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hey Ponderable, isn't Kd3 a valid move after Rc7+ in your alternative 'mate' for problem 5?
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I proudly report to have nine our of ten perpetuals correctly. I think for problem 5 (macroman- jayo there is alternative per...
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Ah, well, no, the medal is real. But I didn't get that for any biscuits - as anyone who knows me can tell you, I can cook, ...
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9

10 Missed Checkmates + A Suicide King

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Jan 30 2012 11:05 | 495 views

Hi

So far we have had guys playing chess on icebergs and on glaciers,
pieces carved from snow and glowing green Knights photographed
down pot holes.

Shallow Blue has topped the lot. ...
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5

The White Pawn and The Green Knight

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Jan 18 2012 00:24 | 680 views | 2 edits | Last edit on Jan 18 2012 01:10

Hi.

See. I knew with a bit of shoving and nudging I could unearthed another
famous sculptor like Joe DiMaggio.

(He’s an idiot. He means Michael Angelo - Joe DiMaggio was a baseball player…….Russ)

Up to the plate. (I wonder why a baseball link just popped into my head.)…...
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8

2012 RHP Championship + Birth of a Chess Book

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Jan 11 2012 19:27 | 686 views | 2 edits | Last edit on Jan 11 2012 20:10

RHP 2012





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7

Submarines + The Greenhorn Opening Trap

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Dec 30 2011 14:07 | 874 views | 3 edits | Last edit on Dec 30 2011 14:14

I’m still looking for an RHP guy to build me a chess piece out of snow.
Living on a part of the planet that has no snow is ‘snow’ excuse.
Build me a chess piece out of sand.

chess piece of sand

...
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10

Loads of Festive Fun - Christmas Blunders

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Dec 18 2011 21:30 | 1029 views | 10 edits | Last edit on Dec 21 2011 14:03


Opening Title




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5

The Mystery of the Missing Chess Piece

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Dec 08 2011 13:49 | 1092 views | 3 edits | Last edit on Dec 08 2011 15:18

Robin Johnson 529324 made two recent mistakes.

During an OTB league game v Frank O’Donnell played a few weeks ago,
his opponent, by accident or design (it matters not), placed a captured
Bishop behind the game clock.

Robin (white) looked at what was off the board, thought he was a
piece up and played a faulty combo...
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3

The Curse of Planet Greenpawn (Part III) + Mirror Games

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Dec 03 2011 14:52 | 694 views

The curse of Planet Greenpawn.

Remember this bit of spoofing from a few blogs ago:

“Global warming has dried up the River Floogle which used to flow into the Forth
so the water level of the Forth has fallen and now everytime there is a low tide
you can see these unexploded WWII bombs laying about all over the beach.” ...
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9

The Baltic Trap + When h-pawns Dream

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Nov 22 2011 23:09 | 1018 views | 6 edits | Last edit on Nov 23 2011 21:17

RHP lad davaniel paid a visit to Tallinn in Estonia.

Bored, he took a stroll along the Baltic coast when suddenly the brisk sea
air reminded him of the RHP blog.

Off he rushed to the local toy shop and bought a magnetic Chess Set
and set up the Baltic opening. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 ...
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5

Halloween Tricks and Treats

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Nov 01 2011 13:43 | 1343 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Nov 02 2011 20:43


Alexandra Kosteniuk




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3

The Assassin Pawn

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Oct 26 2011 23:04 | 958 views

Nimzo5 answered my plea for any pictures of you playing Chess.
Here he is playing Spassky in a simultaneous display.

Spassky v Nimzo


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1

Zeno the Rat + 8 Knights a Mating.

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Oct 20 2011 11:08 | 876 views

Zeno is a Rat.

Not 280120 I’m talking about Zeno the Rat.

Baffled?

It obvious you have not read ‘The Chessplayers’ by Charles L. Harness.
The story takes place in the K Street Chess Club and one of the member...
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11

Five Books and a Film Review + Chess Spotting

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Oct 07 2011 11:42 | 1650 views | 2 edits | Last edit on Oct 10 2011 01:08

Hi

I have decided that I want pictures of chess players playing chess
at a railway station. I’ll start.

Me
...
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12

Doodles + The Queen Fork Trick + The Hammersmith

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Sep 29 2011 11:57 | 1469 views | 2 edits | Last edit on Sep 29 2011 23:46

Doodles.

There were 18 air raids on the Forth Rail Bridge in WWII.
Over 200 bombs were dropped and none hit the bridge.
All fell into the sea and according to eye witnesses not one exploded
when it hit the water. There was just a splash, nothing more.

Global warming has dried up the River Floogle which used to flow into the Fort...
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6

My Most Treasured Chess Possesion + Hook Mates.

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Sep 20 2011 23:18 | 1441 views | 4 edits | Last edit on Sep 21 2011 11:40

This is it. A chewing gum card.

Bobby Fischer



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Blackburne's Mate + A Chess Book in Two Languages

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Sep 14 2011 00:55 | 1394 views | 4 edits | Last edit on Sep 14 2011 03:11

The USSR -v- The Rest of the World 1970.

Historic match. Fischer stepped down and played board 2 to Larsen.
Larsen loses that famous1.b3 game to Spassky.

