Intermediate Moves

Hi everyone

Here I am posting four puzzles about "Intermediate Moves". Solve them on a piece of paper and give them to me before the end of the class today Tuesday 4-13-10. Good Luck!!!

1. How can White gain material advantage?

2. Black is offering to trade Queens. How can White win a piece along the way?

3. White is counting on the pin on the d-file with the Rook. After 1.Qxe5, how can Black respond?

4. Find the best move for White.

Homework: Removing the Defender

Hi everyone,

Solve the following puzzles and bring their solution to class by Friday, February 12th. Remember that all these puzzles deal with the topic "Removing the Defender". You have plenty time to print and solve the puzzles. Good Luck !!!

1. White to Move. (hint: The Black Queen is defending f6)

2. White to Move. (hint: The Black Night is defending g7)

3. Black to move. (hint: The White Queen is defending g1)

4. White to Move. (hint: White wants to checkmate by taking on h7 with the Queen, however the Black Queen is defending)

5. White to Move.

Puzzles for my Students

Hi everyone, here I am giving you five puzzles to solve. You have to print the page, solve the puzzles and turn them to me on Wednesday, November 25th. Good Luck !!!

1. White to move. Find the best Fork.

2. White to move. Find the best Fork.

3. White to move. Find the best move (Hint: there is a fork involved)

4. Black to move. Find the Pin.

5. White to move. Find the best move (Hint: White is already pinning the Knight)

More Puzzles

White to play, mate in two moves:

White to play, mate in one move:

WELCOME McMillan Chess Team

Welcome to an excited school year 2008-2009. There are a lot of tournaments this year so you better get ready. Your first assignment online is to answer the following questions along with the solution of a puzzle. And remember, they are due on Wednesday, October 15th.

1. List all the pieces of a chess game along with their value.
2. List three strategies to follow when your opponent is attacking one of your pieces.
3. Solve the following puzzle. White to move and mate in one

Puzzles of the Week 3/10/08 to 3/14/08 !!!

Hi everyone, this is one of the most important weeks of the School Year because of the FCAT. So the puzzles for this week are simple in case you have to study for your EXAMS. Think about them, find the solutions, write the solutions in a piece of paper and bring them to Class before Friday, March 14th.

For both puzzles, white play first and checkmate black in two moves.

Good Luck !!!

McMillan 2nd Tournament Results Unexpected !!!

McMillan Chess Team celebrated their 2nd Tournament of the School Year with some mayor changes and unexpected results.

Q: Which mayor changes occurred in the Tournament?
A: The first change was the inclusion of two computers opponents in the Tournament, Seth (707) and Miranda (1154), the second change was reducing the amount of rounds going from 13 to 7 rounds only, and the last change was the rating of the Tournament, it means everyone was rated.

Q: Why the Results were unexpected?

A: For two reasons, 1st Nobody expected that Miranda 1154 (one of the computer opponents) was going to win this Tournament, and even worse the way she won it (7-0); in fact we were expecting her to get 6th or 7th place; and 2nd Nobody also expected that Aaron Guanch (our absolute winner of the First Tournament was going to have a bad Tournament)

Q: What was the Final Standing and what is the new ELO of everyone?
A: The Final standing and ELO of everyone is the following: 1st Miranda 1005, 2nd Mike Lee 1000, 3rd Nathan Larrea 952, 4th – 6th Roy Anania 925, Seth (computer opponent) 915, Donovan Garcia 925, 7th – 9th Jorge Hernandez 912, Anthony Tabbitas 912, Anthony Ros 912, 10th – 13th Aaron Guanch 885, Oscar Anchia 899, Jonas Navarro 885, Nicholas Sanchez 885, 14th Antonio Marti 877, 15th Adam Ashby 825 and 16th Rene Torres 817.

Q: What’s next for the Chess Team?
A: Study more and Get ready for the next Tournament.