SCHOOL OF CHESS TACTICS - volume 4 (introduction and explanation written by Fide Master Paul Dobrinetsky) Dear friends! I would like to invite you into the Fairyland of Chess Kingdom! The school of chess tactics will help you to increase your level of chess playing. The more (the more efficient) you work the better results you obtain! Ifyou have solved correctly: 100 puzzles - your tactical chess rating is 1600 (3 category) 200 puzzles - your tactical chess rating is 1800 (2™ category) 300 puzzles - your tactical chess rating is 2000 (1% category) 400 puzzles - your tactical chess rating is 2100 (+1* category) 500 puzzles - your tactical chess rating is 2200 (a CM level*) All the positions are single tasks and it is always white to move. Your task is to find the best solution - no matter if it is the mating final (attack), gaining the decisive advantage or forcing a draw (from the position that looks very bad or seems very hard to make a draw) The author recommends solving systematically at least 6-12 chess puzzles. This way you can improve your tactical vision as much as calculation of variations! These skills should enable you play better and outplay your opponents with the use of tactics! Be careful and try to take advantage every time your opponent will give you the opportunity to do so! The book is directed especially to young players, coaches, trainers, instructors or parents. This chess puzzles book is recommended for players rated 1600-2100. * -CM- it is the shortcut from Candidate Master. It is the Icvcl of chess playcr who is able to play with the 2200 (average) rating strenght. It is the first chess title possible to obtain. This level (and the others that are highest than this one) of play achieves just about 710% of all chess players. To obtain a CM title any player should fullfil the specific conditions depending on the chess federation requirements. May all your chess dreams come true in chess tournaments! Please notice that these pracles are extremally useful for developing your chess intuition. Why? Because they contain just the most necessary pieces far showing the specific tactical motifs (and ideas). It means there are many important and usefl ideas included into every diagram. This way You are going to recognize these specific patterns at many more different (unknown) positions! With some additional excercises - you can tty to steer your game into ome of these positions (ideas and motifs and immortall)) and exploit the weaknesses to gain a decisive advantage. The last step is to convert it into the mating final (i it haven ' finished this way).FM Paul Dobrinetsky - School of Chess Tactics (all volumes) and other chess puzzle books - explanation to the most often used symbols and their meaning There are some symbols used in the books: you should know their meaning: ° - Queen A#1 - white to play| D1 - white to play 2 - King and mates in one move | and mates in one move B - Rook A#2 ~ black to play| iH2 - black to play and mates in two moves) and mates in two moves & me tne - Bishop Q_ Knight +H - white wins (Mor A/A (white has gov has gained | ~ white/black to move A . p awn a decisive advantage) > - Queen attacks > B Rook attacks 3 &. Bishop attacks 2a. Knight attacks — A- Pawn attacks 72 W+8 - Queen and Rook attack 2 AR+8 - Rook and Bishop attack Y >0-0 [2] - attack on the castled King position Good luck = let the Caissa provide you a joy of chess and a lot of success!g aaa staat \ abcdefgh a's Oe a a bcdefgh Pawn endings oO = IN XX © J+ \ * NA A ae = IN NX X= \ 2 LN NIN AN ou \ ~ Cae | \ ° a: aa” A ° “a a a: wy 22, School of Chess Tactics 4Pawn endings ‘ - - * - | . . arctan a ’ Lew wae . Oo WW LW We a <_e_w_- - |< Soy A ma - | ao a ea Male: (et Wa ON, abcdefgh 53 boc d on A abcdefgh or one moan a bcdefgh School of Chess Tactics 4woe a 5 Wa Dem a nee g NX ghee “ys * ot NX ‘ss \N aan 5 TOA 10 2 8, 2 a 5 School of Chess Tactics 4Pawn endings abcdefgh 65 4a OP = A oe Ms A abcdefgh oe ee NX XN AN NN NN ag as 62 OF oe 22, School of Chess Tactics 4Entering a simple pawn ending . - |i aw ~ ~ NV aw WN - - a AS ° oa . a - foe - - aa * a Se = = IN w a \ sag agar: | har aga: lag N - oie ° A ° a a a xr EX oe A o LX NS SA oa LX Ss Ss oO oO oO oe 22, School of Chess Tactics 4Rook endings 3 abcdefgh abcdefgh ‘he o 7 8 a —t nm or one moan LD mR abcdefgh abcdefgh School of Chess Tactics 4Rook endings 82 ASAHACAN = \ = a Ve w - WW - ‘. . \ ° ~ WN ~ No WN WN 2 w 2 L810 o SN)? a5 ° sreeseas S's ASS . a! ase \ \ ot lia w — a oo a bcdefgh abcdefgh School of Chess Tactics 4> +2 _ eo 2 a 90 ce wa abcdefgh 6 7 or onetm an 8 Bl abcdefgh School of Chess Tactics 4> H+A > [fe | fa 1 LHX _N_ N "oO WWW ° an er ee sons an ere e sons oO N = coe = NX Vals me os \ nl a. s ae * a al: ‘won| \ fon: CBI = As ae A aa. SS a ee 16 School of Chess Tactics 4el, abcdefgh a 101 We 4a Pawn endings A 2 on ae ‘aoe as ome a 22, one oa 2 School of Chess Tactics 4106 Knight endings oe oe e “a we < *, on * - a - | ae “a0 ° ° NWN lea ° =, > [fie ea we i X a a Py . “sg “SLa a “gl: 2 re re Oo eee): fe | ee ee ee ‘ass me ea {4 2 KX WW WS WSN J? N 7 eeeau a: in AT: oe “ a wt Pua yy. 8 . oa School of Chess Tactics 4— A> A(a) a van a a8 it i Tone maad aaa 113 abcdefgh 4 abcdefgh 1 L VX —_ ogo ie WW W WX \ A \ .. we ce oe ote a a A abo de Pah 22, a ‘he ry o + 19 School of Chess Tactics 4= &(4) oe Sas abcdefgh 119 a inne | a ‘8 ‘al at ‘ =" 22, ‘Le or onet mae of Sl or one moan ack Sl or one moan oe 20 School of Chess Tactics 4abcdefgh SS NX Pal 124 Bishop endings le or onet mae 121 122 abcdefgh 126 a bcdefgh foes 123 22, School of Chess Tactics 4Pawn endings 130 127 aaa aes —_ 132 ae at 128 129 oe 22, School of Chess Tactics 4a Pawn endings wee _ a ee a ae “a ms _ ae abcdefgh es es Ue 8 KE CO oD oD re re Oo ee. w ae ee See ee lee ee oat UleMaats Masti: | jut Mast \ ° [ ° . a aa ae aoe - —\\ We Ss eee” “e8 \X sss School of Chess Tactics 4142 Pawn endings ee abcdefgh 143 aes 144 ce nee | ie abcdefgh 141 / a aoa Fo as io i 2 abcdefgh School of Chess Tactics 4oa we nee et a bcdefgh toe 150 mon nen | io