My Facebook friend Michael Pasman recently became a World Champion. More specifically, Michael won first place and thus the gold medal for the Studies category in the 10th FIDE World Cup in Composing.
Michael Pasman is well known in the chess puzzle community for his compositional knowledge, creativity and his high output of outstanding studies. However, he is also a highly accomplished over the board chess player who holds the title of International Master from FIDE.
Take the time to understand the chess composition below and you will see why Michael Pasman’s gold medal finish was well deserved. If you are stumped (and you will be), try visiting IM Michael Pasman’s website for more on this study, other chess puzzles, his chess career and excellent chess videos.
White to move and draw (Michael Pasman, First Prize and Gold Medal in the 10th FIDE World Cup in Composing, 2022).
Chris Torres is a nationally renowned scholastic chess coach working in the San Francisco Bay Area. His classes have attracted players of strengths ranging from rank beginners to world champions. A chess professional since 1998, Chris is widely recognized as one of the main driving forces behind the explosion in popularity and sudden rise in quality of scholastic chess in California. Chris Torres served as the President of the Torres Chess and Music Academy from 2005-2020 and currently is recognized as a correspondence chess master with the United States Chess Federation. Since 1998 Chris Torres has taught 6 individual national champions as well as led multiple school teams to win national championship titles. In addition, Chris Torres has directed and taught at 10 different schools which have been California State Champions at chess. In 2011 and 2012, several former and current students of Chris Torres have been selected to represent the United States at the World Youth Chess Championships. Mr. Torres’ hobbies include playing classical guitar and getting his students to appear on the national top 100 chess rating lists.
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