The Abysmal Depths of Chess

October 1989, Position E
White to play

The big news of the week is Say Chess’s new idea for a Tactics Tracker club.
More of that later after I’ve had a moment to reflect on how going back to work has changed things.

March 1989, Position G



Black to playFedorowicz - Dlugy, World Open 1988
Contributions to the comments box are welcome. I’ll reply with what the Masters have to say about their choice to anybody who suggests a move.
Scroll down to see some commentary from me and the Masters’ feedback.
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March 1989, Position G


Black to play


Contributions to the comments box are welcome. Masters’ feedback will be published tomorrow.

White to playYusupov - Kasparov, Linares 1990
This, as you can see, is a position from one of Artur’s own games. He went on to lose but the game but he certainly went down fighting.
If found it in Boost Your Chess, Chapter 9: The Use of Traps. Coincidentally it was the chapter turned out to be next on my list the day after I saw a tweet from Neal Brucetalking about the importance of resilience in chess ... but that's only half the story.