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Weak squares and a pretty mate.

Submitted by minashokry on May 6, 2010 9:44 AM.

After I wrote my first blog entry about "Power of pinning" at http://blog.chess.com/minashokry/power-of-pinning, again, I speak about another common mistake that even some experienced players may make which is weak squares. A weak square is defined a...Read more »

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