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Michigan Chess Online Nov-Dec 2004
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Chess Quiz Solutions
by Tony Palmer
THEME = WEAK BACK RANK


1...Qd2! wins the Rook (2. Qxd2? Rf1++).


1. Re8! R1xd7 2. Rff8! 1-0.


1...Qe4+ 2. Ka1 Qxg2! 0-1 (3. Qxg2 Rc1++).


1. Rb7!! wins Queen for Rook, since 1...Rxb7/Qxb7 2. Qd8+ mates.


1...Qf2! 0-1 (2. Rxf2 Re1+ mates; 2. Qb5 Re1!). Fischer outwits Reshevsky.


1. Qg4! Qb5 2. Qc4!! Qd7 3. Qc7!! Qb5 4. a4! (4. Qxb7?? Qxe2! 5. Rxe2 Rc1+ mates due to White's weak back rank) Qxa4 5. Re4 Qb5 6. Qxb7!! 1-0 (6...Qxb7 7. Rxe8+ mates, otherwise 7. Qxc8 forces mate). Students will recognize Adams-Torre (New Orleans 1920), a famous example of back rank weaknesses, also widely believed to be composed.

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