10 Nov '23 19:59>
A picture of two chess books I recently picked up.
Two puzzles from the same diagram. Imagine it is two different
boards. I am doing my best to cut down on my carbon footprint.
Black to play in the top left game and then mate in five moves.
White to play in the bottom right game and mate in three moves
Then a brief (very brief) report on the Isle of Man Fide event
to find two qualifiers for the 2024 Candidates. I use positions
from the event and then link them too Red Hot Pawn examples.
The Red Hot Pawn game inevitably involves a blunder.
Bart Foster 2 - Sistematico RHP 2023 (Black to play)
Black can clear the path for the g-pawn in six different ways but only
one move avoids the Queens coming off and the a-pawn promoting.
The Red Hot player player chose one of the five wrong squares.
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