Part 4.1: Solving Chess Puzzles!
by John Bain
Activities. Activities that are fun–and that improve chess knowledge and skills–are the lifeblood of a well-run, fun, strong chess club! Competition, essential to chess, plays a large part in the activities.
Some competitions are fun and relatively stress-free–like Solving Chess Puzzles, Bughouse Chess-Siamese Chess, and Chess Club Quad Tournaments, where students play at their own ability levels.
Other competitions are intense, especially as students grow older–like Chess Club Ladder Competition and Scholastic Chess Tournaments.
Begin each chess club with two problems displayed on the Demonstration Chessboards ($39.00). Label them Problem 1 and Problem 2.
On one, display a simple problem like the “White to move and checkmate in two moves.”
On the other display a more difficult problem like, “White to move and win the Black Queen for a Knight in two moves.”

Problem 2: White to move and win the black Queen for a Knight in two moves! SEE PROBLEM 2 ANSWER BELOW!