Here are two chess puzzles involving smothered mates in 4 moves White to play and mate in 4 moves...
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Steve Jobs’ “Bicycle of The Mind” Analogy And “Hand and Brain” Chess
Steve Jobs is one of my favourite personalities not only because of his business acumen and marketing genius, but also for his ability to articulate thoughts extremely effectively, to use stories, analogies, metaphors to convey his ideas. One such analogy he used to describe Personal Computer in early 80's was "Bicycle of The Mind". Here... Continue Reading →
Two Chess Puzzles
👇 White to play and win. Max Euwe vs Richard Reti, 1920 👇 White to play and win in 8 moves
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This is a very interesting puzzle. Once you see how the mating position would be, it would be easy.
Chess Puzzles
White to play and win 👇 White to play and draw 👇
Puzzles: Pawn Mower
Maurice Ashley is a Jamaican-American chess player, author, and commentator. In 1999, he earned the FIDE title of Grandmaster, making him the first black person to do so. Ashley is well known as a commentator for high-profile chess events. He also spent many years teaching chess. In 2010 he developed a type of puzzles using... Continue Reading →
Resumed Chess…
I mentioned in a recent post that I was looking forward to 2022 and was hoping for it to be the best year in a decade or so. There are few reasons for that hope/belief/optimism. One, few of the things, decisions, investments (money, time, emotional connects) might yield results. Two, quality of life might improve.... Continue Reading →
Chess Puzzle: White To Play And Win
What did White play here? Capablanca and Lasker together composed this interesting position in 1914.
Chess Puzzle
Black has an active queen, but White hopes to take advantage of the weakened back rank and somehow turn the tables! 🙂 It's WHITE TO PLAY. Can he win? 1.Rb2, 1.Rd2, and 1.Re2 are the candidate first moves. But which of them is the best? And why? — Dawid Przepiórka, 1920
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