5 Hardest Mate-in-3 Ever: Part 2

Today we want to give you some practice material to work with. Tactics is something that most chess players cannot get enough of. Solving hard chess problems is something that might make a difference in your games between a draw and a lose or a draw and a win. Try solving the following 5 problems and don’t forget to comment with your solutions.

Problem 1: Y. Muller, Nationaltidende, 1918

White to move and mate in 3

Problem 2: Y. Kumpe, Natal Mercury, 1922

White to move and mate in 3

Problem 3: K. Stockman, Svenska Dagbladet, 1920

White to move and mate in 3

Problem 4: V. Goltcuzen, Leipziger Tageblatt, 1923

White to move and mate in 3

Problem 5: C. Wolf, Sachovski Glasnik, 1925

White to move and mate in 3

Note: Tactics is no doubt a very important part of chess. If you want to improve your general chess level simply working on tactics is not enough. If you aim for a dramatic improvement at chess you need to work on all of the elements of the game in a systematic way:

• tactics
• positional play
• attacking skills
• endgame technique
• classical games analysis
• psychological preparation
• and much more

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