Grandmaster and composer Pal Benko presents some problems in honor of the US Team's historic gold medal victory in Baku last month.
US Chess Team Olympic 1.
1) U
White to move. Mate in 3.
[pgn][Event "?"] [Round "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/n1K5/N1B5/k1N5/P1n5/1R6/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "5"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"]1. Rb4+ Nxb4+ 2. Bxb4 Nd5 (2... Nd1 3. Nb6#) 3. Nb2# *[/pgn]
2) S
White to move. Mate in 2.
[pgn][Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "1-0"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/1pQ5/b7/1k6/2R5/bK6/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "3"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"]1. Ra3 Bc4 2. Ra4# 1-0[/pgn]
3) C
White to move. Mate in 3.
[pgn][Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/5KR1/4P3/4B3/4R3/5kN1/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "5"]1. Bd4 Kg2 2. Nf1+ Kxf1 (2... Kh1 3. Rg1#) (2... Kh3 3. Rg3#) (2... Kf3 3. Nd2# ) 3. Rg1# *[/pgn]
4) T
White to move. Mate in 3.
[pgn][Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/2pPkPp1/4N3/4P3/4Q3/4K3/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "5"]1. Qa7 Kxe5 2. Ke3 Kxd6 (2... Kxf6 3. Qe7#) 3. Qe7# *[/pgn]
5) O
White to move. Mate in 3.
[pgn][Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/6R1/5P1B/5k1B/5P1n/6K1/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "5"]1. Re7 Kxf6 (1... Ng6 2. Bg4+ Kxf6 3. Bg5#) (1... Nf3 2. Bg7 Nd4 3. Re5#) (1... Ng2 2. f7 Kf6 3. f8=Q#) 2. Bg5+ Kf5 3. Re5# *[/pgn]
6) 1
White to move. Mate in 2.
[pgn][Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/7n/6KN/5Q1p/7k/7p/7b/8 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "3"]1. Qg4+ hxg4 2. Nf5# *[/pgn]
Also see Vanessa West's tactics article on Baku and GM Alejandro Ramirez's wrap-up from the scene.
For more by Benko, see his most recent US Chess articles on Back to School and Independence Day themed problems.
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