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Loomis

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Durham, NC, United States

Member Since: Oct 18, 2007
Last Login: Aug 28, 2008
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Homepage: thebackrank.blogspot.com

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Checkmate Puzzlers!

Submitted by Loomis on Jul 31, 2008 6:09am.

Learning typical mating patterns is one of the keys to being able to create checkmating combinations. In a few recent games I had mating combinations with somewhat unique patterns. Give them a try: In the first puzzle white has some extra material a...Read more »

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