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Thursday Quiz 19.6.25

By Yelena Dembo | June 19, 2025 - 06:35 |June 20, 2025 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz
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White to play

The solution is: 34. c5 Bc7 35. Qc4+ Kf8 36. Qe2 Qf4 37. Bxf6 1-0

 

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Wednesday Quiz 18.6.25

By Yelena Dembo | June 18, 2025 - 09:32 |June 19, 2025 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz
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White to play

The solution is: 26. Qf5 Rde7 27. Ng5 Rxe1+ 28. Kg2 Kg8 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Qf5 Bxd5+ 31. Rxd5 Kg8 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Rd7 Qa8+ 34. Kh3 1-0

 

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Tuesday Quiz 17.6.25

By Yelena Dembo | June 17, 2025 - 08:15 |June 18, 2025 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz
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White to play

The solution is: 37. Ne7+ Kf7 38. Rc6 Rxf3 39. Rxc5 Ra3 40. Nc6 Rxa2 41. Rxb5 f5 42. Rb8 g5 43. Ra8 Rc2 44. Nd8+ Ke7 45. a6 Kd7 46. a7 Ra2 47. Nf7 1-0

 

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Monday Quiz 16.6.25

By Yelena Dembo | June 16, 2025 - 09:07 |June 17, 2025 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz
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White to play

The solution is: 16. Nd5 Qd7 17. Bf4 Na6 18. Nc4 Rh6 19. Ne5 Qe6 20. Qb5+ Kd8 21. Qxb7 Rc8 22. Rfe1 1-0

 

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Sunday Quiz 15.6.25

By Yelena Dembo | June 15, 2025 - 06:55 |June 16, 2025 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz
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Black to play

The solution is: 15… c4 16. dxc4 Ba3 17. Bc1 Nc5 18. Qf3 d3 19. cxd3 Na4 20. Rd2 Nd4 21. Qf2 Nc3+ 22. Ka1 Qb3 23. bxc3 Qxc3+ 24. Bb2 Bxb2+ 25. Rxb2 Qc1+ 26. Rb1 Nc2+ 27. Qxc2 Qxc2 28. g3 b5 29. cxb5 Rd4 0-1

 

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