More back rank practice #8

One final pitch for the Estate of Fred Reinfeld.  This is a fun training book!

White to play and win

The pin must...not lose?

More back rank practice #7

I modified this one a little bit, as there were a zillion ways to win in Reinfeld's original position.

White to play and win

More back rank practice #6

Simple yet pleasing!

White to play and win

More back rank practice #5

Simple and pleasing:

White to play and win

One of the Amazon reviewers suggested that 1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate should be read after How to Beat Your Dad at Chess. That seems like good advice to me, as the latter book is much more organized. But you should really read both!

More back rank practice #4

Here's another exercise from 1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate, considerably more complicated that the last few we saw (but still not that hard):

 White to play and win

Can you combine pressure on h7 with the idea of mating on d8?  Don't forget that White has a bishop on b1!

More back rank practice #3

Are we clear on the concept?  And buy this book. 

White to play and win

More back rank practice #2

As in the previous example, the enemy king doesn't have to be castled for a back rank mate to occur.

White to play and win

More back rank practice

I hope the heirs of Fred Reinfeld will forgive me for quoting from 1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate

White to play and win