Dec 4 2020 Friday- The Month just started and everyone cant wait until its Over.. Stay Focused on the Game ..Move by Move.. There will plenty of “Time” for Post Mortem Analysis.. It's night time and Beth is playing chess on the ceiling. She has reached this position with the… Continue reading
DEC 1 2020 First Day of the last Month Lets Go Random… A Cleverly-Titled Logic Puzzle Blog: Wordy Wednesday 64 Stuff Non-Chess Players Say – Chess Forums – Page 55 – Chess.com Continue reading
Chess in Tweets What’s trending currently in the Chess World….. https://t.co/dT4hyMadvY via @wired — Quantum Gambitz (@QuantumChess) September 10, 2020 Daily chess puzzle Krasenkow – Jansa, @SchachBL 2002 https://t.co/GnaWhdmA7a — Chesspuzzle.net (@Chesspuzzle_net) September 9, 2020 FIDE Candidates Tournament Resumes November 1https://t.co/IEAezyPQou — Marshall Chess Club (@MarshallChessNY) September 9, 2020 Can… Continue reading
Two Rook Sacrifice What is Black’s Best Move.. After White’s Kd2 Enevoldsen – Paulsen (Copenhagen,1936) Queen Pawn Opening 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Rb1 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Qc7 8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. e3 Nc6 10. b4 Qf5 11.… Continue reading
It’s Your Problem…….. White to Move and Win [Robert Pike 101 Checker Puzzles] White to Move Win Or Draw ? [Chess Tactics and Strategy/Burgess] An attachment suggested by AlphaGo. Cho Hyeyeon, 9p thinks W is fine [Tweet by Russian Go Federation] Red to Move and Win [Chess bank] Your down… Continue reading
No. 38 Block-out Knight’s Tour You have a checkered 1x1x2 block and a chess knight on it,as shown. Now,using only the normal Knight’s moves{for each move use an unfolded pattern of the block},have the Knight visit each of the 10 cells of the block’s surface exactly once and return to… Continue reading
Black To Play – And Win ! See Comments For Solution & PGN. Continue reading
White To Play 1. Ne5 Qxb7 Black had to take the Bishop. Defending his Bishop with Qb5 hangs the Queen. 2. Qxa4+ Qb5 Black’s last move was forced. Well this looks good so far, but now what? White To Play For the end… Continue reading
Lewis Elkin and Paul Morphy White to play and mate in two moves. Morphy was 10 years old when he invented this puzzle, his only known composition. For the solution – See Comments. Continue reading
The Moscow Puzzles: This marvelously diverse collection of 359 puzzles ranges from simple “catch” riddles to difficult problems but contains none that require a knowledge of advanced mathematics. It is lavishly illustrated with clear diagrams and amusing sketches, and the puzzles are answered in the back of the book. Kordemsky… Continue reading
