Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Eric Schiller.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
White Mates in 4. Schiller vs W Coe, Chicago, 1986
[ Qh6+ w/Ra8+ & Rxf8+ ]
b)
Schiller vs Kenneth Wallach, Chicago, 1988
[ Ne5 w/Ng4 ]
c)
White Mates in 7. Schiller vs Peter Yu, California, 1994
[ Rb6+ Ka5 Rb7 Rxb7 cxb7 Nd2 Bd1 f5 b8/Q Nxb3+ Bxb3 Ka6 Qa8# ]
d)
White Mates in 3. Schiller vs David Jackson, USA, 1996
[ Nh4 Kh6 Rg7 Rxd6 Nf5# ]
e)
Schiller vs Yuri Yakovich, New York, 1998
[ Bxc5 w/Qe8+ & Qe5+ ]
Schiller Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
White Mates in 3. Schiller vs Vinay Bhat, San Francisco, 1999
[ Nb5+ ]
b)
White Mates in 10. Schiller vs Sergio Giardelli, Internet, 2003
[ Qc3 Qxh2+ Kxh2 Bd6+ Kg1 Kf8 Qh8+ Ke7 Bf6+ Kd7 Qxd8+ Kc6 Qc8+ Bc7 Qe8+ Kb7 Bd5+ Ka6 Qa4# ]
c)
White Mates in 4. Schiller vs Nolan Denson, Internet, 2003
[ f6 Ne3 Rxe3 Be8 Re7+ Kf8 Rdxe8# ]
d)
Schiller vs Dimitri Bogdanov, Internet, 2003
[ Bd6 ]
e)
Black to move and win. David Rumens vs Schiller, London, 1982
[ ...b5+ if cxb5 Rd4+ ]
Schiller Puzzles, Part III. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black Mates in 3. Jennie Frenklakh vs Schiller, California, 1994
[ ...Bxb2+ w/Qc2+ ]
b)
Wayne Pineault vs Schiller, New York, 1996
[ ...Nd3 w/...b4 ]
c)
Black Mates in 6. Oliver Chernin vs Schiller, Hawaii, 1998
[ ...Ng4+ ]
d)
Alan Kobernat vs Schiller, Hawaii, 1998
[ ...Bh4 if Kd1 Qxf1+ mates ]
e)
Matthew Ho vs Schiller, San Francisco, 2000
[ ...Qg4+ Kf1 Qd1+ Qe1 Bc4+ Re2 Bxe2+ Kf2 Rxc8 ]
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