Texas Knights Tactics Time! Mar-Apr 2017

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Tactics Problems

Alexander Velikanov - Emily Nguyen
Dallas UT Fall 2016
Black to move.

..Nf8 {and the white rook is trapped.} 41.h5 Kg7

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Samuel Irby - Heather Flewelling
Texas Amateur 2000
White to move.

Qxb6+!! Nxb6(22...Rc7 23.Qxc7#) 23.Re8#

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Aizaz Shaukat - Todd Appelbaum
Texas Amateur 2000
White to move.

Nxd6 cxd6 10.Qf7#

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Matthew Berki - Mark McCue
Texas Amateur 2000
White to move.

c4 {attacks the knight, which is pinned to the bishop on b7. Variation from the game.}

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Steve Young - Tim Pernes
Texas Amateur 2000
White to move.

e4 Bg6 9.e5 {forks the bishop and knight. Variation from the game.}

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Kenneth Dowlen - William Martz
Texas Amateur 2000
White to move.

Rxf7+! Kxf7 47.Kxh6 {wins a pawn and transposes into a winning endgame.}

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William Gibson - Brian Young
Texas Amateur 2000
White to move.

Be3 {attacks the knight a second time, which can’t be defended a second time.}

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Sharon Pernes - Christian Leppert
Texas Amateur 2000
Black to move.

..c5 20.Qc4 b5 {and the white queen cannot maintain the defense of the bishop on c3.}

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Tyson Slesnick - Gary Blanchard
Texas Amateur 2000
White to move.

Qxg6 {wins a piece and leads to checkmate. The f7 pawn is pinned.}

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