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Category Archives: Chess Puzzles

A Great Puzzle

Posted on December 17, 2012 by
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This endgame comes to us from a Ruy Lopez. If I were to teach a student only one position from any game I’ve ever played, this would be the one. There it was in front of me and I knew … Continue reading →

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The Gentle Art of Persuasion

Posted on August 27, 2012 by
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The last time I wrote, the material concerned Gurgenidze-Spassky from the fifties. I’d like to follow up that effort by showing you a game of my own, and one that I think is already being spoken of in hushed tones … Continue reading →

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The Value of Efficiency

Posted on July 20, 2012 by
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Here is an unrated chess game I played against a player, “QuantumMan” on Chess.com. I play him regularly and score just over 40% in our games. We engaged in a a friendly debate about the value of efficiency in choosing … Continue reading →

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Book Recommendation: The Art of Attack in Chess

Posted on June 10, 2012 by
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I’m reading Vladimir Vukovic’s Art of Attack in ChessĀ and I love this highly-instructive guide. I’m not through the entire thing, but it does something I haven’t seen yet. It tells you how to gain an initiative. For instance, the author … Continue reading →

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