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MACA Chess Horizons Magazine Article
 The Challenge Page Solutions
 FM Chris Chase and Nathan Smolensky
  May 2016
 

 1. 1… Rg2+! 2. Kxg2 (2. Kh3 Qh1#) Qh1#

2. 1… Qg6+! 2. Qxg6 Be6#

3. 1… Bb5! and the white queen is trapped: 2. Qa3 c4 2. Qb3 c4

4. 1. Rg3! and there is no defense to the threats of both Rxg7 and Qh6: 1… Qxc2 2. Qh6 Rag8 3. Qxh7+ Rxh7 4. Rxg7#

5. 1. Rc1! 1… h6 2. Qxg6 fxg6 3. f7! -+ 1… gxf6 2. Rc8+ Kg7 3. Nf5#

6. 1. f8=Q Rf4+ 2. Ke5!! Rxf8 3. Nc4+ Kb5 4. Nd6+ Ka5 (4… Kxc5 5. d4#) 5. Ndb7+ Kb5 6. c4+! Kxc4 7. Nd6+ Kxc4 8. d4#

 

Answers to Chess Trivia

1. f Born 1943. Moved to Brooklyn in 1949.

2. g

3. h Born 1992 as dual U.S. and Italian citizen. Moved to Europe in 2004.

4. c

5. i

6. e

7. a

8. b

9. d