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lastlib

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1. "Chess, like love, like music....

Reply to Buttoneer (Original post)

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 10:55 PM

Mar 27

...has the power to make men happy." --Grandmaster Siegbert Tarrasch

Yes, AVID chessplayer here, although I don't play online--I just don't devote the time to it. Much prefer over-the-board play with live people I can see.

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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