Posted in Life beyond the chess board on November 20, 2015| Leave a Comment »
A frank and honest article concerning the plight of English chess has been written by GM Nigel Davies, whom you might also know as one of Chessbase’s better presenters, if not the best. The title is a play on words with the naturalized Brit GM Murray Chandler’s book The English Chess Explosion.
Here it is: http://chessimprover.com/the-english-chess-implosion/
Posted in Life beyond the chess board on November 20, 2015| Leave a Comment »
More from Nunn, Understanding Chess Endgames 1, pg 35. Note that the solution is given directly under the diagram. Should you wish to solve it yourself, I suggest you scroll down slowly. There are four lines of text beneath the diagram, after which the solution appears. In any event its white to play and win.
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