Test for beginner chess players

Test for beginner chess players
Наталья Рябова

This book is a collection of test tasks for beginner chess players. It contains tasks on a variety of topics: checkmate in a different number of moves, stalemate, pin, double strike, perpetual check and much more… For a wide range of chess fans and coaches.

Test for beginner chess players

Наталья Рябова

© Наталья Рябова, 2022

ISBN 978-5-0059-1684-6

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Foreword

This book is a collection of test tasks for beginner chess players. Among them you will find tasks of varying degrees of complexity on different topics: checkmate in 1 move, checkmate using a pin, line checkmate, double strike, creating a pin, using a pin, stalemate, perpetual check. In the «Answers» section, you can check your solutions and calculate the number of points you have scored in the test. The higher the number of points you have, the higher the level of your game. I hope that you will enjoy solving this test and it help improve your level of a game.

Answers

1. Nh5+ gh
Qg5+ Kh8
Qf6+ Kg8
Qg5+ (4 points)

2. Nc8+ Ka8
Nb6+ Ka7
Nc8+ (3 points)

3. …Ne3+
Kb1 Nc4+ (Kf2? Ng4#)
Kc1 Ne3+ (3 points)

4. … Rd2+
Kg1 Rd1+
Kg2 Rd2+ (3 points)

5. Nf7+ Kg8
Nh6+ Kf8
Nf7+  (3  points)

6. Rg6 + fg (Kh8 Rh6+Kg7 Qf6+ Kg8 Qh8#) (Kh7 Qh8#)
Qg6+ Kh8
Qh6+ Kg8
Qg6+ (4 points)

7. Nf6+ Kf8
Nh7+ Kg8
Nf6 Kf8 (Kh8 Rh7#)
Nh7+ (4 points)

8. Qh6 and Qg7# (1 point)

9. Qc7+ Ka8
Qc8+ Ka7
Qc7+ (3 points)

10. Qg5+ Kh8
Qh6+ Kg8
Qg5+ (3 points)

11. Qe8+ Kh7
Qh5+ Kg8
Qe8+ (3 points)

12. … Qh4+
Kg1 Qd1+
Kh2 Qh4+ (3 points)

13. Nf6 Kf8
Nh7# (2  points)

14. Ne3 Re3
Ke3 (2  points)

15. Qf3+ Rb7
Qf8+ Rb8
Qf3+ (3 points)

16. Rh3+ Kg4
Rg3+ Kh4
Rh3+ Kg4 (3 points)

17. Nc7+ Qc7
Kc7 (2 points)

18. Nc8+ Kh8
Nb6+ Ka7
Nc8+ Kh8 (3points)

19. … Ng3+
hg Qa1 (fg Qe4+ Qe2 Qa1) (2 points)

20. …Bc5
de  Bf2+
Kf2 Qd1 (3 points)

21. Bf7+ Kf7
Qd5+ Ke8