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Desert Island Chess Puzzle Omnibu
Desert Island Chess Puzzle Omnibu
Desert Island Chess Puzzle Omnibu
Introduction 4
Symbols 4
Black’s bishop and king are both in- White resigned as my queen has got
securely placed. to the perfect square. Now 45 Êh2
23...Íe3 Íxe5+ costs White his queen.
Or: 23...Îc8 24 Îxc8 Îxc8 25
Îxh6; 23...Íd6 24 Îc4+ Êf5 25 Ìf7. Solution 74
24 Îc4+ Êd5 25 Îh5! 1-0 21...Íd3+! forced resignation. The
Black resigned due to 25...Îxg2 line continues 22 Ëxd3 Ëh3+ 23 Êg1
26 Ìg4+! Êxc4 27 Ìxe3+ Êd3 28 Îe1+! 24 Ìxe1 Íxh2+ 25 Êh1 Íg3+!
Ìxg2. 26 Êg1 Ëh2+ 27 Êf1 Ëxf2# and my
last two pieces have got the job done.
Solution 72
33 Ìf7! Solution 75
The threat of Ìh6+ is amazingly 22...Ìh2!
strong. Creating room for the queen on g4,
33...Ëd1+ and threatening ...Ëh3#.
After 33...Ëxf7 34 Ëxd8+ Ëf8 23 Íe3
(34...Êg7 35 Ëd4+) 35 Ëd2 Ìe6 36 After 23 Îxh2 a series of checks
Îd3 White wins easily. drives the king to his doom: 23...Ëg4+
34 Êh2 1-0 24 Êf1 Ëg1+ 25 Êe2 Ëxh2+ 26 Êd3
Black is mated after 34...Ìe2 35 Îd8+ 27 Ìd6+ Îxd6+! 28 exd6 Ëg3+
Ìh6+ (35 Ëxd8+ is also good enough) 29 Êd2 Ëe3+! 30 Êd1 Íg4+ 31 Ëe2
35...Êh8 36 Ëe5#. Ëxe2#.
23...Ëh3+ 24 Êg1
Solution 73 24 Êf2 Ëf3+ 25 Êg1 (25 Êe1
41...Ëf1+! Íb4+ 26 Íd2 Ëxh1+) 25...Íxc4!
Forcing the bishop to a poor square. leads to total collapse: 26 Íxc5 (26
42 Íg1 Ëf3+! Êxh2 Íxe3 27 Ëxc4 Êe7 leaves
42...Ëxh3+? is much less impres- White without a good check and
sive: Black should leave the pawn on ...Îh8# menaced) 26...Ëg3+ 27 Ëg2
h3 as it will trap White’s king. 43 Íh2 Ìf3#.
Ëf1+ 44 Íg1 Ëf3+ 45 Êh2 Ëe2+ 24...Íxc4! 25 Îxh2
and now with 46 Êh3 the king uses Or 25 Íxc5 Ëg3+ 26 Ëg2 Ìf3#.
this key flight-square. 25...Ëxe3+ 26 Êh1
43 Êh2 Ëe2+ 44 Êh1 26 Êg2 is met by 26...Íd3.
Or 44 Êg3 Íxe5+ 45 Êh4 Ëe1+! 26...Íd3! 0-1
(45...Íg3+ wins the queen) 46 Êg5 White resigned as 27 Ëg2 Íxe4
Ëd2+ 47 Êh4 Ëh6#. paralyses White’s queen and 27 Îh8+
44...Ëe4+! 0-1 Êe7 doesn’t help.