Hook and Ladder
Submitted by
sam_musil on Fri, 03/07/2008 at 6:59pm.
My recent win over a very fine player bardi from Iceland was highlighted by a "hook and ladder" combination that I just learned about in the last year from two different Chess Life articles. I want the reader to study the folowing chess diagram and see if he can hook the end of the ladder supporting white's queen and win the royal lady: