While scrolling through Facebook, I noticed one of my favorite chess authors posting an endgame study created by one of my favorite chess composers. In a rather fortunate coincidence, this particular king and pawn endgame study fits nicely into a progression of studies I have been giving students to exercise their calculation skills. (See ChessContinueContinue reading “Chess Position Worth Sharing! 154”
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My Quora Answer to: What is your favorite puzzle?
White to move and win (Mikhail Zinar, 1983). Loading… Broadly speaking, a chess puzzle refers to a board situation where chess pieces and chess rules must be used to solve the puzzle. While game winning moves from actual play make up the majority of chess puzzles, some of the most challenging puzzles in chess haveContinueContinue reading “My Quora Answer to: What is your favorite puzzle?”