White to move
An additional tactical problem from my best game of the weekend's tournament. Here I missed the simple and correct move.
White to move
This week's endgame lesson comes from a tournament game between a chess coach (me) and a young player who is coached by my friend John Dill. My young opponent could have beaten me after I blundered a minor piece, but he let the endgame get away from him. The finish shows the importance of practicing pawn wars, and other exercises for developing pawn endgames.
Black to move
Hint: I made a losing move here.
Yesterday's "From the Eastern" has a position from this game a couple of moves earlier.
Game 1: 1. ... Nxc6 (Threatening Nxa7# alongside attacking Q and R) 2. bxc6 Ba6#
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Game 3: h5
Correct, as usual. These may prove more difficult for the young players who will face them over the course of this week.
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