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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Why Chess Drives You Nuts
This is the position after Echo Genc's 17.exf7+ against Schaumburg's Charles Jaris. Jaris played 17...Rxf7, which is objectively the best move. However, if Black had played the weaker 17...Kh8, what would have been White's winning move?
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Echo
Dec 7, 2011 04:36 PM
Got it first! Not telling anyone till tomorrow :D
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Got it first! Not telling anyone till tomorrow :D
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