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Not so fast
		7/10/2009  Kaissa Should White play Nxd4? Calculate one deeper than your opponent!
		Solution: Yes! Nxd4...Qxd4, Rd1!!

White to play...
		4/5/2005  Kaissa White to play and win in 4 moves.
		Solution: 1 Ne7+ Kh8 2 Qxh7+ Kxh7 3 Rh1+ Qh5 4 Rxh5#

Duncan-Siegheim (1920)
		11/6/2004  Ken Sallings (White to move) Anything for a check!
		Solution: 1. Qg6 fxg6 2. Ne7++ Kh8 3. Ng6#

Ken Sallings as a 1400
		9/23/2004  Kaissa Black to move and win.
		Solution: 1. ... f3 2. g3 Qxh2+ 3. Kxh2 Rh6+ and mate to follow.

Splash
		8/29/2004  Kaissa White to move and get a winning position.
		Solution: 1. Nxc6 Bxc6 2. Nxd5 Rxf5 3. Nxe7+ ... 4. Nxf5 or 2. ... Bxd5 3. Qxd5+ ... 4. Qxe4 or 1. ... Qd6 2. Qxd5 Qxd5 3. Nxd5 Bxc6 4. Ne7+ ... 5. Nxc6 All variations lead to a substantial gain of material for white."

Beni-Schwarzbach (1969)
		8/12/2004  Kaissa White to move and win.
		Solution: 1. Qh3 Qxh3 2. Rxg7+ Kh8 3. Rxf7+ Kg8 4. Rg7+ Kh8 5. Rg8#

Luther-Gauglitz 1989
		5/17/2004  Kaissa White to move and obtain a winning position.
		Solution: 1. Rxg7+ Kxg7 2. Qxd4+ Qxd4 3. Nxe6+ K moves and Nxd4. The two pieces versus rook should be enough to win.

Barkovsky-Korchnoy (1969)
		3/7/2004  Kaissa Black offered a draw after his last move Bf8-d6. If you were white would you take the draw?
		Solution: 1. Nf6 Qa1+ 2. Kh2 Bxf4+ 3. g3 Bxg3+ 4. Kg2! and black can only delay the inevitable Rxh7#

Gumprich-NN (1929)
		3/2/2004   White to move.
		Solution: 1. Bg7 (i. 1. ... Bxg5 2. Qh8#) (ii. 1. ... Kxg7 2. Qh7#)

Mate in 2
		1/22/2004  Kaissa White to move, Mate in two
		Solution: Answer: 1.Rf7+ Kxf7 2.Qg6 mate

Huebner - Vogel, Germany 1986
		10/7/2003   White to play
		Solution: 1. Ne4 (a. 1. ... Rxh5 2. Rxd7+ (i. 2. ... Kxd7 3. Nxf6+ K any Nxh5 and white is up a piece) (ii. 2. ... Ke8 3. Nxf6+ Kf8 4. Rxg7 and white is winning) (iii. 2. ... Kf8 3. Nxf6 and white is up a piece)) (b. 1. ... Qxb2 2. Bg5+ (i. 2. ... Rxg5 Qxg5+ and white is up the exchange.) (ii. 2. ... Kf8 3. Qxh8+ and white is up a rook) )

Gulko - Makarichev Moscow, 1974
		9/4/2003   White to move
		Solution: 47.Nf5! gxf5 48.Rg8+ Kh6 49.g5+ fxg5 50.hxg5+ Kh5 51.Bf3#

Short - Timman Tilburg, 1991
		7/30/2003   White to move
		Solution: In this well known position, English GM Nigel Short conceived a novel and somewhat humorous solution. He launched his winning plan with 31.Kh2 Rc8 32.Kg3! Rce8 33.Kf4! Bc8 (too late) 34.Kg5!. At this point, Jan Timman resigned himself and the game to the inevitable, as 34...Kh7 35.Qxg6+ Kh8 36.Qh6+ Kg8 37.Kf6 ends with the same ignominious mate on g7.

