Chess Strategy: Developing Outposts in The Middle Game
Here is a great video showing the importance and power of developing outposts for your pieces. Another chess strategy tip for improving your middle game play.
Here is a great video showing the importance and power of developing outposts for your pieces. Another chess strategy tip for improving your middle game play.
The answer is for black to play Q-a4, check. If white moves his king away, black captures the queen. If white plays KxQ, then black plays N-c5 , mate.
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Here is a chess puzzle where we’re looking for the winning move for black. The answer will appear in my next post. Good luck!
Here is a chess puzzle where we’re looking for a sequence of moves to avoid a mate in one. It’s black to play. The answer will appear in my next post. Good luck!
This mate in 3 begins with black playing Qxg2. White is forced to play Kxg2. Black follows with N-f4, double check. White is forced to play K-g1 and black mates with N-e2 or N-h3.
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Here is an advanced mate in 3 chess puzzle where it is white to move. The answer will appear in my next post. Good luck!
This mate in 3 begins with white playing Q-d8 check. Black is forced to take the white queen and white then plays B-g5 double check. Black’s only move is K-e8 and checkmate follows when white plays R-d8.
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Here are three new chess puzzles that I know you will find challenging. I have included one for beginner level players, one for intermediate level players and one for the advanced players. All puzzles begin with white to play. Good luck!
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Chess puzzle #14 is a beginner level mate in one.
Chess puzzle #15 is an intermediate level mate in 2.
Chess puzzle #16 is an advanced level mate in 3.
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Here are the answers to the online chess puzzles numbers 5-7. I hope you found the solutions to all of them!
Chess Puzzle #5. The answer is N-h6. Then after white plays K-h8, black plays B-c3 checkmate. Many people incorrectly see N-e7 check, but this allows the white king to escape.
Chess Puzzle #6. The answer is N-b5 check. The black king is forced to e8. Then N-d6 is checkmate.
Chess Puzzle #7. The answer is R-c8 check. Black is forced to play Nxc8. Then white plays Qxb7 check. Black is forced to play Kxb7. Then B-d5 is mate.
Congratulations if you got them all!
Here are the answers to the online chess puzzles numbers 1-4. I hope you figured them all out, but if not, read on.
Chess Puzzle #1.
The answer is Q-a8. This is the only correct answer.
Many new players immediately see Q-h7, but this is only a check and mate in 2, not mate in 1.
Chess Puzzle #2.
The correct answer is K-b6, white must then play K-b8 and black mates with R-h8. Again this is the only correct set of moves to accomplish a mate in 2.
Chess Puzzle #3.
The answer is N-g6 with a double check. Black must play K-f7. Nxh8 is mate.
Chess Puzzle #4.
This one was a little harder than the others, but that’s why it’s called an advanced puzzle. The answer is, Rxd5 check, black must play cxd5, white then plays N-d3 check, black responds with exd3, then f4 is mate.