Tactical Exercises from my games, Part 1
Hi Chesskids! I am back with a new article idea which I am sure you will enjoy looking at. I'm also making it a points game for you to play!I like to attack and find good tactics which means I have plenty of games and exercises with brilliant tactics involved. You will be getting 1 point for finding the first move and 2 points for finding the entire variation, if there is any. There are five tactical exercises which you can test yourself from and see how good you are at tactics. Good luck ChessKids!
This puzzle is worth 2 points. Can you calculate 1.e4 here and what will happen after 1...dxe4 2.Bxe4 Bxd4 ?
You can find the answer after White's 21st move here.
This is one of my greatest games of all time so far. I will accept two different winning moves in this puzzle, which is worth 1 point and is White to play.
You can find the answer after white's 20th move here.
Can you find the best move here? The puzzle is worth 1 point. Hint: It was an idea from a game with Julian Hodgson as black which I used without knowing the game!
You can find the answer after Black's 9th move here.
This game is another tactical masterpiece. I saw a mate in 12 here but unfortunately my opponent resigned after a few moves. The puzzle is worth 2 points.
You can find the answer after Black's 28th move here.
The tables turn now! I am black here but my opponent played a brilliant game and was unlucky to lose the game. The next two moves by him were breathtaking. This move is the easier one as the second move is simply too hard. Even though you can't give a forced variation here, I will award 2 points to the people who find this move.
You can find the answer after White's 25th move here.
Answers:
How well did you think you did ChessKids? How difficult was it? You're about to find out the answers!
Well there you are! A bunch of difficult tactical puzzles which even took me a lot of time to figure out!
I am planning to make a few more parts, so I hope you enjoyed it!