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How should Black respond to  38.e5? Puzzle Answer 38...Bxc4 39.Bxc4 Qc7 40.Bb3 Bxe5 41.Qg4 h5 42.Qe4 Bxg3 0-1

How should White respond to  39...Kh6? Puzzle Answer 40.Rh4+ Kg5 41.Bf6# 1-0  [Source: Hanken-Haring, Berkeley 1981]

                 How should White follow up after  31.Qf5+ Kg8 ? Puzzle Answer 32.g3! Qxe4 33.Rxg7+ Kxg7 34.Qxe4 Rxb6 1-0  If 32...Qd8, White mates with 33.Qg6. [Source: Shabalov-Fishbein, Seattle 2003]

                                                                White to play Here its white move...and there are few knight fork tricks hidden in this positions..Can you find all correct moves ?

White to play Its white to move..He has a rook and two minor pieces for Queen and four pawns..But the problem is that these four pawns of Black gives less mobility to the Queen..Can you find a way to use this weakness in form of various tactics ??

White to play It's white's move and has a knight for four pawn but black's pawn is just a square away from promotion.Can White save the game?

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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???

White to play White has a rook,knight and a pawn for a queen is this enough for a win in this position??

                                                                                                                                 White to play Its White's move. All White's pieces are placed on their optimum squares for an attack on Black's king, Black has just played the dubious move g5?! Can you punish Black for his mistake..Please post your calulations with variations

Hello reader !! Sorry for not posting this days...Was busy with my personal stuff, so was not able to post.So here I am with lots of positions and with lots of food for your brain..White to play in all positions...Find the best continuation.

                                                           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]

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White to play The position I am posting is given by one of my close friend Pranav Tangsale of Satara...Its white to move..White has a material advantage of queen against rook..But things are not so easy for White as his pieces are stuck and black's pawn is just a single square away from promoting...Calculate all the variations..and comment below.

White to play The position I am showing is from Blake's  Chess Endgame for beginners...White is two pawn up and should be of course winning here, but things are not so easy as Black has a stalemate threat..So here moves like f3 or f4 are forced.Black has no other option than to recapture with the pawn..But do you think that white can win this game ?? Calculate all the variations..And comment your answer till white wins..

White to play  Another Endgame Study for Advance players...White has a queen but Black's pawn are close enough to promote...Its White to play...Can you find the correct solution ???

I was just surfing the net today...Suddenly  I herd a message tone on facebook...I opened it and I got few positions from my friend Chinmay Kelaskar of Mumbai who posted me some positions.We had a chat as he requested me to post it on blog..I too found these position interesting..So here they are White is in check so has to move his king..But the real question is where ?..If the king moves to g7 black will play Re7 and will make a draw...If the king goes on the f- file Black will move his rook to e2 and skewers.And the king can't also leave the pawn...So calculate carefully as Black also has some tricks at his disposal Second position is White to play both players are just one square away from promoting.. If white promotes his pawn...Black will also promote his pawn.As white cannot capture the Queen as it is a stalemate..So think carefully and calculate few moves ahead... And the last one is the Gem of all..Now this one is tough one...Position only for advance playe

The position is from a tournament game...White offered a draw claming that its a draw.Now its Black's move  He thought that after 1...c4 + 2Ka3 Kc5 3.Ka4 Kxd5 white will play Kb4 and he might be in  zugzwang   and will loose the c4 pawn.  Both players were not willing to take risk and  agreed a draw here...Can you assets the position correctly ??