Tactics from the 2015 US Chess Championship

Virkud – Krush round 4

Virkud – Goletiani round 6

Melekhina – Ni round 6

Krush – Wang round 7

Foisor – Yu round 7

Wang – Goletiani round 8

Yu – Sharevich round 1

Can the pawn on e3 be taken?

Yu – Krush round 10

Krush – Goletiani round 5

Goletiani – Foisor round 2

How should Black respond to the check?

Solution to Exercise 1

Solution to Exercise 2

Solution to Exercise 3

Solution to Exercise 4

Solution to Exercise 5

Solution to Exercise 6

Solution to Exercise 7

Solution to Exercise 8

Solution to Exercise 9

Solution to Exercise 10

Nakamura – So round 4

Why didn’t Nakamura capture on f4 here?

Akobian – Troff round 7

Onischuk – Troff round 3

Shankland – Gareev round 7

Naroditsky – Nakamura round 5

Troff – Nakamura round 8

Solution to Exercise 11

Solution to Exercise 12

Solution to Exercise 13

Solution to Exercise 14

Solution to Exercise 15

Solution to Exercise 16