White to move
White to move
The same problem set contained a checkmate in two that proved tortuously difficult for young players. Of course, they did not know that it was checkmate in two.
White to move
Invasion
15 hours ago
06 July 2014
Creating Patterns
Yesterday's "My Favorite Problem" displayed an elementary tactics problem that uses a fork to decoy either queen or king to a square where a second fork wins the queen. After putting this problem before youth players, I created two more problems designed to develop pattern recognition.
The same problem set contained a checkmate in two that proved tortuously difficult for young players. Of course, they did not know that it was checkmate in two.
The same problem set contained a checkmate in two that proved tortuously difficult for young players. Of course, they did not know that it was checkmate in two.
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