November 18, 2016

Puzzle 3 – Three Knights

White to win! It looks simple for white because the h pawn is unstoppable. Black King has a plan to stalemate himself with Kb8-Ka7-Kb6-Ka5-b6. After 1.h4-Kb8 2.h5-Ka7 3.h6-Kb6 4.h7 -Ka5 5.h8Q- b6 and after any move for White, Black is stalemated.  How can white win?
November 18, 2016

World Chess Championship-Game 5

Game five was another draw. After 5 games the match is now tied with 2.5-2.5. All games in the match have been drawn, so far. In an Italian game, Karjakin with black equalized without problems. When the position looked promising for Carlsen with white pieces, Karjakin found a great idea to move his king all the way from king side to the safe […]
November 17, 2016

World championship game 5 – LIVE

After 4 games in the world chess championship match in New York between world chess champion Carlsen from Norway and his challenger Karjakin from Russia the result is 2:2. All 4 games until now was drawn. Can Magnus with white pieces in the fifth game get a full point ? Watch game 5 live from the official site: World chess championship […]
November 17, 2016

Puzzle 2- Destroy the castle

This game was played around 154 years ago between Rosanes with white and Anderssen with black pieces in Breslau, Poland. Anyway, with its wonderful combination, it remains an evergreen. The chess rules have never been changed in the last 5 centuries!