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26 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=177641 vulnerable king with a tricky second move
25 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=148768 simple pawn promotion
24 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=123513 endgame tactics
23 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=192254 vulnerable king
22 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=115161 remove defender (shortened to remove other winning lines)
21 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=133367 trapped piece
20 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=117179 weak king
19 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=50750 simplification
18 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=154301 fork
17 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=129803 overloading
16 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=72282 double attack
15 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=163751 vulnerable king (last move altered to provide satisfying Q+N mate, and prevent ambiguity)
14 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=157970 pin, pawn promotion (easy to miss)
13 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=126257 vulnerable king (nice combination)
12 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=179848 pin (although 18Rxe6? is still winning it is so obviously bad that I felt it ok to include the problem)
11 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=75006 pin / fork
10 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=147566 double attack
9 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=153565 queen trap
8 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=92485 check to gain tempo
7 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=141263 multiple mating threats
6 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=162602 Legall type position
5 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=171928 double attack
4 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=162511 fork
3 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=121508 discovered attack
2 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=55260 vulnerable king
1 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=71799 double attack
katonas
31 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=279059 simple double attack
30 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=396569 simple mate in 5
29 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=270513 simple skewer
28 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=70312 not sure what to motif to describe this one, but its still fun
27 http://www.chess.com/tactics/server.html?id=123422 clearance to allow queen/king skewer. not ideal problem as second best move still winning
I'm one of the moderators. This is my way of keeping track of the puzzles.
twidey
how do you know when a tactics problem is taken from one of your games? does chess.com notify you?
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