Another picture of me for your scrapbook. This time another day
trip to London to visit the Chess and Bridge Centre on Baker Street.
Then a picture of what my chess pieces got up to whilst I was away.
A spot the unpunished blunder inspired by a recent game played at the online
4NCL. I then give two RHP examples of the same blunder going unpunished.
Then a conditional puzzle. White to play and mate Black.
You are not allowed to move the White Rook.
You are not allowed to move the White King.
And the White pawn is not allowed to promote.
I did it (eventually) in 21 moves - solution in the bloggy thingy.
Finally a one move mate pitfall that nobody (yet!) on RHP has fallen for in
the Riga variation of the Ruy Lopez. I give the variation in question and then
an RHP game with a deviation of the Riga mainline resulting in a Black win.
Blog Post 492
@greenpawn34 saidIt's interesting that no matter where one lives in the world, their home chess sanctums are so similar. Chess board set up with a recently considered position, pens and pencils in a cup, one book open for study, a jumble of other books, notebooks and assorted reference material nearby, and sometimes a few fading awards and photos from past victories. Be they G.M.s or average club players, they all seem to have this in common. 🙂
Another picture of me for your scrapbook. This time another day
trip to London to visit the Chess and Bridge Centre on Baker Street.
Then a picture of what my chess pieces got up to whilst I was away.
A spot the unpunished blunder inspired by a recent game played at the online
4NCL. I then give two RHP examples of the same blunder going unpunished. ...[text shortened]... eviation of the Riga mainline resulting in a Black win.
Blog Post 492