Posts Tagged ‘checkmate in three’

Here’s a difficult chess puzzle by C Morano. Can you help White checkmate in three moves? Your time starts now…it may take more than 10 minutes!

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We’re all waiting for the very exciting World Chess Championship Match between Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand. You can find all the helpful information about the official website at ChessBlog. Meanwhile, while you wait, here’s a difficult chess puzzle – White to play and checkmate in three! This chess puzzle is by R. Tavariani.

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Are your chess tactics batteries working fine today? Try this chess puzzle: White checkmates in three!
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It’s time for a chess break. Can you help White checkmate in three. It’s not as difficult as it looks.

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A cool chess study by Dr Karl Fabel. White has to checkmate in three. Are you ready? Don’t jump to any conclusions, calculate carefully

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A tricky checkmate in three for this Chess King study created by Vladimir Nabokov. This chess position featured in Nabokov’s 1970 book that included poems and chess puzzles.

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This is a delightful winning combination from the chess game Goldin – Horvath, Budapest, 1996. White finds a quick way to demolish the Black defenses with a checkmate in three! What is it?
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This one’s the neatest chess problem you are likely to see all day: White to play and checkmate in three moves!
LEVEL: Intermediate
CATEGORY: Problem
Mate in three moves, Problem by Del Rio, 1750
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Here’s a cool chess puzzle to begin an exciting chess week. White has to play for a win, specifically checkmate in three.

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Our mid-week chess puzzle comes from the European Chess Championship 2013 with White to play and checkmate in four. The game is Alexey Dreev versus Arman Pashikian.

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Sit back and figure this chess study out. White has a simple task at hand: Checkmate in three!

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LEVEL: Very Difficult
CATEGORY: Problem

A tough to solve mate in three chess problem. If you solve it in less than an hour, you’re on your way to becoming a Grandmaster! Composed by Jiri Chocholous, 4th Prize, Cesky Spolek Sachovni, 1895.
Your host tonight is 12th Women’s World Chess Champion Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk.

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White has cornered the Black King and just needs to finish off proceedings. Can White checkmate in three? Give it a thought. It’s easy. Haven’t you been training with Chess King?

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A little chess flashback here. This position is from the game Bobby Fischer – Tigran Petrosian, 1961. White is to play and checkmate in three. Though, of course, in the real game, Petrosian resigned after White’s next move. Can you spot the winning combination? You can replay the full game below with Chess King.
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Here’s a regular N+B checkmate motif. White can checkmate in three. Can you solve both the two methods to do this? Improve your chess with Chess King!
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Here is a cool position from the game Kochy-Richter, Berlin, 1929. A discovered check is a powerful tactic and Black uses that well to force a checkmate in three. Should not take you long to figure it out. Have fun with chess and learn chess in a fun way with Chess King to match the best of Grandmasters on the planet!
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Actually, this puzzle is not at all as difficult as it looks. All you have to do is help White checkmate in three. The position is from the game G Flear – Emms, 1989/90. Hint: Be brave!

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Sit back and solve this checkmate in three. It’s not difficult really, just a bit tricky. White to play and win in three moves!
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Here is an easy chess puzzle by Carlo de Grandi for a happy and chess-full weekend. White plays and checkmates in 3 moves. The answer is quite beautiful. You will enjoy solving it. You can check the answer with the Chess Killer Tips podcast hosted by 12th Women’s World Chess Champion Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk.

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There is not much to think here. White has strong forcing moves going for a checkmate in three. Try it.
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