Beat the Masters 9 Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps - June 15, 2020 August 1988, Position A White to play Contributions to the comments box are welcome. Masters’ feedback will be published tomorrow. Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps Comments Tom Villiers15 June 2020 at 17:14I'm thinking of the trick 1.Rc1!? Rxb2+2.Kd3+ Kd63.Nc4+ with a forkReplyDeleteRepliesReplyAngusF15 June 2020 at 19:49Same idea as Tom but my move was 1. Kd3. I thought that 1... Rb3+ 2. Ke2 d3+ 3. Ke3 wouldn't help Black.ReplyDeleteRepliesReplyJMGB15 June 2020 at 20:10Evening Tom, Angus. Thanks for dropping by.Full response tomorrow in the comments box but ... for now I’ll say one of you has 10 points and one of you has 7 points.Also, I just noticed I missed labeled this puzzle. It’s actually position A from August 1988 not April.ReplyDeleteRepliesReplyAdd commentLoad more... Post a Comment
I'm thinking of the trick
ReplyDelete1.Rc1!? Rxb2+
2.Kd3+ Kd6
3.Nc4+ with a fork
Same idea as Tom but my move was 1. Kd3. I thought that 1... Rb3+ 2. Ke2 d3+ 3. Ke3 wouldn't help Black.
ReplyDeleteEvening Tom, Angus. Thanks for dropping by.
ReplyDeleteFull response tomorrow in the comments box but ... for now I’ll say one of you has 10 points and one of you has 7 points.
Also, I just noticed I missed labeled this puzzle. It’s actually position A from August 1988 not April.