Sharpen
up your mental reflexes with these basic
yet juicy tactical tests.
1) Material
is even and Black, who just played …g7-g6,
is threatening White’s Knight. Who
stands better?
WHITE
TO MOVE
2) Black
is a pawn up, his Bishop is attacking White’s
Queen, and he appears to have a solid position.
Is White in trouble?
WHITE
TO MOVE
3) Black’s
a pawn up but his King is still in the
center and White enjoys a lead in development.
Can White capitalize on these dynamic advantages,
or will Black eventually consolidate his
position?
WHITE
TO MOVE
4) White’s
Knights make a nice impression. Can he
make use of them?
WHITE
TO MOVE
5) Who
is winning? Black’s King seems vulnerable,
but White’s King is also under pressure.
WHITE
TO MOVE
6) Another
endgame, another dose of pain for Black!
WHITE
TO MOVE
7) This
is a well-known opening position. Can White
get any advantage?
WHITE
TO MOVE
8) Black
appears to have some serious threats (…Bf4
or …Bxg3 with a discovered attack
on White’s Queen by the d8-Rook).
He can also trade off White’s dangerous
b2-Bishop by …Be5. What can White
do?
WHITE
TO MOVE
9) Just
to throw you off balance, I decided to
toss in a “Black to move” problem!
The game seems fairly even, though White
does threaten to double Black’s pawns
by Bxf6. Is anything going on here?
BLACK
TO MOVE
10) White
can force the win of material.
WHITE
TO MOVE
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