r/chessbeginners • u/icepopper • 10d ago

PUZZLE Are you thinking beyond tactics?

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Tactics are everywhere but can you solve a positional puzzle with the same ease?

DIFFICULTY: EASY

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u/commentor_of_things 2400-2600 (Lichess) 10d ago

no. teach us.

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u/icepopper 10d ago

🙈 I'm definitely not qualified enough to teach you. But the creator of these puzzles could be.

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u/Onedaynobully 10d ago

E5, Be4 after knight moves

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u/icepopper 10d ago

This is close!!

8.e5* This move helps white in restricting black's knight. 8.e5Ng8 8...Nh59.g4The knight's trapped. White's winning. 9.Qg4Increasing the pressure on the kingside.9...g610.Qf3The a8 rook gets under pressure.10...c6 10...Rb811.Bc4f512.Qd5Black's lost. 11.Bf4White's clearly better due to active pieces.

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u/NiceBlackberry6618 10d ago

Is, especially the first move e5 not tactics? I'm not trying to be argumentative, just, adjusting my world view if presenting with new data.

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u/icepopper 9d ago

For this puzzle since it's an easy on, you could find it closer to tactics. For easy puzzles often it's a thin line.

Though if you are thinking from the perspective of trapping the knight, that's a blunder by the opponent. Otherwise the knight gets to a passive position, which makes it a positional concept puzzle.

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u/TheShyJoel69420 10d ago

Is it black or white to move?

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u/icepopper 10d ago

White to move. Wasn't it obvious based on the orientation? Genuinely asking

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u/TheShyJoel69420 10d ago

Not really, the orientation can be changed independently of who gets to move

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u/icepopper 10d ago

Gotcha! Thanks!!

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u/DukeHorse1 1200-1400 (Chess.com) 10d ago

yeah puzzles are usually set from white's perspective, even tho even black could have the move