The Traxler and The Optician

The Traxler and The Optician

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Joined
06 May 08
Moves
42492
23d

Two cartoons.

As I never gave a puzzle last time out so this week you get two.
J. Granda Zuniga - I Ibragimov, US Open, Los Angeles 2003


White to play and....?

And this one was composed by J. Hasek in 1929


White to play and win.

Then onto a two games featuring the Traxler, one
of which I regretted showing to the kids I coach.

A picture of me looking all wind swept and interesting

Blog Post 603

Cryptic

Behind the scenes

Joined
27 Jun 16
Moves
3165
11d

@greenpawn34 said
Two cartoons.

As I never gave a puzzle last time out so this week you get two.
J. Granda Zuniga - I Ibragimov, US Open, Los Angeles 2003

[fen]5bk1/5qp1/6Q1/4r3/P1p1N3/7P/2B2PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1[/fen]
White to play and....?

And this one was composed by J. Hasek in 1929

[fen] 4kr2/R4p2/6p1/8/1K6/3B4/8/8 w - - 0 1 [/fen]
White to play and win.

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A picture of me looking all wind swept and interesting

Blog Post 603
Greenpawn34 on his sleek craft - International man of mystery. All that's missing is your voluptuous assistant. 😏