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June 28, 2009 Position No. 6061: White to play and win. From the game Alexander Motylev-Alexey Shirov, Poikovsky 2009. Solution to Position No. 6060: White wins Black's Queen by 1 Qa3+ Kg8 2 Re5.

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June 21, 2009
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June 14, 2009
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Position No. 6059: White to play and win. From the game Ernesto Soto-Renae Robles, Memorial Day Classic, Los Angeles 2009 >>

June 7, 2009
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The Southern California Chess Federation's Candidates tournament will be held June 20 and 21. >>

May 24, 2009
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Position No. 6056: White to play and win. From the game Boris Gulko-Doug Eckert, U.S. Championship, St. Louis 2009. >>

May 17, 2009
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Position No. 6055: Black to play and win. From the game Charles Lawton-Melikset Khachiyan, U.S. Championship, St. Louis 2009. >>

May 10, 2009
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May 3, 2009
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Position No. 6053: White to play and win. From the game Joshua Friedel-Teddy Coleman, Foxwoods Open, Connecticut 2009. >>

April 26, 2009
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Position No. 6052: White to play and win. From the game Sergei Movsesian-Sergey Ionov, Sochi 2009. >>

April 19, 2009
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Position No. 6051: White to play and win. From the game Ian Nepomniachtchi-Alexandr Kharitonov, Sochi 2009. >>

April 12, 2009
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Position No. 6050: Black to play and win. From the game Dagur Andri Fridgeirsson-Ingvar Thor Johannesson, Reykjavik 2009. >>

December 24, 2006
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Position No.5930: Black to play and win. From the game Takashi Kurosaki–Ike Miller, Ileto Memorial, Monterey Park 2006. >>

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