606 Puzzles for Chess Nuts

366 Pages·2008·10.474 MB·English

by  Fred Wilson, Bruce Alberston

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CONTENTS
INTORDUCTION
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20P2o sifotrit ohInens t ermPeldaiyaetre
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CHAPTETRH REE
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ANSWERS
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INTRODUCTION
CheisSJt hgyem nasofit uhmme i nd.
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Almaollsg ta mbeest wieneenxp erpilayeenarers c deedc byi ded
at acbtliucnaudlse urta.hll elyo sastl eofaafu sltpl i ece.
-BruceA lberston
We wanyto ut om ake6 06Pu zzfolreC sh eNssu tyosu crh ess
workobuoto kW.h enevyeoru h avet het imeo,rn eetdo d o
somem entsatlr etcbheifnogars ee rigoaumse w,e w anyto u
toe nteoru rt acticchaels" sgym " herae,n ds olavned s olve
untyilo ur ealfelely g ooda nds harWpe. h aveb,e tweeuns ,
fifty years ofp ractcihceastlse aching exapnedir fti heenrcee
iso net hinwe gh avlee arnefudr s urieti st hatth oen wayly
fort haed vabnecgeidon rin netre rmpeldaytoie iarmt perto o ve
thneex lte isvto e clo nsissttutedyan cttlyi cs.
Youd on'bte liuesve?C onsidtehref ollowtwoi npgo si­
tionwsh,i cwhe c onsitdoeb res orotft act"ilciatlm tuess ts."
Inb otcha seisti sW hitteo m ovea ndw inq uickalnydi, f
youc ans'otl evaec ohf t hemi nu ndethirtyr seconds, then
your ealdlony e ed btohiosk !
Ino urfi rsetx ampBllea,c ske emtsob ed oinqgu iweltle ,
andi se veanh eaidnm ater(iia.lhe e.i ,su ptwo pawnasn d
"theex changbeu"t.) . .
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abouBtl ackp'oss itiDoindy? o un otiBclea ckk'isnh ga sn o
escaspqeu arseots h,a itfy ouc anp uitt i nc hecikti sc ertain­
lyi nt roubIlnec?i dentFaredll rye,m embesrhso winthisg
diagratmoa lawyer browsiantgh isb ookshowph,o
descrihbiemds ealsaf " soliidn,t ennepdliaaytaeenr dg, o od
att actiwchso,a,"ft earc oupolfem inutes' tfihnoaulglhyt ,
said",O pet hinfgo rs urei,ti sc ertainly nota knight
move"(!).
Okayo,k ayw,h ayto uh avhee riesa c lasmsaitci antgt ack
positwihoenr wei t1hN f5!s,acrifi cingt he!m ightW,h ite
eithmeart eastg 7wi tht heq ueeonr,i, f1 . .gxf5. 2Q. f6II.
Lett'ryso nem ore" easy one":
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whawti thha vianb gi shaonpd tw o pawnfso arr ookW.e
havhee armda nya dvancbeedg innaenrdes v,e qnu iatf ee w
intermedpilaatyeea rdsm,ic to nceorvne Brl ack"'dsa nger­
ou.sp. a sspeadw no nc 3,a nde xprersesl itehfai ttw asa,t
lea"sste,c ubrleolcyk adHeodw.a "b ouitt -weryeo ut hink­
ingd efensiovroe ffleyn siafterve lyyo ufirr sgtl anactet he
abovdei agraAm t?a ctialcerta llpyl ayweoru lidm mediately
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1<h ell,w innitnhge b ishoCpu.r ioustlhyeb, i shoips
pinnaegda itnhsetu nprotebcltaecqdku eeann di sa ttacked
twiceB.l accka np'lta 1y. .B.x e3b?e?c au2s eRe 8+a ndi ti s
maten exmto veI.fy oud on'fitn ds tulffi kteh ifass tt,h en
your ealdlohy a vael ootf w ortko d o!
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madet hinse cesswaorryke asiteoar c compltihsahmn a ny
