Paul Keres Sahmati, 1946 White to move. Draw Solution is in the Solutions
Month: April 2025
The Beauty of Chess
Why is chess so beautiful? Where does the spell that steals our soul and feeds our mind come from?Sixteen little black and white wooden men move up and down on some colorful squares, living in a wonderland, somewhere on another planet. Watching the game of wooden figures, our thoughts take us to lost civilizations, and … Continue reading The Beauty of Chess
Puzzle No.12: White to Move. White Wins.
Mihail Botvinnik "Sahmati", 1939 White to move. White wins. Solution is in Solutions
Thoughts About Chess
"A great chess player is an artist, a scientist, an engineer, a general, a conqueror" La Burdonnais ."Of all games, chess is the only one that sovereignly escapes the tyranny of chance, the only one in which you owe victory only to your own intelligence. Its movements are mechanical, but its results are only due … Continue reading Thoughts About Chess
Puzzle No.11: White to Move. Mate in Two
Max Euwe, 1936 White to move. Mate in two. Solution is in Solutions
With Sword and Shield Against Trident and Net (2)
The exchanges that lead to the diversification of forces can occur as a result of forced sequences or combinations, but often even by the tacit agreement of the players, each of them counting on obtaining a positional advantage. Such exchanges suggest a comparison with gladiatorial fights: with sword and shield against trident and net… Hulak … Continue reading With Sword and Shield Against Trident and Net (2)
Puzzle No. 10: White to Move. Mate in Four
K. Richter "Deutsches Schachblätter", 1935 White to move. Mate in four. Solution is in Solutions
Chess Legends (1)
. It is said with great reason that legends are always invented around great personalities or events, going as far as the fabulous, especially when, due to more or less unusual events, the primary information on the subject has been lost or could no longer be reconstructed. The phenomenon occurred with great intensity also regarding … Continue reading Chess Legends (1)
Puzzle No. 9: White to Move. Mate in two
Paul Keres "Deutsches Schachblätter", 1935 White to move. Mate in two Solution is in Solutions
Thoughts About Chess
. "Chess is the touchstone of intelligence" Goethe "In a single chess game there are more adventures than in all the seas of the world" P. Mac Orlan "A game of chess is life. Fateplays alone,And we are the pawns. Wantingto escape from boredom,It moves us, stops us, for a whileIt moves us againAnd then … Continue reading Thoughts About Chess
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