at =" of abcdefgh a Uy or one moan School of Chess Tactics 4154 Rook endings a Sl a : a“ . EF Thy a : 12 lama ml 2 ri ri Oo cee) eee Naw]: tnt | am a ata atl: \ = \ - w - ea ate a seen © lure el: ° N __ \ ° N |? eal: att woe anc WWW ° Bi (A « or onet mae School of Chess Tactics 4Rook endings pe aS 160 22 ort onet man or onet maa - |e. - | oa Ss _ il ": fae oO re ose et - - |< Sans wes ee Z| pa aaa - | a Ht \N 7 7 N fe ae ae: eee Nan WW: 8 EX Ms os BS Laan ce ce School of Chess Tactics 4ee Pawn endings ee < < WW o o aa - - “a . > tae aw aye : Maly Ww Ww Ni oC WN |= 2 ee \ ais = 2 fas Oo Maw aw - Ty | eT | oo am al see 8 s ~ IN WN [* s ‘68 a ia a if i ae of Sata \ =n “yy n-z 22 [wy as 22, School of Chess Tactics 4Entering a simple pawn ending 172 169 Hw ew N WW HHL WC WW Ws a 173 oronwetmaaa 4a 174 N XK once as aS XA NN a a i ‘ at 7 1 170 1 a bcdefgh abcdefgh School of Chess Tactics 4178 Bishop endings ae pet < am \\ \ WY \ abcdefgh 179 abcdefgh _— oe X Oa 4 W abcdefgh 176 abcdefgh "e = 22 30 School of Chess Tactics 4— Knight endings a ‘ ‘ ia . . wey aH . a - [ow _ * _ * _ * a * WN) 2 LD ao ve) D \ re re Oo wom gj N - \ \|- \ “a iat: a7, ait a a |* NX |? s fe ae: | aa aM: sf aia a N .. Al ag as 29 ae a N a oe 22 School of Chess Tactics 4Draw es ee » » _ . . - . . a a fn m an an aS SS re re nd: - |< a8 = aM: : am mca) | N I> ° w i ace] ill: . mao asm wom - ‘3 7 A 6, 22, School of Chess Tactics 4196 Draw an = “ = = eo NX eo eo . Kol . . o __ o o ts: Beata Sf x ° re re Oo as |- ee —e- ae a a - ae ml \ \ - \N - \N - : - aM alS |MaM MSE: = foe a: i. ‘Ml 2 oy ew 2 o e 2 as aaa 78 HaHa « School of Chess Tactics 4202 ee : . (ale > staat 9 : Oo N Oo ce: | oOo “a wwe we mo |i at ae a a oi —— . 7 .\C 7 N wane ae: Agta wt |: mt foc. NS 2 wae 5 6, 22, School of Chess Tactics 4abcdefgh aes 208 209 4a WEA ae Hem] WN “ce N = at or onet mae ae 206 a bcdefgh oo abcdefgh School of Chess Tactics 4 207Bishop endings aes 216 214 NX AN WMS a a ES e ot wa oe ee or one moan ones 212 abcdefgh 213 ws 36 a bcdefgh abcdefgh School of Chess Tactics 4Bishop endings g ; eS Pa - | a a aa . oy W . © WN Ne S : oa N N N N a = .. = eo ., NV » . oe ss . fmacicat i> Ma aa ts " ee al 2 N eos oo N aS abcdefgh School of Chess Tactics 4226 a < VAC + ~ | at | we Gee . ~ \S 8 ° Ro . 2 ~ oh “x N Ql eee rose nN N g « N WC WN [+ % Oy Nau \ \\ 3 ~ i \ a : peice ° ace Ww’ W “ \ “ . patea a alo on ont ON A N N oe abcdefgh School of Chess Tactics 4Wa oe 229 O *. .. .. ate ae ae we .. oe = WE - -_ “a “a - ° N WW e \ Ne on As ghatataal N oO __" « N WN WS [+ xia ata: tall: N VN VN We yy 2 WN a 2 = = “ a“ “s “s ° * LAIN WN or one moan 6, 248, 39 School of Chess Tactics 4Vi, I.0, oon 6 abcdefgh gy "a ne ee 710 abcdefgh KR wR OA @ School of Chess Tactics 4 40a 241 ll, aes ae \ COON an nn e oronwetmaaa a WE assani a8. NaX aa" 424, abcdefgh School of Chess Tactics 4Draw oe : fa io} N Oo enw: tat aaa - alata: _ ma "i ooo > IN * aaa I - |e — ane die = ae oe 228 School of Chess Tactics 4Draw g Met onal abcdefgh — aes. (ees: |e ae > |g se; | rer