Albert Einstein did played chess and during his youth..he would go to the children near the neighbourhood to teach chess..
He was also a good friend of non other than Emmanuel Lasker.
Enjoy
bugs111
Sep 11, 2009
We live in a world of numbers.For many of us the GM rating is a magic figure that we cannot dream of. So a grandmaster who has attained that status is a rare human being. He sees and understands everything about the position.Now that is a contradictory statement. If he sees and understands everything, how does he lose a game?We all tend to forget that a grandmaster is also human, and it can be terrible for him to enter a mortal combat day after day in a gladiator contest.
Away from the tournament table, a grandmaster may be a friendly figure, and you can join him in a game of analysis. Who knows, if you are sharp, you may even find a better move than him.
So here is a test of 10 positions. It is intersting to note that the assessment of quite a few positions here changed because the kibitzers found something new.Who knows what you may find? It may change everything. In that case you deserve a trophy.
In this part there are 5 questions.Note that Positions, 1, 2 and 3 are not the usual White to play and win or Black to win variety.What you have to do is just to find the right idea with a few moves in the opening. Positions No. 4 and 5 feature combinations you may not have seen before.Each question carries two points.Enjoy!
Q.NO.1
This position was reached in a grandmaster game and Black played the obvious move, 9...Bf6.Although he won, he was reproaching himself for having entered this line with so many murky complications. Imagine that you are Black. How would you improve on his play?
Twilight_Win
Sep 11, 2009
i get a few welcome by this group and a few comment a bout the puzzle i post last month...
so here's one puzzle of mate in 4 for you to solve. Enjoy ^^
remember find the best mate in four move
p/s : do check the moves list after you done solving the puzzle for detailed variations
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Sep 8, 2009
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haddad56
Aug 31, 2009
hey all..i'm new here so i think i shall start with this mate in 4 puzzle ^^ enjoy and good luck
bugs111
Aug 26, 2009
