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Chess Lesson #16

Chess Lesson #16

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White resigned in this position after finding no way to stop Rc1+.

Was this wise?

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Yup, famous chess position. I use it as one of my tactic puzzles in my collection of 1000. Nice work.

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This is a great example of what I call an "interference" move.

Can also be called a "monkey wrench" move. ;-)

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Originally posted by CrawlIce
Can also be called a "monkey wrench" move. ;-)
How ridiculous.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
How ridiculous.
Hmmm. Cultural gap here? "Throwing a monkey wrench (i.e., a spanner for you Brits) into the machinery" is a well-known expression. At least, I thought it was. ;-)

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Originally posted by Bowmann
[fen]2kr4/ppp3Pp/4RP1B/2r5/5P2/1P6/P2p3P/3K4[/fen]

White resigned in this position after finding no way to stop Rc1+.

Was this wise?
Rd6 gives white the game.

D

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Indeed, White missed the opportunity to turn the game around with 1. Rd6.

After 1...cxd6, 2. f7 wins.

Or after 1...Rxd6, 2. g8=Q also wins.

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Originally posted by CrawlIce
Hmmm. Cultural gap here? "Throwing a monkey wrench (i.e., a spanner for you Brits) into the machinery" is a well-known expression. At least, I thought it was. ;-)
Yep. Just need to read Edward Abby's The Monkey Wrench Gang. Some in that group measures distance by six-packs, too.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
Indeed, White missed the opportunity to turn the game around with [b]1. Rd6.

After 1...cxd6, 2. f7 wins.

Or after 1...Rxd6, 2. g8=Q also wins.[/b]
Yes, white really throws a spanner in the works with that one. *looks around*

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Originally posted by ark13
Yes, white really throws a spanner in the works with that one. *looks around*
Deserves to be in every chess glossary: spanner in Britain, monkey-wrench in the rest of the English speaking world.

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Originally posted by Wulebgr
Deserves to be in every chess glossary: spanner in Britain, monkey-wrench in the rest of the English speaking world.
Just learned that one, thought I'd try it out.

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Originally posted by Wulebgr
Deserves to be in every chess glossary: spanner in Britain, monkey-wrench in the rest of the English speaking world.
Ahem. Spanner in quite a few OTHER bits of the English speaking world, I think you will find.

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okay, maybe we can even say spanner in Amerika, after all Edward Abby has inspired terrorists like the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Earth First!