Woodpushers’ Corner: Tsk, Tsk!

By Francis W. Porretto
March, 22 2008


Your Curmudgeon has only the highest regard for his 64-square protege, but now and then a teacher must apply the Rod of Correction to his student’s entirely-too-cute backside. Fetiche played more than one game yesterday. Here’s the conclusion of one of the other ones:

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Clearly, White is dead lost. But what crudity, merely to chop off his Queen in a position such as this! Why not:

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Or:

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Or even:

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After all, mating with a Pawn gives a game a nice artsy finish!





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