Colorado College Chess Club
The C.C. Chess Club meets every Wednesday night at 7:30 in the conference rooms on the second floor of the Worner Center.

Problem of the Week


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6 Black Pawn White Square Black Space Black Knight White Square Black Queen White Space Black Space White Space Black Space
5 Black Space White Space White Rook Black Pawn White Square Black Space White Space Black Space White Space
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3 White Pawn White Space Black Space White Space White Pawn White Knight White Square White Pawn White Space
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White to move. White wants to play Nd4, trading off the minor pieces and preparing a battery against the isolated D-pawn. Is this move tactically justified?
Support your opinion with variations.

Problem Archive

Tactic of the Week: Passed Pawn

Boris Spasskey - Bent Larsen
(Palma de Mallorca, 1969)

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6 Black Pawn White Square Black Space White Space Black Pawn Black Rook White Square White Pawn Black Queen White Square Black Space
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3 Black Space White Space White Queen White Space Black Space White Space Black Space White Space
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White to move.




Spassky ended the game by 1. Qc8+ Kh7 2. Qxe6! and Black resigned due the threat of f7.
Curiously, the following year Spassky won as Black against Larsen by exploiting a passed pawn. (See next week's problem for that game!)

Tactic Archive

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