Poor Pawns and Rooks and the Rocks.

Poor Pawns and Rooks and the Rocks.

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A couple of cartoons.

A study by Emanuel Lasker.

White to play and win.

And this is good. mcmahon - Allen Montgomery RHP 2023 (Black to play)

1....g2+ 2.Qxg2 Rxg2 is stalemate and 1...Rxa8, which
was played, is stalemate. However there is a win.

Back in 2015 I noticed players were losing their Queens with a self inflicted
pitfall and there were 96 victims. A recent check reveals this number is now 139

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