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.Continue reading “Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle! 69”
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White to move and mate in 5.
#Chess Lesson Worth Sharing: Carlsen vs. Xiangzhi 2017 FIDE World Cup
One of my favorite jazz artists, Charles Mingus once said, “Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” In chess, it is quite common for the more confident player to add complications to the position in order to allow him/her more opportunities to prove superior skill. In general, thisContinue reading “#Chess Lesson Worth Sharing: Carlsen vs. Xiangzhi 2017 FIDE World Cup”
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How should white continue in order to promote his pawn?
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What is white’s best move?
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What is black’s best move?
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What is white’s best move?
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What is white’s best move?
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What is white’s best move?
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What is white’s best move?