Puzzle solutions

by ChessBase
9/2/2024 – Last week we showed you three positions, miniatures with five or six pieces that looked simple enough. But finding a a clear and forced win was anything but trivial – you needed to work out some unusually subtle strategy to solve them. Today we present the solutions, in the form of videos by Gauri Shankar, chess trainer from Chicago, in his unique explanatory style.
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Here are the solutions to last week's puzzles

And here the full solutions in our PGN replayer. 

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MoveNResultEloPlayers
1.Bc4()+----
1.Ka2()0.00---
1.Ka4()0.00---
1.Kb2()0.00---
1.Kb3()0.00---
1.Kb4()0.00---
1.Bb5()0.00---
1.Bd3()0.00---
1.Be2+()0.00---
1.Bf1()0.00---
1.Bb7()0.00---
1.Bc8+()0.00---
1.b7()0.00---
1.Bc4! Rc3+! 1...Rxc4 2.b7 1...Rh1 2.b7 Rh8 3.Be6+ Kg5 4.Bc8 1...Ra1+ 2.Ba2 Rf1 3.b7 Rf8 4.Be6+ Kh4 5.Bc8 Rf3+ 6.Kb2! 6.Kb4 Rf1 7.Be6 Rf8 8.Bc8 Rf1= 6...Rf2+ 7.Kc3 Rf3+ 8.Kc4 Rf4+ 9.Kc5 2.Kb4 Re3 3.b7 Re8 4.Be6+! Kg5 <main> 4...Kf3 5.Bc8 Re1 6.Be6 Re4+ 7.Kc5 Re5+ 8.Bd5+ 5.Bc8 Re1 6.Be6‼ Re4+ 7.Kc3 Re3+ 8.Kd4 8.Kd2 <or> 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Tavariani/Matsonashvili,R-White to play and win-1–019745.p Gantiadi
Troitzky,A-White to play and win-1–0192528 Rijen
Hasek,J-Whit to play and win-1–01933Ceskoslovensky Sach#497

About the author

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, Youtube, Instagram and Tiktok.

Reports about chess: tournaments, championships, portraits, interviews, World Championships, product launches and more.

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