Quote of the month:
Chess is a game of bad moves. - Andrew Soltis         

Issue 12 (3 Oct. 2007)
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IM Talk 
By International Master Jimmy Liew  

     Draw to win 

   

 
  
Chess Beat 
By Larry Parr 
Editor Chess LIfe 1984 - 1988, Author 

Worse than a Crime? (continued)
When Gods Blunders (VIII)
     

 

 


 
Chess Beat 
By Larry Parr 
Editor Chess LIfe 1984 - 1988, Author 

(in BAHASA MALAYSIA)

Lebih Buruk daripada Jenayah? (Sambungan)
Apabila Dewa Catur Tersilap Langkah
(VIII)

 

   

   

 Chess 4 Life!  
By Candidate Master Collin Madhavan

Another Grischuk endgame 
( 2007 World Chess Championships in Mexico)

Could Grischuk have beaten Anand?

 

This Week's Guest Writer
From the Arbiter's Table
by  Najib Wahab

Life is learnt by moving backwards!

 

This Week's Guest Writer
You too can Teach! III
by  Lee Siew Fai

"Lee is introducing a new and innovative method in teaching chess. In time to come, schools that have not been able to secure a coach,  may ............."

 

 

Puzzle #23

White to play and win. 

Puzzle #24

White to play and win. 

Solutions for this week's puzzles will be published in the next issue.  

 
Solutions (for issue #11): 

Puzzle #21
1. Qb3  1 - 0 Nunn - Miroslaw, 1987.
[1 ...... Qxb3 2. Rxe8 Qg8 3. Rx8 mate or 3. Nf7 mate; or 1 ....... gxh6 2. Qf7 Re7 3. Qf8]

Puzzle #22
1. Qxh7  1 - 0 Nunn vs Lajos Portisch, Reykjavik, 1988
[if 1 ........ Kxh7 2. Rh4 Kg7 3. Bh6 Kh7 4. Bf8 mate]

 

Last updated 3 October 2007