Pillsbury - Gunsberg Hastings, 1895
		7/14/2003   White to move
		Solution: In one of the most instructive endgame positions ever, American virtuoso Harry Nelson Pillsbury surprised his opponent with 29.c6! Kd6 (if 29...axb5, then 30.c7 wins) 30.fxe6! Nxc6 (if 30...axb4, then 31.e7 Kxe7 32.c7 ) 31.Nxc6 Kxc6. Now, Pillsbury continued with a precise clearance sacrifice, after which the game is all but over: 32.e4! dxe4 33.d5+ Kd6 (if 33...Kxd5 34.e7) 34.Ke3 b4 35.Kxe4 a4 36.Kd4 h5 37.gxh5 a3 38.Kc4 f5 39.h6 f4 40.h7 1-0

Fischer - Spassky Reykjavik, 1972
		7/10/2003   White to move. This was game eight of the world championship match.
		Solution: Fischer was not the sort of player to let an opportunity pass and he won a pawn and the game by playing: 20.Nd5! Qxd2 21.Nxe7+ Kf8 22.Rxd2 Kxe7 23.Rxc4. The rest of the game went: 23...Rb1+ 24.Bf1 Nc5 25.Kg2 a5! 26.e4 Ba1 27.f4 f6 28.Re2 Ke6 29.Rec2 Bb2 30.Be2 h5 31.Rd2 Ba3 32.f5+ gxf5 33.exf5+ Ke5 34.Rcd4 Kxf5 35.Rd5+ Ke6 36.Rxd6+ Ke7 37.Rc6 1-0

Ree - Hort Wijk aan Zee, 1986
		6/24/2003   Black to move
		Solution: According to accounts of the game, Hort broke into a big grin when he played 59...Rxh4!. After 60. Kxh4 Bd4 61. Kg3 Ke7 62. Kf3 Ba1, White agreed to a draw, since Black has erected an impenetrable fortress.

Tarrasch - Grunfeld Naples, 1914
		6/11/2003   White to move
		Solution: In spite of his reputation for dry positional play, Siegbert Tarrasch found this beautiful combination: 38.Bc7 Rxc7 (if 38...Qxc7 39.Rxc5+ Qxc5 40.Qb7+) 39.Qb7+ Rxb7 40.Rxc5#

Norwood - Maier Groningen, 1988
		5/27/2003   White to move
		Solution: 22.Qf6! Rab8 (If 22...Qd8 23.Rdh2, intending 24.Rh8) 23.Nd1 Bxf6 24.gxf6 and Black resigned, since mate can not be avoided.

Andruet - Spassky Koblenz, 1988
		5/20/2003   Black to move
		Solution: On his birthday in 1988, Spassky cranked out the brilliant 25...Qf3!! and White resigned, since after 26.gxf3 Nexf3+ 27.Kh1 Bh3, he cannot prevent 28...Bh2#.

Schiffers - Tchigorin Berlin, 1897
		5/13/2003   Black to move
		Solution: 24...Rh1+ 25.Nxh1 Bh2+ 26.Kxh2 Rh8+ 27.Kg3 Nf5+ 28.Kf4 (or Kg4) Rh4#. Tchigorin missed this line and agreed to a draw in this position, but perhaps you found the win!

Vaganian - Planinc Hastings, 1974-75
		5/5/2003   Black to move
		Solution: 19...Bf5 20.Qxa8 Qd6+ 21.Kc1 Na1 22.Qxb7 Qc7+ and White resigned in view of 23.Qxc7 Nb3#.

Kazic - Vukovic Yugoslavia, 1970
		4/28/2003   White to move
		Solution: 1.Nxe5 Bxd1 2.Nd7 Be7 3.Nexf6+ Bxf6 4.Re8+ Qxe8 5.Nxf6#

Kaidanov - Anand Moscow, 1987
		4/21/2003   White to move
		Solution: After 25.Qxf7+, Black resigned. If 25...Rxf7, then 26.Ng6+ Kg8 27.Rh8#

Dvoretsky - Gulko (Blitz) Liepaja, 1975
		4/16/2003   White to move
		Solution: 18.Rb5+ cxb5 19.Qc7#

White to force mate in 2
		4/15/2003  Jeffrey Baker With white to move, find the solution to force mate in two moves.
		Solution: Qd8,Bxd8,Re8#