Chess Christmas Special

Chess Christmas Special

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A Festive Blog with a nice study (mate in 10) from Vladimir Korolkoc
whose chess compositions very often had a pleasant comical touch.


White to play and mate in 10 (solution in the blog - give it a go.)

A Chess Christmas Cracker Joke.

Construct a Game Challenge. Construct a game where White gives
a checkmate with an under promoted Rook and there must be a White
Queen sacrifice (the Queen is not allowed to move) all in seven moves.
Amazingly we have am RHP Game that does this with plausible moves.

A learn from the Good Guys featuring Magnus Carlsen and Mickey Adams.
With RHP games showing where they failed and the Good Guys did not.

Blog Post 507

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@greenpawn34
Thanks for the post. I especially enjoyed finding the mate in 10.

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I don't understand the cracker joke 🤔

I'll never understand British humour....

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It's a fork in the road, a road fork. (it's awful but that is what it is.)

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@greenpawn34

I like you.

I really do 😉

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Merry Christmas good man. I love your blog. Enjoyed year round!

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Thanks Liljo,

I have finished the first one for 2022 but am going to post it within seconds after
midnight on the 31st December to be the first to post a blog anywhere next year.

chemist

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@greenpawn34 said
Thanks Liljo,

I have finished the first one for 2022 but am going to post it within seconds after
midnight on the 31st December to be the first to post a blog anywhere next year.
Well the first bloggers next year will be in the Pacific roughly twelve hours beore the new year starts in Greenwich...
Thank you for all the blogs this year

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@ponderable said
Well the first bloggers next year will be in the Pacific roughly twelve hours beore the new year starts in Greenwich...
Thank you for all the blogs this year
I think you underestimate @greenpawn34, I'm sure he is on his way to the Pacific, to ensure he is the first blogger of 2022.

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I never thought about that. Maybe I should have sent my blog to someone in
New Zealand (Nelly Milligan stays there, I'm sure she would have done it for me.)
It's too late now. (never mind - I'll post just after midnight my time.)