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Saturday Quiz 28.6.25

By Yelena Dembo | June 28, 2025 - 07:32 |June 29, 2025 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz
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White to play

The solution is: 28. Qg3 Rf6 29. Rg4 Qf8 30. Re5 Rg7 31. Rh5 Qe7 32. Rh6 1-0

 

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Friday Quiz 27.6.25

By Yelena Dembo | June 27, 2025 - 06:54 |June 28, 2025 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz
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White to play

The solution is: 24. Bh7+ Kf8 25. Re4 Qf6 26. Rf4 Bxe5 27. Rxf6 Bxf6 28. Bf4 Bg5 29. Bd6 g6 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6 Nd7 32. Rc3 1-0

 

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Thursday Quiz 26.6.25

By Yelena Dembo | June 26, 2025 - 07:08 |June 27, 2025 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz
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Black to play

The solution is: 17… e5 18. Nxe5 Ne6 19. Qa7 Ndf4 20. Qxb7 Rc7 0-1

 

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Wednesday Quiz 25.6.25

By Yelena Dembo | June 25, 2025 - 07:23 |June 26, 2025 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz
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White to play

The solution is: 28. Rxd5 Nxd5 29. Nd3 Qd4 30. Ne2 Qg4 31. Nef4+ Kf6 32. Nxd5+ 1-0

 

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Tuesday Quiz 24.6.25

By Yelena Dembo | June 24, 2025 - 06:23 |June 25, 2025 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz
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White to play

The solution is: 29. Ne3 Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Nxf5 Qxf5 32. Bd5 Rxg1 33. Rxg1 Nh6 34. Qb6 Qd7 35. Qxd4 Qe7 36. Ka2 Nf5 37. Qc3 b6 38. h5 Re8 39. h6 Ne3 40. Re1 1-0

 

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