Knowing Me Knowing Yusupov #1a


Positions taken from Artur Yusupov's lengendary/infamous series of books. Pandolfini's Endgame Course.

Positions read by: Zara (Twitter; Youtube)

Today:
#1a
taken from Build Up Your Chess: The Fundamentals 1 (Quality Chess, 2008)
Chapter 9, Mate in Two Moves


Also a bit of chat from me about chess problems and why we might be interested in solving them.
If you want to jump straight to the position of the day (I won't be offended) start at 06:00.




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Mate-Pattern Mondays
Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)
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