oo ne |e = mam: aa o> [iM MJ i ° > ai i LX NS 3 Lo 16 LX SN A N N N a 22, School of Chess Tactics 4262 Pawn endings = 25 N \ eS abcdefgh 263 abcdefgh 264 - - E aa: a \ i on 2 a: a: af i i a ew il some: a “a a lee WWW S EX aN Ne ENA a bcdefgh 22, School of Chess Tactics 4Pawn endings 268 265 abcdefg 269 “0 .. a SS nih ’ iil a a ae \ 4 SN a 6 at or onet mae 26 267 abcdefgh 22, School of Chess Tactics 4274 Rook endings ne ee - . Bay Ve . . as ware a - a ae . ooo = : a - naa poe WW 232 bag \ of a Oo ila SS. Eee sae x ot oe" eee a mt a a a ° otsSs WW oma 2 : 46 Se ts School of Chess Tactics 4a Sas ae 8, 280 N CO N Oo se - eee - ee ee | ae = ee ee ee ef - fi al | 4 ba me mals woe : om isa “sa at \ WJ a \ ° aS NX * School of Chess Tactics 4ee n © TE aoa: a eae : : ciate oe a eS 2 [a a By =a - | aoe a e : | a ae ie oa ea aH : | a ai i ia » | ae : oa ha tes set agama oe N N oe Ae School of Chess Tactics 4Pawn endings oO 289 lls abcdefgh 293 A abcdefgh oT om am a a oe ss 49 School of Chess Tactics 42>4 ae 295 Sas abcdefgh oe 1Y 299 300 Ee aaa a ~ a a folie “ae abcdefgh \ 5a” abcdefgh or one moan 297 50 School of Chess Tactics 4n oa aa a: * yw 2 * WY) 2 LD ww" \ «oO ° S on o S oO oO a = SS al] = WHA WL OW side “ B+A ee we abcdefgh 317 318 | NX |= XN |= NN . aan a a i . “tate v a ae i > “a. > XA XA Ve N a a oy “i “i a ° abcdefgh oF or one moan a oD oe School of Chess Tactics 4. V oo ew La abcdefgh Vis tal YJ 27 School of Chess Tactics 4E>4 * 328 Zo to N oD oD oD Oo as: |: ate ‘a - ee ae ec eee a woe at ae ab aa me - a : y ys a _B- oe 2 School of Chess Tactics 4a a a bcdefgh School of Chess Tactics 4 56340 E>A& 337 on © or one moan - “ - - = _ = = 2 a 2 2 Wc a N a Yt SOSSSSN SS ot oO oO Oo - we] eee - | al < a ia - . i - lt aitall: ~ WaX NX |= NX AN = . otatat ae: | oo a a og gE 2 gag a: oD aD & LX\nN \ oO School of Chess Tactics 4Queen endings 346 van ll, WaV\ a abcdefgh 347 oronetmaaa — 348 abcde fgh a ‘a a A Caran Si Yo 5" si Ba S \ W a a "a a ee abcdefgh Jad oT Deo a var y Deo a abcdefgh School of Chess Tactics 4+ Wik vo oo A ae on orton ema oo a BM School of Chess Tactics 4oe 2 0 36 8 abcdefgh ot one mae oO LD oO oer a bcdefgh abcdefgh 60 School of Chess Tactics 4Knight endings 364 ot ll, lis aes 366 le at oy a \ a aa N\A oy ag ry Deo a oe 22, 61 School of Chess Tactics 4Draw 370 ae Bs a WY \ abcdefgh owe aes 371 372 of sas “ye ata ° i ° a a m6 ornrnont ON © © os os abcdefgh abcdefgh 62 School of Chess Tactics 4= _ ae \ N w YO e iE WW Ny \ SN SN \N . \ Ww Va “9 _. V4, b, / ay lay lay GGGara ° a ° 08 378 abcdefgh KR wR OA @ 28Y, Ui, Uae ws wae S 4 W ante VV, om ee School of Chess Tactics 4 a bcdefgh>= Wie 382 30 ps a abcdefgh oronwetmaaa 384 abcdefgh Oo ae ee ee - posite ° aati a ae aa: satan Se woe 3 Sa- xl e 22, 64 School of Chess Tactics 4388 Rook endings ee ‘ aa ~ [Pare . WW -_ a to ee) D oD oD Oo cee: A mates tat: A o's a - N __\ w - \N a ata _ il ti iat ei » {Ea eV eae 2 they at SOW \ We « \ A. 2, School of Chess Tactics 4+ Wik a 394 oe abe 395 396 = = Na ~ ~ Ca aarata mt Racecar