April Blitz 'n' Memes
Welcome everybody to another, "oh no, did I just hang mate-in-one?!", edition of Blitz 'n' Memes.
If you're a fan of puzzles taken from amateur online blitz tournaments, then you have come to the right place, because that is what I do.
As always, the tactics have been selected from the Japan Chess Federation's monthly blitz tournament: TGIF Blitz. The tourney takes place on the 3rd Friday of every month, 21:00 JST, right here on chess.com. It consists of seven rounds of blitz, with a time control of 3+2; and is open to all JCF club members.
The memes on the other hand were foraged from the underbelly of the InterWebs.
This month's edition is one of the most straight forward selections we have had in a half a year, so if you've never gotten all 5 puzzles correct on the first attempt, this may be your best shot.
So, without further ado, lets get to the Blitz 'n' Memes.
Even Monkeys Fall Off Trees
The above is a Japanese proverb, which essentially means, everyone makes mistakes, even a master can blunder. In the third round we had the perfect example of this fact, HuteDoesThings, playing White, was up against, IM rnanjo, when the unbelievable took place...
White to play and win...
Counter Measures
In the 7th round, IM nimanjavanbakht, playing Black, was able to put together an effective counter attack to turn the tables on White.
White would have done better to sac his rook on e5, this miss gives Black time to counter.
Active Elephants
In the third round, JamMasterInsane, playing White, gets the most out of an active pair of elephants aka Bishops.
Play a precise move.
Pandora's Box
In the second round, drsljones, playing Black, is able to fight his way out of a corner, with a couple accurate moves.
Who is boxed in the corner...White or Black?
99.9% Accuracy
In the first round, giukhan, playing White, was able to achieve a 99.9% accuracy game, while playing the Evans Gambit, Agadmator would be proud.
Good luck with this one.
And that was it, that was April Blitz 'n' Memes...
Congratulations to IM nimajavanbakht for winning with a 6/7 score, and more importantly congrats to you few Puzzle IMs who won with a 5/5 score, well done!
As always, thanks for reading and feel free to share these puzzles with you friends down by the Library or Toy Store.
Cheers, SheldonOfOsaka.
Bonus
I'm sure some of you were wondering about the tactic from the thumbnail, give it a try.
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