A theme in problems where four black interferences are included by four possible moves of two black pawns. The two pawns, by the very conditions, must stand on their original squares (BCM 55/245).
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Quotes of the Day
Fischer was the first to send me a telegram when I was in Amsterdam after I had defected, saying ‘Congratulations on the correct move’.
Vikor Kortchnoi 1986 NIC
” The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime.”
Alexander Alekhine
” Kasparov was like Samson, but his hair has been shorn (2000).”
Nathan Divinsky
To Put It Mildly, I Have Not a Bit of Respect For Topalov
Vladimir Kramnik 2015
In order to become a grandmaster class player whose understanding of chess is superior to the thousands of ordinary players, you have to develop within yourself a large number of qualities, the qualities of an artistic creator, a calculating practitioner, a cold calm competitor.
Alexander Kotov