Last of the Christmas club puzzles and the most challenging. All are from over the board games in which the pressure of the clock and ECF rating points held no fear for the winners who were able to see into the future and force a win. Can you do better? Set up the pieces, turn over the egg timer to hardboil in five minutes to find out.
Puzzle 7: White to play, Mate in 7. (From Ramsey Dairi vs Humayun Mirza, 2024 BCL match).
Puzzle 8: White to play, Mate in 7. (From Julian Hudson vs Dan Waller, 2023 EACU County match).
Puzzle 9: White to play, Mate in 11. (From Thomas P O'Brien vs Benedikt Pitel, 2024 St. Albans Chess Congress).
