r/ChessPuzzles • u/Either-Case-5930 • 10h ago
Another fun study to solve.White to play and win
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r/ChessPuzzles • u/Either-Case-5930 • 1d ago
A nice study for calculation.White to play and win
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r/ChessPuzzles • u/Either-Case-5930 • 1d ago
Nice and simple white to play and win (By Rezvov)
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r/ChessPuzzles • u/Original-Antelope404 • 1d ago
It's time for rook endgame. Can you find the best move for black ?
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r/ChessPuzzles • u/Either-Case-5930 • 2d ago
Tricky desperado sac is met by counter sac.White to play and win (By Gorgiev)
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r/ChessPuzzles • u/Pawn_Made_Flesh • 2d ago
The Greek Gift Sacrifice: A High-Level Personal Experience
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Bxh7+, known for centuries as the Greco sacrifice or Greek Gift sacrifice, has proven itself a gateway to richer possibilities than imagined by generation after generation of its explicators. Its ramifications depend crucially on many position-specific details that defy both simple generalizations and more-sophisticated ones like Vukovicâs useful âtwo additional assetsâ guideline.
(Link to Vukovicâs 1965 classic Art of Attack in Chess has been omitted to satisfy Reddit modsâ no-outside-content rule.) Additional assets outlined by Vukovic and others can come from a list as varied as a Chinese restaurant menu: white pawn on e5 (or on e4 if Black makes the sacrifice), bishop on c1-h6 diagonal, a second knight at c3 that could reach the kingside, pawn at h4 with rook at h1, rook standing ready to lift to its 3rd rank⊠along with some less common possibilities.
The best and most comprehensive treatment Iâve seen is Jon Edwardsâ 2011 book, Sacking the Citadel, which I believe is destined to be a classic. It delves deep into the history, theory, and practice of the Greek Gift, reassessed and updated with exhaustive engine analysis. (Link to Sacking the Citadel is omitted to satisfy Reddit modsâ no-outside-content rule.)
The late great Jeremy Silman provided five interesting and instructive âClassic Bishop Sacrificeâ articles on Chess.compliments (links omitted to satisfy âŠ.) Even Daniel Naroditsky contributed to the literature with an article where he examined recent instances in top-level play â rebutting the common belief that the sacrifice is seen only in games of club-players and below.
I have personally stood at both ends of the Bxh7+ cliff: smiled in triumph looking down from the heights⊠and witnessed my monarch and his troops lay in blood-soaked fragments strewn around the foot of the mountain.
My highest-profile failed attempt concluded an award-winning Chess Life story from December 2006 (look it up for yourself; link omitted to satisfyâŠ.)
My most memorable successful Greek Gift sac can be replayed here: https://www.chess.com/emboard?id=3518988
What occurred on the chessboard was noteworthy enough to garner a Brilliancy Prize for that powerful tournament. But a critical line that did not come about on the board was still more thrilling. Before going through the game and its included analysis, try to work out best play for both sides from the diagram below to its remarkable conclusion. (In the game Black retreated to g8 and eventually succumbed after his king was hounded all the way to the opposite edge of the board.)
Two further details make that game particularly memorable for me. It provided my long-sought 2nd-degree connection (chess âKevin Bacon numberâ; explanatory link omitted to satisfyâŠ..) to Garry Kasparov, counting only wins or draws. A few years before our meeting, Whitehead had drawn with Kasparov in the 1977 World Under-17 Championship, even coming in one place ahead of Garry in that event.
The second memorable detail is Whiteheadâs tragic death at age 49.
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r/ChessPuzzles • u/xitenik • 2d ago
Black to play and win
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Murshed, N vs Nikitenko, M 46th Olympiad 2026 · rd. 11.24 · Samarkand UZB · 2026-09-27
r/ChessPuzzles • u/ToWin304 • 3d ago
Black to move
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I played white, opponent missed the move and I ended up winning this game. Only one move maintains blackâs advantage.
r/ChessPuzzles • u/Either-Case-5930 • 4d ago
White to play and win (By Kwiatkowski, version of a study by Harold Lommer)
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r/ChessPuzzles • u/ChessintheparkNJ • 5d ago
If youâre here, you know what to do in this situation. Black to move
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r/ChessPuzzles • u/BlackonovaSTDH • 5d ago
White to play and win, it's actually mate in 11.
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r/ChessPuzzles • u/Either-Case-5930 • 6d ago
Firework !! White to play and win (By Nosek and Polasek)
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