John HendrickOct 7, 20191 min readNonintuitive Sacrifice The following position is from Ding Liren versus Wesley So in 2016. I was studying the Catalan Opening, and I came across this incredible...
John HendrickSep 30, 20191 min readBishop Trap in the Ruy LopezThis one is not as difficult as the the last bishop trap. See if you can find how black can trap white's bishop in the following...
John HendrickSep 30, 20191 min readPuzzle of the Week: Bishop Trap 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 c6?! 9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.f4 e6 11.Nc4 (Even better is 11.h4) 11...Qc7...