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White to play This week we feature the end of a couple of Magnus Carlsen games. Here Carlsen, not quite 14 years old when the game was played, had built up a powerful attack and many moves leave him with a winning position. However, Carlsen picked the very strongest continuation. Can you find it and […]

White to play and win White has sacced a pawn but has control of the dark squares. How did he exploit this? Solution

Black to play This position is from a recent Aronian vs Wei game. Aronian has grabbed a pawn. How did Wei Yi regain the pawn and emerge with a much superior position? Solution

White to play and win It is a while since we have had a Henri Rinck study. As usual, this has a pleasing solution with just one tricky move to find along the way. Solution

White to play and win The first move is not too hard to spot but can you find the correct follow up moves? Solution

Black to play and win It is not too hard to solve this as a puzzle but it would be pretty difficult to spot during a game when I guess most of would play the obvious Qxf7 which leads to equality. Can you see something better? Solution

White to play An unorthodox puzzle today: it’s White to play and mate but with the stipulation that you can only move the rook once. It is mate in 12 with the best defence. Solution

White to play and win Solution

White to play and win This is a position from a game between George Wright and Florence Spirling played in the recent Dorset Closed tournament. In the game George played Kd2. What could he have played instead to gain a decisive advantage? Solution

White to play What is White’s strongest continuation? Solution

White to play and draw At first sight White’s position looks hopeless but in fact he can save the game. Solution