Hints and tips:
...It came after D’Costa, Black in a French Defence 1 e4 e6, flagged in a winning position with knight and two pawns against a bishop....
...If the black king stays on the queen’s side, the white king goes to the other flank to capture the knight and/or queen the h6 pawn. Knights fear rook pawns. Chess: 2340 1 Bb3!...
...Puzzle 2490 Wesley So v Viktor Laznicka, New Delhi 2011. White to move and win. The current US champion’s queen looks in danger, with an extra threat to White’s f4 knight. How did So escape?...
...It weakens the white king on two diagonals, and deprives White’s g1 knight of its normal developing square....
...Only EB Meyrowitz and Tom Davies in London and Wesley Knight in Nashville are anywhere close to Maison Bonnet’s league. In France, Maison Bonnet is a national treasure....
...Queen and knight against queen is normally a draw, but not here. Can you find Black’s winning move? Click here for solution...
...White (to move) is a knight down, but can attack Black’s knight with his king. The choice is between (a) 1 Kc5 and (b) 1 Kc4. One move draws, the other loses....
...As viewers, we see the animation come to life around us in “real time”, just as it was painted by the illustrator, Wesley Allsbrook....
...“After The Dark Knight, I was told so many times, ‘We want you to do for this what you did for The Dark Knight....
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