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October Chess Puzzle Answer Key

By

CCSCSL Staff

on September 29, 2017 in

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

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