Position Solutions

[Event "Correspondence"] [Site "?"] [Date "1896"] [Round "?"] [White "Riga Chess Club"] [Black "Orel Chess Club"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov: classical attack, Jaenisch variation"] {This game was played between October 1896 and January 1898.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Bg4 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Be4 Be6 12. Qd3 a6 13. a3 Bf6 14. Re1 Nce7 15. Ng5 g6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bf3 Kf7 19. Bg4 Re8 20. Qh3 Kg7 21. Bh6+ Kh8 22. Rad1 c6 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Bxe6 Nc7 25. Bb3 Qe7 26. Qd3 Nb5 27. Be3 Rd8 28. Qc4 Qd7 29. d5 Bxb2 30. Qe2 Bf6 31. dxc6 Qxc6 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. a4 Nc7 34. Bd4+ Bf6 {[#]} 35. Bb2 $3 {The dual threats of 36. Qe7 and 36. Qc4 cannot be met! If 35…h6 or 35…h5, 36. Qc4! also wins.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Arne Henriksen Memorial"] [Site "ICCF Email"] [Date "2000"] [Round "?"] [White "Chorfi, Khalid (MAR)"] [Black "Christiansen, Tonny (DEN)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2483"] [BlackElo "2400"] [EventDate "2000.02.15"] [Annotator "John Knudsen"] [SourceDate "2007.04.13"] [PlyCount "61"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. h4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 a6 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 b5 16. Bb3 Bb7 17. Ng5 $5 $146 (17. Rd7 $142 Nb4 18. Bc7 Nxc2 19. Bxa5 Bxe4 20. Bxc2 Rac8 21. Bc3 Bxc2 22. Kxc2 Bf6 23. g3 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Rd1 a5 26. Kb3 Kf8 27. Rd7 Bc7 28. h5 Ke8 29. Rd1 f6 30. f4 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Bxd8 32. a4 b4 33. Bd4 Kd7 34. Bc5 e5 35. Kc4 Ke6 36. Kb5 f5 37. b3 Kd5 38. fxe5 Bc7 39. Bd6 Bd8 40. Bf8 Bg5 41. Kxa5 Kxe5 42. Bxg7+ Kd5 43. Bd4 {1-0 Dijksman,L-Femmel,D/IECC Email 1999/MegaCorr2 (43)}) 17... Bxg5 18. hxg5 Rfc8 19. Kb1 Nd4 20. Rxd4 Rxc2 21. Bxc2 Bxg2 22. Rg1 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Bd5 24. e4 $40 Bb7 25. Bf6 $1 Kf8 26. Bxg7+ Ke7 27. e5 Bd5 {[#]} 28. Rxd5 $3 $18 exd5 29. Bf5 Kd8 30. Rc1 b4 31. Bf6+ (31. Bf6+ Ke8 32. Rh1 $18) 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "MN/083"] [Site "corr ICCF"] [Date "2000.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Dearnley, Andrew E. (ENG)"] [Black "Diaz Rubi, Felipe (ESP)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "2321"] [BlackElo "2414"] [EventDate "2000.??.??"] [Annotator "John Knudsen"] [SourceDate "2007.04.13"] [PlyCount "71"] 1. f4 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 e6 (3... Nc6 4. g3 e5 5. fxe5 f6 6. Bh3 Bxh3 7. exf6 Nxf6 8. Nxh3 Bc5 9. e3 d4 10. e4 O-O 11. d3 Bb4+ 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Qh5 Ne3 14. Ke2 g6 15. Qh6 Qd7 16. Qh4 Bxd2 17. Kxd2 Ne5 18. Ng5 Rf2+ 19. Kc1 Nxd3+ 20. Kb1 Nxb2 {0-1 Kupreichik,V-Jussupow,A/Yerevan 1982/MCL (20)}) 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 $146 (5... Nc6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 Nd5 8. Qxc4 Na5 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. Qc1 c5 11. Nc3 Nc6 12.h3 Ndb4 13. Be4 Nd4 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Kf1 Be7 16. d3 O-O 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Kg2 Rfe8 20. Rc1 Qa6 21. Ba1 Qc6+ 22. Kh2 Bf6 23. h4 h5 24. e3 Ndc2 {0-1 Behrmann,K-Guenzel,S/corr 1995/Megacorr (24)}) (5... Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 (6... Bd6 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2 c5 9. O-O b5 10. Qe1 Rc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 c4 14. Rc1 a5 15. Bc3 b4 16. Bd4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e5 18. Be3 exf4 19. gxf4 Bc5 20. Kh1 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 {Mondello,J-Petruccioli,A/Italy 1996/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (37)}) 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Bc5+ 9. Kh1 Bh5 10. h3 c6 11. Qe1 Be3 12. Nc3 a6 13. Nd1 Ba7 14. e4 dxe4 15. dxe4 h6 16. c4 Qc7 17. e5 Nh7 18. Ba3 Nc5 19. Qe3 Nd7 20. Bd6 Bxe3 21. Bxc7 Ba7 22. Nf2 f5 23. Rad1 Rf7 24. Bd6 Ndf8 25. c5 Rd8 26. Rd3 g5 27. fxg5 Nxg5 28. Nd4 Bg6 29. Rd2 Rfd7 30. Nd3 Ne4 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Nf4 Rf7 33. Kg1 Bh7 34. Nfxe6 Nxe6 35. Nxe6 Rdd7 36. Rdf2 {1-0 Wuttke,J-Hoyer,B/corr1998/MegaCorr2 (36)}) 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Ne5 Bf5 8. d3 Nbd7 9. e3 Bb4+ 10. c3 Be7 11. Qe2 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Bg4 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. c4 c6 15. O-O dxc4 16. bxc4 Qb6 17. Rf4 Bf5 18. d4 c5 19. d5 Bg5 20. Rf2 f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nc3 Rad8 24. Rd1 Qa6 25. Nb5 Qa4 26. Rc1 a6 27. Nc3 Qe8 28. Re1 Be5 29. Ref1 Qe7 30. a4 b6 31. Ne2 Qd7 {[#]} 32. Nf4 $1 Qxa4 $2 (32... Bg4 33. h3 Bxf4 34. Rxf4 Rxf4 35. Rxf4 Bf5 36. g4 Bg6 $14) 33. Nxe6 Bxe6 34. dxe6 Bf6 35. Bd5 Kh8 {[#]} (35... Be7 36. Rf7 Rxf7 37. exf7+ Kf8 38. Qd3 $18) 36. Qb2 $3 {Absolutely crushing!} (36. Qb2 Qb4 37. Qe5 $1$18 ) (36. Qb2 Rxd5 37. cxd5 $18) 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

[Event "Correspondence Chess"] [Site "Red Hot Pawn Server"] [Date "2019"] [White "NN"] [Black "Knudsen, John C."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defence"] 1. e4 e6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bb3 Nf6 5. h4 Be7 6. h5 Bg4 7. f3 Bxh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. f4 Ne4 10. f5 Bh4+ 11. Kf1 Ng3+ 12. Kg2 Nxh1 13. Kxh1 Nc6 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. Kg2 Qd6 16. Ne2 {[#] Black, with his next move, forces mate in no more than 10 moves. } Bf2! 17. Kxf2 Rh2+ 18. Kg1 Nd4! {The Knight cannot be taken because of Qg3+, followed by mate on f2.} 19. Nbc3 Nf3+ 20. Kf1 Qf6 21. Nxd5 Qh4 22. d4 Qf2# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.