I had a real corny caption ready but I’ll take pity on you lot and leave it out.
Recently I saw this position in a TV advert for a financial firm.
8/8/8/8/1NB5/2r5/2KN4/k7 w - - 0 1
After 1.Kxc3 it is stalemate and if 1.Kd1 Rxc4 and the two Knight cannot force
a mate. So I decided to use the position to try and create a two Knight Helpmate...
by greenpawn34 on Sep 01 2023 08:32 | 2086 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Sep 01 2023 08:49
I happened to be reading ‘The Delights of Chess’ which is the follow up book
to ‘Adventure in Chess’ both by Assiac the apt pen name of Heinrich Fraenkel
1897-1986 Assiac is ‘Caissa’ in reverse. both books are a mine of rich treasure.
Within the ‘Delights’ book I found this study by Emanuel Lasker...
by greenpawn34 on Aug 23 2023 22:16 | 1594 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Aug 23 2023 22:21
I was very disappointed that CHESS magazine did not do a Chess World
Cup pull out wall chart so we could all follow our favourite players progress.
Undeterred when it got down to the last 16 and much to the annoyance of my neighbours
I painted my own progress chart on a wall that is just across the road from where I live.
Linking Chess with Historical Places (No. 63 in the series.)
Here I am playing chess on a mobile outside the house where
Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone was born.
He is not to be confused with Alexander the Great or any other
famous Alexander like Alexander Archipelago or Alekhine...
by greenpawn34 on Aug 04 2023 20:30 | 1972 views | 2 edits | Last edit on Aug 05 2023 12:31
There it is...
rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1
Stare at that unspoilt wonderland where roam wizards, witches, pixies and goblins,
fabulous unicorns, foul smelling creatures of the night, wise old snakes, oak trees,
golden meadows, sparking rivers, dark dank caves and treasure...lots of treasure.
...
greenpawn34
on Oct 02 2023 09:22 | 176 views
