Blindfold Opening Visualization: Puzzle 11-20 + Solutions for 1-10
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With a little delay, I here bring you the solutions for puzzles 1-10. I had planned to post the full solutions, but after someone posted full copies of my book (“Blindfold Endgame Visualization”) on amazon under a different title I will be a little more careful and give a short rundown of the solutions instead. You will still get a free copy when it is done!
20 people participated with an average Lichess blitz rating of 1958. Lowest 1272 / Highest 2500.
No. 1: dxe5 (100 %)
No. 2: Rb1 (85 %)
No. 3: Bxf7 (95 %)
No. 4: Bxc6 (85 %)
No. 5: Bxf7+ not Nxf7 that many falled for (50 %)
No. 6: e3 (50 %)
No. 7: h3, fxe5, d3, or O-O (60 %)
No. 8: Na5 (65 %)
No. 9: Qa4+ (85 %)
No. 10: Nxf2 (60 %)
I have added lines that have been tried as solutions, so it is a great help for me, thank you! So I hope you are ready for some more puzzles?!
Here are puzzles no. 11-20
11.
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. ♘c3 dxe4 4. ♘xe4 ♘f6 5. ♗d3 ♕xd4 6.
White to move
12.
1. e4 c5 2. ♘f3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. ♘xd4 ♘f6 5. ♘c3 ♗c5 6. ♗e3 ♕b6 7. ♘a4 ♕b4+ 8.
White to move
13.
1. e4 e5 2. ♘f3 ♘c6 3. ♗c4 ♘f6 4. ♘g5 d5 5. exd5 ♘a5 6. ♗b5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. ♗d3 h6 9. ♘f3
Black to move
14.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nxe5 Qd4 6.
White to move
15.
1. e4 e5 2. ♘f3 ♘c6 3. ♗b5 ♘d4 4. ♘xd4 exd4 5. ♕g4 c6 6. ♗c4
Black to move
16.
1. e4 c5 2. ♘f3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. ♘xd4 ♕b6 5. ♘c3 a6 6. ♗e2 ♗c5 7. ♗e3 ♕xb2 8.
White to move
17.
1. d4 ♘f6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 ♘xd5 4. g3 ♘c6 5. ♗g2 e6 6. ♘c3 ♗b4 7. ♗d2 ♘xd4 8.
White to move
18.
1. ♘f3 c6 2. e3 d5 3. c4 ♗g4 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. ♕a4+ ♕d7 6.
White to move
19.
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. ♘c3 ♗b4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 ♗xc3+ 6. bxc3 ♕c7 7. ♕g4 ♘e7 8. ♕xg7 ♖g8 9. ♕xh7 cxd4 10. ♘f3
Black to move
20.
1. e4 e5 2. ♗c4 ♘f6 3. ♘c3 ♘xe4 4. ♘xe4 d5 5. ♗xd5 ♕xd5 6. ♕f3 ♘c6 7.
White to move
I hope you enjoyed the puzzles! I will follow up with more puzzles and the solutions in a later newsletter. Remember to subscribe (if you haven’t) to get more puzzles and the full book in a pdf, when it is done!
Best,
Martin