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                                                                                                                  Black to play   This position is better for Black. All his pieces are in a position for a attack . White's pieces are not defending the position properly .There is no one except the bishop to defend the white's majesty.Most major pieces are on the other side of the board. How will you teach White a lesson???

                                                                Black to play Here in this position its Black's move.So lets try to understand what's going on in the following position : White has just played 21 Rxd5  Black's Queen is under attack.If Black does not moves his Queen White will happily capture the Queen winning the Queen for nothing. White's rook on c1 is the only unsupported piece on the board which might be vulnerable to some tactics.Always Remember L.P.D.F which stands for Loose Piece Drops Off !! White has pawns on h2,g2,f2 which might make his back rank vulnerable. Black does not have the bishop on g7, which might make his king weak too.White also has a hidden threat of playing the rook on d6 (with idea of Qf6) or d7 (with idea of Rf7) when Black moves his Queen White now has a threat of capturing the Queen..So in order to deal with the threat Black has to                    1.Move his Queen to some safe square might be on Qb6.

                                                           White to play  The first position I want to show is from Chinmay Kelaskar vs Jai Pradhan game....White has all sorts of attack on the king. Most white's pieces are actively taking part in the attack...Black king does not have a proper defender except the bishop on g7.In the game black made the previous move h6 which was a mistake.... White played Nxh6 and won !! but there is a better continuation....Can you find it out ? Second game is also from the same player Chinmay..and he is black this time...Can you find out what he played in the game ?

                                                                Black to play The position occured from King's Indian Defence where White just won a rook in the corner, but carelessly let the black pawns advance on the kingside, and so he is about to feel the pain! How can Black punish white ? How will Black start the attack ?

                                                            White to Play In this position white seems to be lost as he cannot play Qd5+ as after Kh8 white will loose a piece and on Nxd5 Black will take the pawn on f2 followed by Qg3 which will be winning for him...So the question remains. Is White lost ? Should he resign ? [position for advanced beginners]

White to move

The position is by Life Master Joel Johnson, who just released his new  book " Positional Attacks " In the position below it is  White to move .  Joel writes:    The following game is an excerpt from my new book, "Positional Attacks". The book was released on February 28, 2014.    Fatal Weakness    Just one weak square in your opponent's defensive stronghold can give rise to a terminal attack. The ability to manufacture and/or identify existing weaknesses in your opponent's position is a lethal skill to possess.    The moves are easy to see if your eyes can easily spot the weakness in the Black position.    Here is the complete game [Event "Casual Game"] [Site "London"] [Date "1892.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Wordsworth Donisthorpe"] [Black "Mundell"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C46"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "1892.??.??"

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(Position after Black's Rh6) Its my game against Kahane Bhavesh..I was having white pieces and was exited with the fact that Black's king was still in the center,so my basic enctint was to attack some how on the king.I made some premature moves in order to attack his king before..After thinking I released that Black has a threat of Rg6 hitting my g2 pawn..And it would be helped by the monster of b7                      I played the terrible move Na5??? putting the knight on rim without thinking as I wanted to swap the bishop first. Now its Black to play Black has a long think of 20 minutes and played the move which I didn't calculated..Can you guess what I missed in the game..and calculate all the variations?? My opponent played that move but didn't continue correctly..Can you do better than my opponent ?? 

This position was reached in Rubinstein -- Burn, Ostende 1906

One of the biggest mistakes chess players makes while solving positions is just guessing moves...They just guess moves and hope one of the answers they give will work.This is really a bad habit.If you want to improve your game you must start to work on your calculations..Think as if it the position in your game and try to calculate.Please give complete answers with variation...

Black to move. How should black proceed? Source: ChessToday.net

I am giving these few examples without quoting source and answers.Let's see if you could solve this positions...These positions are not so tough and are at the level below 1800 rating.Please quote answers in comment.