I wasted no time in getting a mug shot of me in some chess graffiti.
Three Puzzles. The first one is so easy you could do it Blindfold (try it)
(White to play and mate in three)
Solution
OK, enough of the hilarity, this is the first one.
White to play and win
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Then onto a brief essay proving seeing and solving puzzles
has its benefits using a John Nunn - Lajos Portisch game.
Where Nunn had seen the idea from a puzzle book and poor
Portisch had not. Then an RHP game with the same idea.
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