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Do you remember when...

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...did one of these...

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.....when you joined the ‘A’ and the ‘B’ you get another picture...

The Other 2024 Chess Candidates.


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From a cartoon in CHESS August 1967. (I coloured it in for effect.)
I’m sure this was the first chess cartoon I saw in a chess magazine.
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A pleasant change from a drawing of two old men playing chess asleep and
covered in cobwebs which were common before Bobby Fischer appeared. ...

Chess Coincidences No.314 and No. 315.


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CHESS May 1986.

Coincidence No.314 happened a few days ago. I had just posted a memory from the
Smyslov - Huebner 1983 candidates match on another site. I was recalling that because
the match was undecided with OTB games they used a roulette wheel to decide who won ...

The Budapest Defence and Bishops


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Opposite coloured Bishops! (more about Bishops later)

Now a couple of cartoons that were dotted about in a 1974 Punch book of articles
about modern children. Chess cartoons were everywhere in the Fischer boon years.

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The Romantic Age of Chess


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I tinkered with the original which had checkers as the theme.
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and this next one was sent to me by a colleague who knows I like these things..

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Helpmate and a Construction Task


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I’m glad to see this lad has his priorities right.

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This puzzle caught my eye whilst flicking through an old British Chess Magazine.

k1K5/p7/p7/8/8/p7/7b/6B1 b - - 0 ...

Knight Sac, Rook Sac and Queen Mates


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A position from a Birmingham League match....that is Birmingham in the U.K.
I’ve never been to the U.S.A. Birmingham but I have been to the UK Birmingham.
I’ve also been to Boston to see the Boston Barracudas speedway team. I have
no idea if the U.S.A. Boston has a speedway team. I have never been there.
I’ve been to York many times but never New York. I really must get out more...

Are Chess Players Geeks. (Pins and Things)


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From an Archie at Riverdale comic. Note how chess players
are always portrayed in comics as glasses wearing geeky types.
I’ve no idea where they get that idea from. We are not geeks!

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My impersonation of Endgame Ernie...

The Goring Gambit


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The original I saw in a magazine was this

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Did you spot my, er, deliberate error last week. I used the wrong diagram for the puzzle. ...

Black Plays 8...Qxf2 Mate in a GM game.


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This weeks study is by Sam Loyd. That name always ensures you are in for a treat.

8/2R1N3/3k4/2N1R3/8/8/7K/8 w - - 0 1
White to play and mate in four moves.

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