Quote of the month:
During a chess competition a chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk - Alekhine.         

Issue 9 (12 Sept. 2007)
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This Week's Guest Writer

From the Arbiter's Table
by  Najib Wahab

The Merdeka Effect

Playing chess with Larry

    

 

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

Worse than a Crime? (continued)
Another nicely written article that has been split up and will be featured over the next few issues. 

When Gods Blunders (II)  

Chess 4 Life! 
By Candidate Master Collin Madhavan

Books by International Master Tibor Karolyi 

 

IM Talk
By International Master Jimmy Liew

TaKiNg A bReAk!! 

As Jim left the room, he turned around and said, "I'll be back!" 

 
 

Puzzle #17

Black to mate in 3 moves. 

Puzzle #18

Black to mate in 4 moves. 

Solutions for this week's puzzles will be published in the next issue.  
Solutions (for issue #8): 

Puzzle #15
 1. f7+  1 - 0 [If 1.... Kxf7 2. Rf1 Kg8 3. Rf8 mate; or 1.... Bxf7 2. Ra8 Rc8 3. Rxc8 Ne8 4. Rxe8 Kf7 5. Rf8 mate] Petran vs. Pinter 1972

Puzzle #16
 1.Bxg7 Qxd2 2.Bxf6 Qxd1+ 3.Rxd1 1 - 0 {3 ...... Rfe8 4.Rh1 Re6 5.Rh8 mate} Carlsson vs. Moreno,  2006

 

Last updated 12 September 2007