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Puzzle #29

White to play and win. 

Puzzle #30

Black to play and win. 

Solutions are given below.  

 

Solutions (for issue #14):  Puzzle #27 1. h4 Qg4 2. Rf4 1-0 Ni Hua  - Gong Qianyun World Team Championship 2005  [if 2 ...... Qh5 3. Bf3 and the Black Queen is lost] Puzzle #28 1. Bxf7 Rxf7 [1 ..... Kf7 2. Rxd7] 2. Rg8 Rf8 3. Rxf8 Kxf8 4. Rxd7 mates or wins the Queen.  Xie Jun - Taimanov 1998 Solutions (for issue #15):  Puzzle #29 1. Qh7+ Kf8 [1.... Kxh7 2. Rxg7 Rxg7 3. Rxg7 mate] 2.Qxh8+ 1-0 Lasker - Ettlinger 1893  [2..... Bxh8 3. Rg8 mate] Puzzle #30 1. ...... Rxe1+ 2. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 3. Kxe1 Ba5 and Black went on to win in another 4 moves  Zhou Y. F. - P.  Talsma British Championship 2007 [if 4. Kd2 d4!, or as in the game, 31. Kd1 Bxc3 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. Bxd5 Kf8 34. g4 g5 0-1]

Last updated 24 October 2007