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November 2019 Chess Puzzle Answer Key

Puzzle 1 - Sadarov - Kudriashov

White: Sadarov

Black: Kudriashov

Black to move

 

A : 1..., Rxc4; 2. Bb7, Rb4; 3.Nc5, Kd6; 4. Ne4+, Ke5

 

Puzzle 2 - Tal - Leipzig

White: Tal

Black: Leipzig

Black to move

 

A: 1..., Qxb2+; 2. Kxb2, a3!; 3. Kxa3, stalemate

 

Puzzle 3 - Marshall Frank James - McClure AJ

White: Frank Marshall

Black: AJ McClure

White to move

 

A: 1. Rh6 (or Rxf7); 2. Rh6, Rxh6; 3. h8=Q+, Rxh8; 3. b5, Rd7 ; 4. cxd7, Kb8; 5. d8=R+, Rxd8; stalemate

 

Puzzle 4 - Lukanin - Schmuljan

White: Lukanin

Black: Schmuljan

From 1938

Black to move

 

A: 1...., c4; 2. dxc4, c5; 3. Kg4, Kc7; 4. Kf5, Kb6; 5. Kxe5, Ka5; 6. Kd5, Ka4; 7. Kxc5, a5