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chess problems

These are tough diagrams designed to help the Academic Chess instructors with their chess games.....

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1000 Diagrams Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4		Click on the picture for a bio of Chernev, one of the best beginning chess writers of all time. These are 1000 diagrams taken from his famous book "1000 Best Short Games of Chess"
1001 Combinations Queen Sacrifice Mate w/o queen Storming the castled king Harrying the king. Discovered and double check Pawn promotions Varitety of Motifs		Fred Reinfield is definately the most prolific chess book wriiter of all times. He has written over 100 chess books! See the complete list here.
1001 Checkmates	A large sampling taken from Reinfield's famous book. 379 diagrams with answers. Stare at the problem until you got a solution then click forward to see the answer.
Pins	The most common tactic in chess, you should master these puzzles to gain proficiency in your most useful weapon.
Double Attacks	Forks and other double attacks. A very useful weapon right up there with the pin.
Back Rank Attacks	It is recommend that you go through the back rank lesson first by clicking here. Treat these like exercises.
Smothered Mate	One of the most beautiful weapons of chess.
Passed Pawns	Passed pawns must be pushed....here you will see why.
Bishop Pair	Two bishops can be super powerful if you know how to use them .These exercises will show you how.
King Hunt	Check out Kings being flushed out into the middle of the board!
Un castled King Hunt	Check out uncastled Kings being flushed out into the middle of the board!
Deflection	Remove the attacker exercises.
Opening and Closing Files	Major pieces can do some serious damage on the right files..but sometimes those files need to be created.
Discovered Attack	The mighty Peek a Boo check in action.

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