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October Chess Puzzle Answer Key

October 1st Puzzle 
 
 
White To Move
 
White: Quang Liem Le
Black: Fabiano Caruana
 
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2017
 
52. Ra8+ Kf7 53. Rag8 1-0
 
 
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October 8th Puzzle 
 
 
Black To Move
 
White: Fabiano Caruana
Black: Ian Nepomniachtchi
 
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2017
 
A: 25... hxg3 26. fxg3 Rxe2+ 27. Kxe2 Qg2+ 28. Kd3 Qf3 29. Re4 Qf1+ 30. Kd2
Qg2+ 31. Kd3 Qf1+ 32. Kd2 1/2-1/2
 
 
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October 15th Puzzle 
 
 
White To Move
 
White: Sergey Karjakin
Black: Viswanathan Anand
 
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2017
 
A: 35. Rd1 Qxb2 36. Rxd6 Rd8 37. Qc6 1-0
 
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October 22nd Puzzle
 
 
White To Move
 
White:Levon Aronian
Black: David Navara
 
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2017
 
A: 24. Re4 Re7 25. Rg4+ Kh8 26. Be4 Rc8 27. Rh4 Kg8 28. Rxh7 Bxd5 29. Qg6+
Rg7 30. Qh5 Bxe4 31. Rh8# 1-0
 
 
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October 29th Puzzle
 
 
Black To Move
 
White Viswanathan Anand
Black: Levon Aronian
 
Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2017
 
A:24... f4! 25. Bb5 fxg3 26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27. d4 gxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Nb3 29. g4 Kg8

 

30. Kg3 Nd2 31. b4 Ne4+ 32. Kh4 Nxc3 33. bxa5 Nd5 34. Rc1 Be4 35. Rc5 Ne7 36.

Kg3 Rc8 37. Rb5 Rc3+ 38. Kh2 Rc2+ 39. Kg1 Nd5 0-1