30 November 2010
Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010
Hi Everyone,
Remember the two old combinations you always learn when studying endgames? Regular mating patterns? Here are two such patterns used for a mate-in-three but in the middlegame. Gives you an idea how you need to fit endgame patterns to the middlegame.
But the problem is, we won’t tell you the names of the patterns. That would be a hint. So, go on, White to play and mate in three in both the puzzles. It’s all forced but can you see it?
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