Tactics is a very important element in a chess game. You should always keep your tactical vision sharp in order not to miss winning opportunities. Apart from your opportunities you should be very careful in order to avoid your opponent’s tricks.
Test your tactical skills
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That’s why today I’m glad to share with you some interesting tactical puzzles. Please take this training seriously and see if you can solve them. 🙂
Exercise – 1
Exercise – 2
Exercise – 3
This is a study. White can win in a lot of different ways. However, in this particular position, White can deliver checkmate in 2 moves. Can you find it? 🙂
Exercise – 4
The position looks complicated, but Black has a forcing way to win material. Can you find it?
Exercise – 5
White can win material in a forcing way. Can you find the solution?
After calculating all possible variations, you can check the answers below or downloading the PGN here.
What’s your score? How many puzzles did you solve correctly? Feel free to comment your score below.
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I got half of them.
i spend 30 second for all puzzles
i missed Qa6 in puzzle #2
i play Qb6 instead i see the c4 escape square then
thanks
I got all of them correct. No problem at all for me.
Puzzle #4 is the game Carlsen-Giri in Tata Steel 2011 which was Giri’s only win against Carlsen!
I also got them all. Nice win by Giri.
dear igor sir thankyou for the interesting article graet stuff tomorrow gm rb ramesh of india had released his new book fundamental chess logical decision making which is 289 pages long and i started reading this one i cant tell you how briilaint aproach ramesh sir had given in this book .systematically.what do you think??