I have hundreds of chess books, yes hundreds and I never realised
just how boring the covers are. Most are like this below. Boring.
You can see my imagination really went overboard on that one.
So why pick it? Because Raymond Keene gives each gambit a rating.
On this page we shall endeavour to seek out the one star ratings...
by greenpawn34 on Mar 23 2016 20:11 | 6341 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Mar 24 2016 13:16
Keeping up the three week old tradition of moving chess books covers.
Let me know when you get bored....I have over 500 chess books.
You get four clues and if you answer them correctly you will spell out
the name of a famous chess player in the shaded areas of the crossword.
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by greenpawn34 on Feb 09 2016 19:48 | 4896 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Feb 09 2016 19:53
There is Good news and Bad News. White to play and mate in 14 moves!
2R1R3/3k4/8/8/8/8/3K4/2N1N3 w - - 0 1
The good news is, if you have a computer then it will find 100’s,
yes 100’s of much quicker checkmates. The Bad news is that you
to have checkmate with one of the Rooks without moving a Rook!
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by greenpawn34 on Jan 20 2016 21:30 | 3914 views | 2 edits | Last edit on Nov 02 2019 14:40
Where was I? Oh yes. This DVD.
Which I finally picked up at E-Bay and watched it just a few days ago.
It’s OK. All about a lad who was a good chess player but developed some
social problems. So to give himself something to take his mind of his own
predicament and help out the poorer kids in the neighborhood he helps t...