Poor Pawns and Rooks and the Rocks.
01 Sep '23 08:311 editA couple of cartoons.
A study by Emanuel Lasker.
White to play and win.
And this is good. mcmahon - Allen Montgomery RHP 2023 (Black to play)
1....g2+ 2.Qxg2 Rxg2 is stalemate and 1...Rxa8, which
was played, is stalemate. However there is a win.
Back in 2015 I noticed players were losing their Queens with a self inflicted
pitfall and there were 96 victims. A recent check reveals this number is now 139
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