A quick thought chess puzzle. You have 5 seconds to do it.
And a Red Hot Pawn game showing you how it’s done.
Then a wonderful piece of board craft from Carlsen. (White to play)
Which in turn takes us to a few Red Hot Pawn examples of players
misusing Rooks on the 7th and those not pausing before Promoting.
Blog Post 481
@greenpawn34 saidHow Come The Good Chess Players Are So Good?
A quick thought chess puzzle. You have 5 seconds to do it.
And a Red Hot Pawn game showing you how it’s done.
Then a wonderful piece of board craft from Carlsen. (White to play)
[fen] 8/P4pkp/2Rp2p1/8/8/7P/1r3rP1/R5K1 w - - 0 34[/fen]
Which in turn takes us to a few Red Hot Pawn examples of players
misusing Rooks on the 7th and those not pausing before Promoting.
Blog Post 481
I've noticed the "good" chess players have a combination of good memories, good powers of concentration, and a strong work ethic, stemming from a sincere interest in the game.
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White plays Rook to c2...
Attacking both rooks while indirectly protecting g2 and making time for the pawn to promote which also covers g2. 🤔
Right?
(I'm not 1300 like my rating says... I'm actually 1700 but it takes time to get the rating up to where it belongs since I just came back to the website)
Very-Musty
When I first saw it...
I thought, promote and run the King to c1 so no check on c2.
But it was a puzzle. So my 'why so easy' brain kicked in.
I spotted (after a while) the trap Aronian had set and then came up
with Qa5 idea - which loses! but smelt that trap out too.
So it must be Rc2. After one set of Rooks came off looks like a fortress
but rapid game so Aronian must have misplayed it or Carlsen played brilliantly.
Probably a mixture of both.