Some puzzles from the Chess Olympiad currently taking in Hungary,
A couple of cartoons, a Carlsen game, a similar Red Hot Pawn game .
I am posting this one because Black was rated 1872 and to pull off this
checkmate whilst playing for your country deserves to be seen on here.
J. Schneider- T. Brookfield, Chess Olympiad Budapest, 2024 (Black to play)
In Chess Review March 1948 ( where I got a cartoon you can see in the blog) I saw
that someone had attempted most of the puzzles in the ‘Announce Mate’ section.
Who ever it was had marked them with a blue tick but this one had a big red ‘X’
The position came from G. Kramer - N. Whitaker, USA Open 1947 (Black to play,)
Can you do better than the 1948 reader. (or maybe the red ‘x’ means ‘too easy.’ )
R. Galaviz - J. Araujo Sanchez, Olympiad Budapest, 2024 (Black to play)
Can Black take the Knight on d4.. (they did in the game.)
A. Erigaisi - P. Prohaszka, Olympiad Budapest, 2024 (White to play)
Erigaisi, strongly tipped as a future world champion, closed this down in style.
L. Lenaerts - Z. Amdouni, Olympiad Budapest, 2024 (White to play)
Wrap this up but you must see before you play it out the cute White 3rd. move.
Solutions and more games in the blog. Blog Post 616