Position of the Day (Answer)...

Honestly, I think I'm confused with the answer given. Here's the position...


Chess Monthly gives the following answer: 1. Rc6? Threat Re4# (mate) 1... Bxc6, Rcxc6 2. Qb6 Qf4, Qa7# (mate) but 1... Rhxc6 Solution: 1. Rf6! Bxf6 2. Ne6, Be5# mate.

However, I figured it out as 1. Rxh6 Bxh6 2. Ne6# (mate), I dunno if there is a Black reply.

Position of the Day...

Odette Wollenweider
1983
Mate in two
Taken from Chess! Monthly, January 2004, pg. 50 (from the article "Congress for Chess Composition", written by Yochanan Afek). Apparently the composer is a Swiss lady and apparently the only known female composer nowadays. Of course, a lot has changed since this was published. Answer will be published in a few days (I thought I figured it out, but I was way off).

Position of the Day - Answer...

1. Qxe4# (I do believe this is the solution...)

Position of the Day - Courtesy Chessmaster LIVE (XBox 360)

(Position courtesy: http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/1460/Chessmaster-LIVE/p1/) I'll post the answer in a few days.

White to move, mate in 1.

Position of the Day (correction)...

1... Qh4 2. Rg2 (2. Rxh4 Rg1#) 2... Qxh2+ 3. Rxh2 Rg1#

(PotD) Interesting position in one of my correspondance games...

Ya think? Oh I'm playing White TiK :)

Position of the Day

(from Chess! Monthly, "Find the Winning Move, pos. 1", September 2007, pg. 38)

Wang Hao - Balogh
Tiayuan 2007
37. Rf8+! Black resigned. if 37... Kh7 38. Qxe4+ Rxe4 39. Rxb8. 1-0I used Chess Diagrams v1.4 to do the diagram. The program is avaliable here. I just realized I posted the wrong diagram and answer, so I figured I'd correct said diagram.

Position of the Day (answer)...

1. Ne8 Rxe8 2. Qf6+ Kf8 3. Rxh8#

Position of the Day...

Position courtesy: "Chess Puzzle of the Day" on Facebook.

Will post the answer in the next few days...

Position of the Day (answer)...

1. Qf6 Qxe7 2. Qh8#

Position of the Day...

Taken from Chess Puzzle of the Day, Facebook.com


White to move. Mate in two.

I'll post the answer tomorrow.

Position of the Day (answer)...

1. Rxf5 Re1+ 2. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 3. Rf1 Rxf1 mate. Another move to take into consideration (according to the article), 2. Rf1.

Position of the Day...

Here's an interesting position I saw, White to move.


I'll post the answer tomorrow, I did a double take when I first saw it. The position was devised by Ray Cannon, and it appeared in Chess Monthly (Addicts Corner), January 1998 (page 24). It was used in a quiz at Richmond Junior (Chess) Club, in the United Kingdom.

Currently I'm working on a HTML version of the book "Chess Opening Traps", as soon as the book is converted (if I complete it), I'll post the link.

(Test post) Position of the Day...

Testing this idea out... Taken from Chess Puzzles of the Day, December 4th, 2009 (http://www.ChessVideos.tv)

Solution: 1. Qxc7+ Ka6 2. Qxc8 Kxb5 3. Qc4# (mate)

(Test) Position of the day

White to Move.