A couple of Cartoons then a study by Novomesky & Siran, 2002
White to play and win. Once you get the idea it is quite easy.
But you have to see the idea. The whole thing is a study in
Zugzwang and there are quite a number of them, I make it 8!
Then a puzzle I give new my students. A handy one this for
coaches. It is easy to remember and set up and it hides so much
White to play and mate in four moves.
A phone call.
Then a couple of games, one of them an RHP game with a Romantic Chess theme.
Blog Post 597
A couple of Cartoons then a study by Novomesky & Siran, 2002
[fen] 8/p5p1/1pP3p1/p5p1/k3p3/4p3/K7/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
White to play and win. Once you get the idea it is quite easy.
But you have to see the idea. The whole thing is a study in
Zugzwang and there are quite a number of them, I make it 8!
Then a puzzle I give new my students. A handy one th ...[text shortened]... mes, one of them an RHP game with a Romantic Chess theme.
Blog Post 597
The first diagram reminds me of Blathy's mate in 190+. Similar idea; mercifully shorter on the PGN viewer.
The Romantic Age of Chess
