Chess puzzle

No. 367

20 June 2015 9:00 am

Black to play. This is from Spassky-Fischer, World Championship, Reykjavik (Game 5) 1972. This is probably the most famous ‘dark-square’…

No. 367

18 June 2015 1:00 pm

Black to play. This is from Spassky-Fischer, World Championship, Reykjavik (Game 5) 1972. This is probably the most famous ‘dark-square’…

No. 366

13 June 2015 9:00 am

Black to play. This is from Rodriguez-Xiong, California 2012. How does Black finish off? Answers to me at The Spectator…

No. 366

11 June 2015 1:00 pm

Black to play. This is from Rodriguez-Xiong, California 2012. How does Black finish off? Answers to me at The Spectator…

No. 365

6 June 2015 9:00 am

Black to play. This is from Caruana-Jakovenko, Khanty-Mansiysk 2015. Black is winning -easily, but can you find the most accurate…

No. 365

4 June 2015 1:00 pm

Black to play. This is from Caruana-Jakovenko, Khanty-Mansiysk 2015. Black is winning -easily, but can you find the most accurate…

No. 364

30 May 2015 9:00 am

Black to play. This is from Westman-Walther, Havana 1966. Black has the possibility of a discovered check against the white…

No. 364

28 May 2015 1:00 pm

Black to play. This is from Westman-Walther, Havana 1966. Black has the possibility of a discovered check against the white…

Puzzle no. 363

23 May 2015 9:00 am

White to play. This is from Kramnik-Svidler, Russian Team Championship, Sochi 2015. The black pieces are in a tangle and…

Puzzle no. 363

21 May 2015 1:00 pm

White to play. This is from Kramnik-Svidler, Russian Team Championship, Sochi 2015. The black pieces are in a tangle and…

No. 362

16 May 2015 9:00 am

White to play. This position is from Tal–Benko, Candidates 1959. Black has just advanced with … e5, attacking the white knight.…

No. 362

14 May 2015 1:00 pm

White to play. This position is from Tal–Benko, Candidates 1959. Black has just advanced with … e5, attacking the white knight.…

No. 361

9 May 2015 9:00 am

White to play. This is from Polgar-Short, -Buenos Aires 2000. Here we return to the theme of Judit Polgar’s massive…

No. 361

7 May 2015 1:00 pm

White to play. This is from Polgar-Short, -Buenos Aires 2000. Here we return to the theme of Judit Polgar’s massive…

No. 360

2 May 2015 9:00 am

Black to play. This is from Short-Polgar, Madrid 1995. Judit Polgar is the strongest female -player ever, with an overwhelming…

No. 360

30 April 2015 1:00 pm

Black to play. This is from Short-Polgar, Madrid 1995. Judit Polgar is the strongest female -player ever, with an overwhelming…

No. 359

25 April 2015 9:00 am

Black to play. This position is a variation from Troff-Nakamura, US Championship 2015. How can Black conclude his kingside attack…

No. 359

23 April 2015 1:00 pm

Black to play. This position is a variation from Troff-Nakamura, US Championship 2015. How can Black conclude his kingside attack…

No. 358

18 April 2015 9:00 am

White to play. This is from Lee-Zakharov, Vrnjacka Banja 1963. Black has just captured on c3 and now 1 Qxc3…

No. 358

16 April 2015 1:00 pm

White to play. This is from Lee-Zakharov, Vrnjacka Banja 1963. Black has just captured on c3 and now 1 Qxc3…

No. 357

11 April 2015 9:00 am

Black to play. This is from Cochrane-Staunton, London 1842. How did Staunton exploit his menacing build up of pieces on…

No. 357

9 April 2015 1:00 pm

Black to play. This is from Cochrane-Staunton, London 1842. How did Staunton exploit his menacing build up of pieces on…

No. 356

4 April 2015 8:00 am

White to play. This position is a variation from Bronstein-Zilberstein, Tbilisi 1973. Bronstein has just given up a piece on…

No. 356

2 April 2015 2:00 pm

White to play. This position is a variation from Bronstein-Zilberstein, Tbilisi 1973. Bronstein has just given up a piece on…

No. 355

28 March 2015 9:00 am

Black to play. This position is a variation from Ganguly-Vitiugov, Gibraltar 2014. The game started as a Caro-Kann and is…