othesri,m ibloaork AsB.i no ure arltiaecrt cioclsl ectwe ions,
usel argcel,ed aira graamnsdp, u to nltwyo one acpha ges,o
wheny ouh avteo t hinlko nagn dh arde,s pecioavlletyrh e
positiionnC sh apteTrh reey,o uw on'gte te yestrain!
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bel ookifnogir n o rdetros olvteh ep osit'Wihoenn.y oug o
throutghhib so oaks ecotnidm ea,swe beliyeovues hould,
youm ayw antto u sea ni ndecxa rtdo c oveurpt heshei nts
andtry solvitnhgep ositi"ocnoslW de. "h avger ouptehde
positigoeneralnsly byo rdeorfd ifficulrtayt,h tehra tnh e
typoef t actiincv olvExecde.p timnogs mta tinagttacks and
alslt alemaatltelhs et, a ctiinct sh ibso o�are _b einugs etdo
creaatwi en ninmga terial adAlvsaon,at baoguoetn. e -third
oft hep ositiiontn hsib so okare "Blatcokm oves,i"n wec e
belieivtie sv eriym porttaons ttu dy chesdsi agrafrmosm
Blacpke'rss pective.
FinalBlryu,cA el bershtaosdn e visae sdi mpleea,s y-to­
uses corisnygs tteomr atyeo ucru rrecnhte ssst rengIttih s.
descriibnme odr ed etaiintl h ei ntroducttoCi hoanpst ers
OneT,w o,a ndT hreWee. urge yout ou sei tt hefi rstti me
youw ortkh rouoguhrb ookA.n dt heni,fy our ealwlaynt to
improavl eo tg,ot hroutghhbe o oakt l eatwos tm oret imes,
contintuois ncgo yroeu rsWeelf' llb etth ayto us eaes ignif­
icainntc reianys oeu overalrl scoreea cthi mea,l onwgi tah
commensuirmaptreo vemienyn otu tra ctaiwcaalr endeusrs­
ingo ver-the-pbloaayr.d
We havaed drestshetedh rleaer gceastte goorfpi leasy ers:
advancebde ginnienrt,e nnedpilaatyeea rn,dt ournament
playWeer .s uggeasdtv ancbeedg innweorrs.k t hrotuhgeh
404p ositiionCn hsa pteOrnsea ndT wot wiceb efotraec k­
lingC hapter TWher wilele r.e minidn termeadnidat toeu r­
namenptl ayneortts o b et ood isdaionftfu hl2e 0 2p ositions
inC haptOenre -thewilyl servaes a g ooWlItIdIl -Upfo rt he
mucht oughmeart eraihaela d!
F"malwley a,r en otg ointgo w astyeo utri maen do ur
papedre finicnogm mont actsiuccsah s p inf,o rskk,e wer,
discoveetrcYy.o, u a lreakdnyo ww hatt hesare e andj ust
neetdo l eartoni mplemetnhte mb etteMro.s to fy ouj ust
havneo ts tuditeadc teincosu gahn dy ets tiwloln dewrh y
youm issetdh ante atw,i nnidnegf lecotric oono dlo uble
attack.
We will,h owever, discutswsot actitcrsa,p painndgdri ­
vinogff, whicihn,o ure xperiennecetedo, b ec leadrelfiyn ed
toa mateuarsis n depenmdaennetu veSrisn.ct eh estwoe tac­
ticgse neraldlony o ti nvolmvaek inagc ombinat(iato anc ti­
camla neuvienrw hicyho us acrimfiactee rtioao lb taainn
advantoarga,et l easttoi, m proyvoeu pro sitibountr) a ther
findinagc levseerr ioefms o velse aditnomg a tergiaailwen ,
givaen il lustraotfei aocnh .
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Int hea bovpeo sitifroonm, t heg ameV .A kopian-E.
BareeF1vD,E WorldC hampionsLhaispV ,e gas1,9 99,
White1'5st mho vew ast hei nnocuous-lbouotkv ienryg
clev1e5rh 4(t!ow) h,i cBhl acmki,s sitnhgep oinetn tirely,
repli1e5•d. Rad• 8??D o yous eweh aBtl acokv erlooked?
With1 6N b3Q!M 17B f.! Q!t6 18M , Blackb'iss hop
will bel osfto or nep awns,o B areevr esignAend e.l egant
exampolfet rapping.
Int hefa mousg ameS .T arrasch-MGa.r coD,r esden,