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A real life puzzle

Submitted by mjl4871 on Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:47pm.

This is a position that occurred in a game I recently played. I had the white pieces and realized (after making my move) that black had a pretty effective way to win material. I plugged the position into Chessmaster 9000 and it produced this combi... Read more »

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How many times will I move my queen?

Submitted by mjl4871 on Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:17pm.

This is a game I recently completed. I had the black pieces, and my opponent played an opening I had never dealt with before. Neither side played his best. Probably the funniest part, on review, was how I often I moved my queen! Yikes! (I'm obviou... Read more »

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