MATE EM 5 / MATE IN 5 - SOLVING TACTICS

CHESS AJEDREZ XADREZ ECHECS SCHACH ESCACS

The chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chess-board, express their beauty abstractly, like a poem…
I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.” - Marcel Duchamp


BERNSTEIN vs FADEEV, Correspondência, 1950

Solução:

1.Nf6+ ! (Cf6+ !), gxf6;

2.Qe8+ (De8+), Rxe8 (Txe8);

3.Rxe8+ (Txe8+), Kg7 (Rg7);

4.Bf8+, Kh8 (Rh8);

5.Bh6++


E. DEL RIOS, 1750

"Não tenho nem puta ideia de arte.
No entanto, sei quando algo é belo e grandioso porque me comove, porque me deixa sem palavras"

Solução:

1.Qg8+ !! (Dg8+ !!), Kxg8 (Rxg8);

2.Ne7+ (Ce7+), Kh8 (Rh8);

3.Nf7+ (Cf7+), Rxf7 (Txf7);

4.Rxc8+ (Txc8+), Rf8 (Tf8)

5.Rxf8++ (Txf8++)


BLACKBURNE vs GIFFORDI, Dundee, 1874

Solução:

1.Qxc6+ ! (Dxc6+ !), Kxc6 (Rxc6);

2.Ne5+ (Ce5+), Kc5 (Rc5);

3.Nd3+ (Cd3+), Kd4 (Rd4);

4.Kd2 (Rd2), anymove (qualquer lance)

5.c3++


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