Musings on law, tech, chess & other topics by a geek

This is white to play, how do you win?

Gwen and I stopped by Crossroads Mall yesterday looking for some books and we ended up playing a few games of chess on the giant board there. I went 3 wins 0 losses and 1 draw. The most interesting of the games was against another local chess teacher Vincent Marr.  I find that you can learn more from losses and draws then from wins. The above tactic is one I missed from the drawn game. I knew I had missed something at the time… time to work on my own tactics. Taking the time to review your own games is a great way to improve your own chess game. Here is the full game with my comments and a board to step through the game: Rowe v. Marr @ Crossroads Mall 2010.