A form of a non-orthodox problem first proposed by Bezel in Deutsche Schachzeitung in 1848 in which the composer aims to achieve a setting showing the maximum possible of moves of a single type, such as checks, mates, stalemates… According to Tim Krabbé, the following example could be a world record of the maximum series of cross-checks. The position has to be legal, and no promotion is allowed.
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Quotes of the Day
I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone’s hand off if he puts it in my mouth
Wilhelm Steinitz
Chess is respected in culture and education, but our organization is far behind. FIDE must lead, not drag chess down.
Garry Kasparov 2014
Now, at 51, in my life I have reach the stage between the middlegame and the endgame. But I don’t have the feeling that I am in the endgame already.
Boris Spassky 1988 NIC
You only task in the opening is to reach a playable middle game.
Lajos Portisch
Politics is a team game, here it is necessary to compromise, to take into account the views of other people. As for Garry, he is quite a contentious, totalitarian person. But in general, I’m sorry that Kasparov switched to a role that does not match the scale of his personality.
Vladimir Kramnik 2015
