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
Petrosian would never have beaten me if he had played like that in 1963.
Mikhail Botvinnik 1966
It’s always more difficult to hold the title than to get it.
Vladimir Akopian 2012
Never felt more like singin’ the blues, cos I never thought that I’d ever lose…
Vladimir Kramnik 2017
There is no room for gallantry in chess.
Irving Chernev
“Chess is the struggle against the error.”
Johannes Zukertort
