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Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
If you find any errors, then please let me know.- John.
Please use the links below to center the problems, find the solution, and to advance to the next problem.

5B0021 [solution]	_____	5B0022 [solution] [Next]
5B0023 [solution]	_____	5B0024 [solution] [Next]
5B0021 1. ... Qe7+ 2. Kf1 Qe2+ 3. Kg1 Qe1+ 4. Bf1 Bh3 threatens 5. Qxf1 mate although white can delay it a move with Nc7+	_____	5B0022 1. ... h5! It takes black 5 moves to queen a pawn and it takes white 6 moves, further more White queens with check on move 5.
5B0023 1. ... Qe3+ and now if 2. Kh1 Qh6+ 3. kg1 Qh2 mate. If instead 2. Rf2 Qxf2+ 3. Kh1 Qh4+ 4. Kg1 Qh1+ 5. Kf1 Qh1 mate.	_____	5B0024 1. ... Re5 if 2. Qd7 Re1+ 3. Rc1 Rb2+ 4. Kh1 Rxc1 mate. If 2. Qc8 Re1+ 3. Rc1 Rb2+ 4. Ka1 Rxb3+ 5. Qc3 Bxc3 mate.
5B0025 [solution]	_____	5B0026 [solution] [Next]
5B0027 [solution]	_____	5B0028 [solution] [Next]
5B0025 1. ... Nxf3 2. Bxf3 Rhe8+ 3. Kf2 Rd2+ wins. If 2. h3 Rhe8+ 3. Kf2 Rd2 4. hxg4 R2xe2+ wins, as if 5. Kxf3 R8e3 mate.	_____	5B0026 1. ... Nxh2 2. Rxh2 (not Nxh2 as Bxg3+ forces mate) Bxg3+ 3. Kd2 Bxh2 4. Nxh2 Qxd4+ 5. Ke1 Qe4+ forks the king and knight
5B0027 1. ... Qf5 threatens both Nc2+ and Nxd5. So the game continued 2. O-O N4xd5 and now no good was 3. e4 Nxc3 4. exf5 Nxd1 5. Rxd1 gxf5	_____	5B0028 1. ... Bxd3 2. Bxd3 (worse is Qxd3 Re1+ 3. Qf1 Rxf1+) 2. ... Re1+ 3. Bf1 and now d3 will queen in two more moves on move 5.
5B0029 [solution]	_____	5B0030 [solution] [Next]
5B0031 [solution]	_____	5B0032 [solution] [Next]
5B0029 1. ... Nxg6 2. Nxd8 Kf8! 3. Bg5 Ne7! and the white knight has no place to hide. What will follow is 4. ... Ke8 and 5. ... Kxd8	_____	5B0030 1. ... Qd2+ 2. Kb1 b5!!! and white resigned. If now 3. Qc2 Bg6 pinning the Queen to the King. Or 3. Qxb5 Bg6+ 4. Ka1 Qd1+ 5. Rxd1 Rxd1 mate.
5B0031 1. ... Rb8 2. Kc1 (to prevent Rb1 mate) Qf1+ 3. Rd1 Qxf4+ 4. Rd2 Bxg5 with double threat of 5. ... Bxh6 and 5. ... Qxd2 mate	_____	5B0032 1. ... Bc5+ (forks two pieces, but ...) 2. Be3 Bxe3+ 3. Kh1 (Kf1 allows Qf2 mate) Qb1+ 4. Qd1 Qxd1+ 5. Kg2 (or Kh2) Qg1 mate.
5B0033 [solution]	_____	5B0034 [solution] [Next]
5B0035 [solution]	_____	5B0036 [solution] [Next]
5B0033 1. ... Qe1+ 2. Kf4 Qe5+ 3. Kg4 Rg2+ and 4. ... Qxh2 mate If 2. Kd4 then Rd2+ followed by 3.... Qc1+, 4.... Rb2+ and 5. ... Qa1 mate	_____	5B0034 1. ... Qxf3+ and the black king is close enough to stop the white pawns but white can't stop the black pawn from queening on move 4 or 5.
5B0035 1. ... Nxd5 2. Nxd5 Bxe5 3. Nxb6 Rxb6 4. Rxc5 Bxb2 wins a pawn. Now if 5. Rb1 then Bd4 offering and exchange of rooks is at least one of the choices.	_____	5B0036 1. ... d2 2. Rd1+ Kc6 3. b8=Q (pretty much forced) Rxb8 4. Rxb8 d1=Q+ and now 5. Kg2 h1=Q mate. or 5. Kxa2 Qe5+ forks the king and rook.
5B0037 [solution]	_____	5B0038 [solution] [Next]
5B0039 [solution]	_____	5B0040 [solution] [Next]
5B0037 1. ... Ke7! traps the knight on h7. Now attempts to save the knight fail such as 2. Be4 f5! and then the king marchess over to g7 and wins the knight on move 5.	_____	5B0038 1. ... d4+! If the king moves anywhere on the 4th rank then the g3 pawn will Queen. 2. Ke2 d3+! 3. Ke1 d2+! 4. Kxd2 g2 will Queen a pawn on move 5.
5B0039 1. ... Qe1+ 2. Kg2 Qf2+ 3. Kh3 (3. Kh1 and Qf1 mate) Qf3+ 4. Kh4 Kf4 forces mate or loss of the rook. 5. Rf2 prevents mate but gives up the rook.	_____	5B0040 1. ... Be6!!! 2. Bxe6 e2 queens. If instead 2. Rc7 Bxc4 3. Rxc4 e2 4. Re4 Rd1+ 5. Ka2 e1=Q wins. (Thanks to eLeeTMan on FICS for his cool combo.)

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