Chess Puzzle: White To Play And Win

Here is an amazing chess puzzle! Prima facie it looks obvious that White is clearly winning...but it's not as simple. Black has just played ...Qd4+. White to play and win. Kh2 will be met with Qf4+. White cannot capture Queen as it would lead to stale mate. Hint: Great Sacrifice

Chess Puzzle: Mate In Two

I always enjoy solving mate in 2 puzzles. You often need rational thinking and many short calculations to find the solution 👓 White to move and mate in 2! 🤔 -S. Loyd, 1877 Source: Twitter

My Week-end Is “Book”ed

I wrote in a recent blog post that I have stopped buying books in 2018 since there is a long backlog of unread books. But it seems books chase me as much as I chase them! Today, I received a parcel from a dear friend. And to my surprise it contained a book! Now my... Continue Reading →

Rubik’s Cube and juggling!

I had tried to solve Rubik's Cube on my own for several years but never found a convincing method to solve it. I did manage to solve some random position but it was more of luck. In doing so what I learnt on my own was solving specific squares or specific corners. And I felt... Continue Reading →

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