Winter Open 2011 Results
On February 12th, the Joplin Chess Club held its 1st tournament of the year. Luckily the weather cooperated, mostly, with warmer temperatures melting most of the snow and ice on the roads. While turnout...
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Tactics Tuesday -- Week 32
It's still Tuesday! Here's another easier one.
This one is from the archives and was a casual game played in a local coffee house in the late-90s.
White was completely losing and black moved the king away from the check by the bishop. What should white do next?
Tactics Tuesday -- Week 31
Another really late post and and easy one at that.
This comes from an online blitz game between two Joplin club players a little over a week ago. Black has just pushed g5 to attack white's knight. What should white do?
Tactics Tuesday -- Week 30
A little late on this but here is an easier one from another game last week. White has just move Bd3; what is black's best move?
Tactics Tuesday -- Week 29
Here is a position from a 3,+2 blitz game from this past Sunday. White is up a pawn and has attacked black's queen. What is the best continuation for black?
Tactics Tuesday -- Week 28
Another pretty easy one. White pushed f3 to attack black's queen and in response, black counter attacked the white queen. What is the best continuation for white?
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