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White to move White has a number of ways of winning, but one is much more convincing than the rest. In the game black resigned within 4 moves but could have resigned in good conscience after just two. Solution

White to move and mate in 2 Solution

White to play and win quickly Another fine Jonathan Speelman finish. Solution

White to play and win From Speelman – Short 1980 Solution

Another simple but elegant Rinck study.

White to move and win The last of the Tal finishes for a while. Solution

A typical Rinck study where he makes a little material go a long way.

White to move and win Tal has sacced a piece to reach this position. Can you finish it off from here? Solution

Another Rinck study.

Black to play and win Tal, playing black, finds a simple way to finish the game. Solution

White to play and win Over the next few weeks I will be featuring a mixture of Henri Rinck studies and Mikhail Tal game finishes. This one is a Rinck: not too hard and quite pretty. Solution

White to play and win Something gentle by way of real world chess. Solution

Mate in 3 There is a lot going on it this classic chess problem by Anderson and Eaton, 1953. It has a theme (prevention of black checks on a5, d8 and g5, sometimes by black preventing it himself) and a wonderful variety of different mates. In the solution I have given 13 different first move […]

White to move and win To my eyes quite a hard study with a tricky move to find and a difficult finish to work out. Solution

White to play and win

White to play and mate in 2 Solution