Chess Chatter Challenges #2

A weekly assortment of positions to think about

Hey everyone! I’m back with the second week of Chess Chatter Challenges. If you want to see the first week’s positions then you can find them here: https://chesschatter.substack.com/p/introducing-chess-chatter-challenges

And here is a video explaining the answers to the six positions from last week:

Alright, so on to week number two! For this week, we will be taking a look at six positions that came from the 1st Lagos Open 2023. For this week there will be two tactical puzzles, two positional puzzles and two endgame puzzles. The number of the puzzle and which side is to move is in the caption below each position.

TACTICAL

#1 Black to move — Damia, A vs Barski, R — 1st Lagos Open 2023

#2 White to move — Bernardsky, V vs Morales Araujo, F — 1st Lagos Open 2023

POSITIONAL

#3 White to move — Sousa, A vs Van Ginkel, H — 1st Lagos Open 2023

#4 White to move — Audi, A vs Silva, L — 1st Lagos Open 2023

ENDGAME

#5 White to move — Wegener, O vs Shadrina, E — 1st Lagos Open 2023

#6 Black to move — Andias, J vs Sousa, A — 1st Lagos Open 2023

Feel free to reply to this post in your email inbox or email me at chesschatter@substack.com with your answers. Also, if you would like to join the Zoom meeting where I discuss these positions live then here’s the information for that:

Chess Chatter Challenges #2
Time: Nov 14, 2023 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84700744755?pwd=L1V3RDV6N0V0NzJ2MkpSN1RUa09Kdz09
Meeting ID: 847 0074 4755
Passcode: 656722

Happy solving!