Now that this (expletive) election is finally over, let’s get back to problem-solving.Lots of kudos to my man King_Zakadion and my other man karnakatz for cracking the last puzzle.White simply plays 18. dxe5 and after Black’s best response 18. … Nxe5, White gets his B out aggressively with 19. Bf4!By developing his B to attack Black’s unguarded N in the center, White can start fighting back against Black’s positional edge.
Instead, with 18. dxc5?! Bxc5, White kept himself imprisoned in his poor position and actually activated BLACK’s Bishop.No good.
On to the Eighteenth Chess Lesson Problem.Here White has an advantage of a piece, but the question is, what can he do to ensure Black doesn’t get awkward counterplay with his K-side P majority?
The last moves played were 32. Bg8 h6.White’s next move is fairly obvious, but what does he play after THAT?
Fellow NESA Club solvers,
Trumped! OK, got that out of my system.
Now that this (expletive) election is finally over, let’s get back to problem-solving. Lots of kudos to my man King_Zakadion and my other man karnakatz for cracking the last puzzle. White simply plays 18. dxe5 and after Black’s best response 18. … Nxe5, White gets his B out aggressively with 19. Bf4!By developing his B to attack Black’s unguarded N in the center, White can start fighting back against Black’s positional edge.
Instead, with 18. dxc5?! Bxc5, White kept himself imprisoned in his poor position and actually activated BLACK’s Bishop. No good.
On to the Eighteenth Chess Lesson Problem. Here White has an advantage of a piece, but the question is, what can he do to ensure Black doesn’t get awkward counterplay with his K-side P majority?
The last moves played were 32. Bg8 h6. White’s next move is fairly obvious, but what does he play after THAT?
Good luck!
Xenophon98