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Buttoneer

(284 posts) Wed Mar 27, 2024, 10:48 PM Mar 27

"Knights on the Rim are Dim" and other Chess rules. [View all]

If you're a chess player you might remember that quote. I also remember another one: "A rook on the 7th (rank) is like a bone in the throat"

Are there any chess players here? Do you play online?

"Laws of Chess do not allow a free choice: you have to move maybe you like it or not”
-Lasker

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"Knights on the Rim are Dim" and other Chess rules. [View all] Buttoneer Mar 27 OP

"Chess, like love, like music.... lastlib Mar 27 #1

..a knight on the edge has only 4 moves..... thomski64 Mar 27 #2

Pin it and win it. perfessor Mar 27 #3

Lichess is my preferred online chess site. n/t Buttoneer Mar 27 #4

I used to have a book called "Chess traps, pitfalls and Swindles." brush Mar 27 #5

I remember that one! perfessor Mar 28 #7

Give me e4-e5 or give me death JoseBalow Mar 28 #6