Problems

Yury Markushin
05.13.2011
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Yury Markushin
05.13.2011

This is continuation of the previous week’s tactical studies. Here are another 7 very difficult mate in 2 problems. You can approach them in two different ways. First, you should try to analyze the position before struggling to find the right moves. In this type of problems each piece is usually does a specific job […]

Yury Markushin
05.06.2011
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Yury Markushin
05.06.2011

I have written previously that tactics is a very important part of chess. In fact many chess games are being resolved due to some form of tactics: sacrifice, fork, pin, double attack, skewer, etc. Therefore, regularly practicing tactics will not only allow you to play better attacking chess, but will also make you see things […]

Yury Markushin
12.25.2009
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Yury Markushin
12.25.2009

This crossword has only 6 words in it. Guess why? Because there are only 6 types of different chess pieces. Yes, the task is to place names of chess pieces into the squares. Can you do it?