Seeeee an LR ereeea ae Sa 3 abcdefgh abcdefgh 66 School of Chess Tactics 4w & Trapping pieces 397 O - (See: eo of ys eo a: ia CS —t Oo ieee EAE] =e 2 RR Re aaa i ams om a a “ a > ae s abcdefgh 418 419 4a 420 RR NX \ a ee VK LK GF ats ~ \N old at abcdefgh 417 6, 70 School of Chess Tactics 4424 pL ff oe aes 6 Y, as g ZZ WY a 42 ne a t+ 2 oy \X at afl S| \ 422 423 = s oe 71 School of Chess Tactics 4> H+A ae ve g = AVN \ J+ Ao WES ~ a os “Ve - _- - 2 saa: —t —t oO NC Ca = . — N lr ° mt i \ ° ~ WW ~ ° WV Na We om ae \ wo “a 2, A, rs “ae “ae SA OS, wo on STAG ontnanea st st “ie 2 72 School of Chess Tactics 4Pawn endings 436 abcdefgh abcdefgh 437 ae oe 73 433 ate [ht we we a Le eee (Ea areas a 2 i mm > ia Ws © oi a = —t a bcdefgh 22, 74 School of Chess Tactics 4448 Bishop endings 445 abcde fgh Vi, V1, “Uta Yi, \ \ abcdefgh 450 449 W & at \N \N \N Nan WX ee or one moan \ Gd. 446 at a “ \ Wa NN i a 75 a bcdefgh abcdefgh School of Chess Tactics 4454 ah Sa aes 6 45 os ee ww aa “_ xe “_ ame “oO NX X_N a Ae abcdefgh orton eo a or one ™ a 453 obec de Pe h abcdefgh 76 School of Chess Tactics 4460 Pawn endings Te x a ee 2 an Ws TH N WN © © Les —t —t Oo = se. A tate °° “a x nk *. “ \N . ee Glee ce : WA [NO . een . one a or one moan 458 ae = oe 22 School of Chess Tactics 4466 Pawn endings 463 M1, J, Va, abcdefgh 467 abcdefgh ” orontaaa a es \ WK ACK se .. a \ x \ W-a8 le 464 abcdefgh 465 78 oe abcdefgh School of Chess Tactics 4> +2 469 A72 473 ATA ee \ \, \ as aS 470 oe 7 abcdefgh 1 or one moan 4 79 School of Chess Tactics 4478 VE Mi, Jl Y L Z abcdefgh Vi, Za a\0 abcdefgh School of Chess Tactics 4 a bcdefgh 80A84 A81 g abcdefgh wy Vd, “wo ae 2m oy — ¢ Ss aoe ae 485 sa, 7 ae a S Ay e f = awn —_ ar Q \\ = ai yy SS an 483 58 abcdefgh 81 School of Chess Tactics 4~ B+k ee ee g AX 6K aaa: ° wy "5 2 \ —— _ = a fil aD oe LA Na —t —t a: ww. wall i . ane % ata! % a8 NN - N WN ; AS an > hae a ae \\ 8) © 7 \N a te: Patan a (Gentes iat aoe (HM as oan 82 School of Chess Tactics 4Queen endings 496 493 Nts ae a W .. abcdefgh 498 abcdefgh a v \ aa" INN A494 495 or one moan a bcdefgh 22, 83 School of Chess Tactics 4~ &(84+0) 502 Sa abcdefgh 903 504 abcd a - wh cde teh abcdefgh or om eo a ss 84 School of Chess Tactics 4oe 0 sas 22, - | al a. oot ts ; : -S wD o toe . a - cae oats a ee Se em ee : | aoe a y ~2 [fy yap ay Ee py 85 School of Chess Tactics 4> H+A aes 6 ol Be 2 at 3 “dD or one moan “dD 82 oe 86 School of Chess Tactics 4ll, abcdefgh 520 021 022 > +2 abcdefgh 2 _ “He abcdefgh 18 \ 2 Mail aS s. J \ co w \ a or one man abcdefgh School of Chess Tactics 4A>s g . u_E_a- a. aie meas o WY \V « N aS SSS N N wD wD wD Oo =e - ee POO wae al te: le " " a } “3 a_i 19 aD aD 88 a bcdefgh abcdefgh School of Chess Tactics 4032 1300, “. Vy \N \ WY \ \ \ \ A, WW \ 933 abcdefgh Dyfly di, J, fll Vi, 1, i, Wi ZA YY DQDAN0 abcdefgh School of Chess Tactics 4 89538 Rook endings 539 A Soe" oa ZO oS oD st ev) LD Oo I= 7" ow = eo WN NV » {> — \ |- ° awa ._- a a | \ |e WW “ ‘e: in|: oe ee eee oe ee ee ee ee 90 8 22, School of Chess Tactics 4