tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post9214710538143437465..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: An Enormous YesTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-87662527854984750642007-04-20T11:25:00.000+01:002007-04-20T11:25:00.000+01:00Sounds like you needed to "keep the idea, change t...Sounds like you needed to "keep the idea, change the move" Jonathan. I've shown this to a few strongish players in pubs before, btw, and they've not gotten remotely close.<BR/><BR/>Martin ~ well, I will try not to get too seedy, but to take your point further: there is one very lucky King, one very lonely one :)Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-80639875303334030192007-04-19T15:39:00.000+01:002007-04-19T15:39:00.000+01:00The love theme is apposite as the kings and queens...The love theme is apposite as the kings and queens get close and personal.martin smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049899127667938855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-1603133411590202202007-04-19T14:56:00.000+01:002007-04-19T14:56:00.000+01:00I didn't find the solution by myself. In fact I g...I didn't find the solution by myself. In fact I got everything but the first move. No really.<BR/><BR/>Like I said in the Sherlock Holmes chess puzzle - it's all about asking the right questions.<BR/><BR/>At the end of the main line (with my King on the wrong square but everything else in place) I was thinking 'how can I force a win from here?' when the question should have been 'how I can I stop Black doing what he just did?'.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-13319239102700346732007-04-19T12:35:00.000+01:002007-04-19T12:35:00.000+01:00That's the spirit :)Let me know if you want a clue...That's the spirit :)<BR/><BR/>Let me know if you want a clue. (Although I am bad at clues.)Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-16106360108109740352007-04-19T12:29:00.000+01:002007-04-19T12:29:00.000+01:00Dammit,despite my best efforts I've been seduced i...Dammit,<BR/><BR/>despite my best efforts I've been seduced into having a go anyway.<BR/><BR/>Based on my initial analysis (i've only looked at the diagram on screen and I'm about to take up Justin's suggestion) I seem to have made a bit of progress but I smell a false dawn. No doubt inevitable failure will follow... but perhaps it's better to have loved and lost?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-53023065731032851692007-04-19T11:10:00.000+01:002007-04-19T11:10:00.000+01:00You should really get a set out to try and solve t...You should really get a set out to try and solve them, too. Had I done that rather than just looking at the diagram I might have understood that some of the moves I was considering had effects other than the ones I immediately saw.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-24273480551830249512007-04-18T23:31:00.000+01:002007-04-18T23:31:00.000+01:00Elementary only to understand. Very difficult to s...Elementary only to understand. <BR/><BR/>Very difficult to solve.<BR/><BR/>However, it is far, far more rewarding with studies if you attempt and fail, rather than just find out the answer directly. I'm not sure why this is - just is that way, for me . . .Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-67751166299277890702007-04-18T23:21:00.000+01:002007-04-18T23:21:00.000+01:00I hate it when you use phrases like, "a fairly ele...I hate it when you use phrases like, "a fairly elementary study". I already expect not to be able to solve it and now I'm just going to be totally humiliated as well.<BR/><BR/>Having found out Justin couldn't get it after an hour's thought I'm not sure I'm going to even bother trying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-7694682236698407302007-04-18T21:49:00.000+01:002007-04-18T21:49:00.000+01:00I confess I had to resort to the computer after an...I confess I had to resort to the computer after an hour or so wandering up various garden paths. It's good, isn't it? But studies <I>are</I> good, and I never solve them.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.com