A cartoon, (they might be naff, in fact they are naff, but at least they are
original naff. However, that is not really an excuse for them being naff.)
Two Puzzles
D. Wright - M. Stean, Canterbury 1973 (Whit to play)
White took the b4 pawn. Work out how Black very neatly punished this move.
White to play and win by H. Blandford published in 1961.
The joy is in spotting how the Knight and Bishop dominate the Rook.
Once you get the first move and spot the mating pattern (that was a clue)
then you can take great delight in watching the Rook’s attempt to stop
the mate fail to a Knight fork or the agile Bishop outmanoeuvring it.
A pawn swap puzzle that I never even tried to solve, I would not
know where to begin. But it is mesmerising watching the solution.
From this;
to this;
In 32 moves. Black’s last move was 32....g3-g2+.
Then we go over a wonderful game from the recent Olympiad.
There is more but the intro is becoming longer than the blog.
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