European Individuals Chess Championship 2021 Puzzles

European Individual Chess Championship, taking place over 11 rounds, treated us with some amazing games through it's run.

The overall winner was Anton Demchenko tied with Vincent Keymer (1st U18 and 2nd overall) at 8.5, followed Alexey Sarana at 3rd place.Top 23 qualified for the next FIDE World Cup (you can find the final standings here) and Vincent Keymer also qualified for FIDE Grand Swiss as 1st U20 according to the relevant ECU decision.

But let's get back to our main topic - which is puzzles!

We may sometimes think that tactics decide games only in games between lower rated players and become less relevant in "highet" level. But the truth is it's always critical to be tactically sharp, and always worth it to train your tactical vision. This puzzle pack is here to prove this, among others. The puzzles included are from games played by players of all rating bands - from unrated to top GMs.

I hope you will enjoy the puzzles and it will be an opportunity to sharpen your skills - or re-visit motifs you have already worked on a lot!