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Main Menu Home Online Chess Chess Software Theory General Sites Openings [A00 - A99] Openings [B00 - B99] Openings [C00 - C99] Openings [D00 - D99] Openings [E00 - E99] Middlegame Endgame   Puzzle Archive   Chess Games Database Online Databases Chess Archeology Chess Links Chess Books World Chess News Chess Events Play Chess Fide Ratings Banners Chess On eBay Google Site Search Chess Puzzles for the Casual Player, Volume 1 by Kevin Houston http://www.chesspuzzlebook.com/ Editorial Review: Chess puzzles for the Casual Player, Vol. 1 contains 50 highly instructive puzzles illustrated by 776 move by move diagrams. Each puzzle contains two parts. First, you are shown a move that may seem good but is actually bad and asked how to take advantage of it. Second, you are asked what a better move would have been in the first place. This two part puzzle training technique helps you learn how to take advantage of opponents' blunders and also how to avoid them yourself. The positions come from real games between average casual players. Every solution is generated and verified by sophisticated professional chess analysis software. The solution to every puzzle is fully illustrated, and explained with easy to understand text. by Bruce Albertson Publicatiion Date: October 2004 Editorial Review: A great puzzle book to encourage the development of chess visualization. The planning and visualization skills taught here translate directly to over-the-board chess and have many other applications as well, for players and instructors alike. Bruce Alberston is an experienced chess instructor and author of many books on chess for beginning and intermediate players. He lives in NYC. By Barden, Leonard Publication Date: 15 November 2002 Editorial Review: For nearly half a century Leonard Barden has delighted readers of his newspaper columns with his chess puzzles, taken from both the world of chess composition and practical play. Here he presents the best of these v hundreds of brain-teasers designed for all levels of player and classified under such themes as Novice corner, Knockouts in one, Checkmates in two, Practical opening traps, Learn from the champions Spot the blunder, Strategic chess, Endgame challenges, Touch nuts, and Party tricks. Problem of the Week - Archive Problem of the Week # 01 Black to move and win SOLUTION 1. ... Qxh3 2. gxh3 Nf2+ 3. Kg1 Nxh3# Torres - Alekhine Seville, 1922 Problem of the Week # 02 Black to move and win SOLUTION 1. ... Rxc2 2. Qxc2 Nf3+ 3.Kf2 Qg3+ 0-1 Paoli - Smislow Venedig, 1950 Problem of the Week # 03 Black to move and win SOLUTION 1. ... Bxe4 2. fxe4 Qxe3 3. Qxe3 Ng4+ 4. Kh3 Nxe3 5. Re1 Ng4 -+ Uhlmann - Spiridonov Polanica Zdroj, 1981 Problem of the Week # 04 Black to move and win SOLUTION 1. ... Rc1+ 2.Rxc1 Rxc1 3.Kxc1 bxa2 -+ Simic - Bilek Uljma, 1976 Problem of the Week # 05 White to move and win SOLUTION 1. Qxg7+! 1-0 Keres - Spassky Gothemburg, 1955 Problem of the Week # 06 White to move and win SOLUTION 1. Nxd5! +- (1. ... cxd5 2. Bb5) Penrose - Blau Hastings, 1957 Problem of the Week # 07 White to move and win SOLUTION 1. Rh8+! 1-0 Keres - Jansa Budapest, 1970 Problem of the Week # 08 White to move and win SOLUTION 1.Rxd3+!! cxd3 2.Bg4+ Kc7 3.Rc1+ 1-0 Bareev - Georgiev Eucap, 2002 Problem of the Week # 09 Black to move and win SOLUTION 1. Bg4! 0-1 Portisch - Spassky Budapest - Lenngrad, 1961 Problem of the Week # 10 White to move and win SOLUTION 1. Nxb7 Qxb7 2. Bxf5 gxf5 3. Bc3 1-0 Ciocaltea - Ungureanu Bukarest, 1971 Problem of the Week # 11 Black to move and win SOLUTION 1. ... Qxh3+! 1-0 Malich - Ljubojevic Amsterdam, 1972 Problem of the Week # 12 White to move and win SOLUTION 1. Qxh6+! 1-0 Fischer - Benko Candidates Tournament, 1962 Problem of the Week # 14 White to move and win SOLUTION 1. Qc4? (1. Rg8+ Kh7 2. Qe3 +-) Karpov - Huebner Montreal, 1979 Problem of the Week # 15 White to move and win SOLUTION 1. Be5 Qe5 2.Qh8+ Kh8 3.Nf7 1-0 Petrosian - Simagin Moscow, 1956 Problem of the Week # 16 Black to move and win SOLUTION 1. ... Rxc2 2. Kxc2 Bb3+ 3. Rxb3 Qxd1+ 4. Kxd1 f1Q+ 0-1 Daly - Suba EU-chT , 1992

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