Friday, March 23, 2007

Solution to Problem # 36


This position comes from the game Waitzkin vs. Hoyos-Millan, New York, 1992 and is courtesy of www.wtharvey.com.

White wins with 1.Rxg6+ fxg6 (1...Qg7 2.Qxg7#) 2.Rf8#.

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Solution to Problem # 35


This position is from Dlugy-Stoyko, Cherry Hill, 1991 and is courtesy of www.wtharvey.com.

White wins with the simple 1.Rh6, threatening both 2.Ng6 and 2.Qxe7.

Friday, March 9, 2007

Solution to Problem # 34


Black won with 1…Re2+ 2.Kxe2 Bxg4+ 3.Ke1 Re8+ 4.Be2 Rxe2+ 0-1
(from Szukszta-Tal, 1956)

Thursday, March 8, 2007

Solution to Problem # 33


This position is from Melia-Khotenashvili, Tbilisi, 2002 and is courtesy of www.wtharvey.com.

White wins with the simple tactic 1.Qxd8 Qxd8 2.Ne6+.

Saturday, March 3, 2007

Solution to Problem # 32


In this position from Van Wely-Karjakin 2005, White caused Black's immediate resignation with 24.Nf6+
(24…Kh8 25.Ne8 Qe7 26.Qxf8+)