Solution to Problem # 53

This position is taken from a Dennis Monkroussos video at the chessvideos.tv site.

Black wins beautifully with 1...Bb7 2.Rg1 Ng4 3.f4 (if 3.dxc5 Nxh2 4.f4 Nf3+ 5.Kf2 Nxg1, followed by the advance of the h-pawn) 3...Nxe3 4.Qd2 Nbc2+ 5.Kf2 Ng4#. A very unique mate!

Solution to Problem # 52

This beautiful problem comes from the pattern recognition video at the chessvideos.tv site.

White wins with 1.Rxe4! dxe4 2.Be5+ Bxe5 3.Rxf5 Qxf5 4.Qh6#.

Solution to Problem # 51

This position is from week 4 of the 2008 USCL season. It's IM Lev Milman of Carolina as White, and GM Alex Shabalov of New York as Black. Milman won beautifully with 1.h4!, at which point Shabalov resigned. Why? 1...gxh4 (forced) 2.g5+ Kh5 3.Kf5! Rf2+ (forced) 4.Bf4 and Rh7 mate is unavoidable. Thanks to USCL founder Greg Shahade for presenting this game at www.chessvideos.tv.