Chess puzzles solutions

by Frederic Friedel
2/11/2025 – Last week we gave you three puzzles to solve. Were you able to solve them moving the pieces on the diagrams, or all in your head, like a couple of 2700+ friends did. In any case today we bring you the solutions, explained to us in his inimitable style by chess trainer Gauri Shankar of Chicago. Have fun and learn!

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In our diagrams below, you can switch on an engine (fan button) and follow his explanations. At the bottom of the page you will find all three studies in a PGN replayer, where you can analyse to your heart's content.

Puzzle 1

Abram Gurvich, Alma Atinskaja Pravda 1959
White to play and win


Puzzle 2

Puzzle 2: Alexey Gulyaev, Skakhmaty v SSSR 1936
White to play and draw


Puzzle 3

Puzzle 3: Alexey Troizky, Skakhmaty #302, 1927
White to play and win


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4.Rc4! Rg5+ 5.Ke6! Rxh5 6.h4! 1–0
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Gurvich,A-White to play and win-1–01959From study in Alma Atinskaja Pravda
Gulyaev,A-White to play and draw-½–½1936Shakhmaty v SSSR#766
Troitzky,A-White to play and win-1–01927Shakhmaty #302

Gauri Shankar is a FIDE Master, originally from India, who moved to the United States when he was ten years old. He has nine International Master norms, and is seeking to cross the 2400 Elo mark to get his title. He works as a chess trainer in Chicago, where he currently resides.

Gauri's decade long experience teaching chess to thousands of children has helped him become a popular online chess content creator, making entertaining and educational videos on Twitch, YoutubeInstagram and Tiktok.


Editor-in-Chief emeritus of the ChessBase News page. Studied Philosophy and Linguistics at the University of Hamburg and Oxford, graduating with a thesis on speech act theory and moral language. He started a university career but switched to science journalism, producing documentaries for German TV. In 1986 he co-founded ChessBase.

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satman satman 2/11/2025 12:58
Please stop calling them 'puzzles' - they're end-game studies.
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