re1 ...?
Total available points for this puzzle is 19 points. The answers will be published next time together with puzzle #291.
Puzzle #289 solution:
Game Jeffrey Dawson – Yutong Zhang, Vancouver K12, 2011. The correct answers are:
a) English opening
b) Strong aspects of white's setup:
- the h1-Bishop along the h1-a8 diagonal
- the strong pawn center
- stable pawn chains
c) The best line for white to gain advantage is:
[Event "Puzzle #289"][Date "2016.01.18"][Result "1-0"][SetUp "1"][FEN "1r2rbk1/1ppq1ppp/p2p1n2/n3pb2/2PP1P2/1PN1P1P1/P2BN2P/2RQ1RKB w - - 0 14"]14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nd5 Nc6 16. Nxc7 Red8 17. Nd5 exd4 18. exd4 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bg4 {and white won}
Correct solutions:
Jalen - 22 points
Bradley, Yakov, Coco - 20 points
Deryk, Daniel, Benjamin - 15 points
Cody, Aaron - 10 points
Dheera, Shya - 5 points
Budapest gambit