The result was USSR 20½ Rest of The World 19½

A lot closer than people anticipated...
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11

Sitting on an Iceberg playing the Icelandic Gambit.

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Sep 06 2011 22:55 | 2040 views | 2 edits | Last edit on Sep 06 2011 23:05

Another Red Hot Pawn chappie has answered the call.

Quest 16 involved RHP players going to precarious places to play
a particular opening with the same name.

TimmyBx Went up Mount Evans to play the Evans Gambit.

Up to the plate steps morgski 227024 who together with his sister...
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10

Mating Patterns and....More Mating Patterns

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Aug 31 2011 15:15 | 1529 views | 2 edits | Last edit on Sep 02 2011 00:42

Tom Tom 256028 or to give him his Sunday name Thomas Thomas,
started a thread on Mating Patterns 141622

Mating Patterns (MP’s) are certain positions known to all strong players
to aid them in producing checkmating combinations.

Some say they are over-rated, others swear by them. I am of the latter camp.
Anything that can help you in spotting a shot must be worth a look...
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4

Comical Observations + 2½ smashing OTB games.

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Aug 24 2011 16:23 | 1544 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Sep 08 2011 13:06

The Edinburgh Festival. is now entering it’s 3rd and final week.
Thank God.

You spend the first 7 months looking forward to it and when it
finally arrives you wish it was all over.

My work place gets loads and loads of freebie ticket.
During the first week the squabbling for the tickets can breaks up...
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5

ESP + Pawn Races + Drufus the Mad Hermit

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Aug 14 2011 01:22 | 1607 views | 4 edits | Last edit on Aug 14 2011 01:42

Fat Lady pointed this out to me.

It’s an item from the Weekly World News June 9th 1998.

World Weekly News

Weekly News ...
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13

Exchange Sacs in The Sicilian + The Ascent of Mount Evans

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Aug 02 2011 17:17 | 1963 views | 3 edits | Last edit on Aug 05 2011 00:12

And then I saw the title of this thread...

"Playing chess on top of Mt. Evans CO yesterday, 14,265 ft elevation"

....posted on the Chess Forum posted by TimmyBx 351818
with a link to the tale of his conquest.

At last a real man who plays Chess....
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10

Pseudo Queen Sacs + A RHP Missed Brilliancy

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Jul 27 2011 13:20 | 1696 views | 2 edits | Last edit on Jul 28 2011 00:34

Pick a Book…Any Book.

A book about horses



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6

50th RHP Blog + A Day in the Museum + Unusual Openings

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Jul 18 2011 13:19 | 1910 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Jul 18 2011 13:33

This is my 50th. Red Hot Pawn Blog.
Happy 50th




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6

London 1883 + The RHP Black Museum

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Jul 04 2011 00:32 | 2100 views | 6 edits | Last edit on Jul 20 2011 10:14


my wee cartoon




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4

Jig-saws + 1001 minus-1 Brilliant Checkmates

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Jun 26 2011 20:58 | 1800 views | 2 edits | Last edit on Jul 28 2011 10:45

An idiot, I’ve no idea who, bought me a Beatles jigsaw for Fathers Day.
I open the box and find some dopey clot had torn up the picture….

The Rolling Stones


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Philidor Con+Reinfeld+Murphy+Morphy+A Competition

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Jun 21 2011 23:17 | 2004 views | 3 edits | Last edit on Jun 21 2011 23:51

Liars!

Everyone of them. Liars. (and they owe me £1.99 ).

Philidor did this, Philidor said that, Philidor done this….
…it’s all lies.

I can find no game of Phildor playing the Philidor Defence...
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12

Heroes + Morphing Morphy + Fried Liver + Knight Mates.

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Jun 15 2011 00:29 | 1722 views | 2 edits | Last edit on Jun 17 2011 23:54

Hi

‘No More Heroes Anymore’ sang The Clash and this week…

(It was the Stranglers………..Russ)

‘No More Heroes Anymore’ sang a 70’s punk rock band
and this week I set out to prove them wrong...
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10

Meet Ups (and Meet Missed Mates)

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on Jun 06 2011 01:13 | 1920 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Jun 06 2011 02:25

I have always thought the Byrds version of Mr Tambourine Man
was wimpy and sickly compared to the raw gutsy Dylan original.

And I was thinking these very thoughts when I logged onto
RHP and saw this: 139945

Tom Tom ...
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12

Artwork + Self Mate + An Old Black Sac Against the Evans

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on May 29 2011 23:27 | 1875 views | 3 edits | Last edit on May 30 2011 23:44

Pawn Shadow





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4

Budapest Gambit + Trap Swapping + Resigning

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on May 23 2011 13:17 | 1992 views

Hi

It’s often funny when I sit down to do this blog how one
thing leads to another, one game unearths another.

The theme for this week was going to be about premature resignation
and how I’ve often stumbled upon a game where the player gave up when
there were still a few chances left in the game...
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4

The Queen v 3 Pieces and Saint Drufuss (I hate Mondays)

by Subscriber greenpawn34 on May 15 2011 14:40 | 1743 views | 1 edit | Last edit on May 18 2011 21:33


Hi

I think it was last week I was talking about Queen sacrifices,
or maybe it was the week before, I cannot quite recall as I find
keeping track of things date wise is all rather confusing.

You have Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday etc etc and 7 days after the...
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