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Thursday, March 19, 2020

Down with dem triangulating Queens!!

So my limited aging mind always thought the term triangulation was reserved for gaining the opposition in a strictly King and Pawn ending with the purpose of escorting a peon, I mean pawn to its queening square.

Well EXCUSE ME, the notion of triangulation also applies to Rook versus Queen endings, which many amateurs believe are easy wins. FALSE, weaker USCF players only draw these difficult endings not be able to mate in the 50 move limit!! Black can actually lure white into stalemates with naked pins by Rook on the Queen!!! Quite arousing in fact.  Chuck Dilbert thought that best state of mind for Caissia devotees was somewhere between relaxation and arousal. No Chuck, that is for the bath houses after the hard fought game.

However, armed with a little theoretical knowledge, club players can win out against even the staunchest defensive maneuvers.

In the diagram below, with White to move, The Queen gives the move back to Black forcing the once  comfortable b7 rook walk far away from the trepidating Black Monarch at b8.The squares b1 and h7 are the "safest" but the rook will fall to the common tactical theme of double attack combined with mating threats.

And no SANTIAGO WILLS, Americans did not forget about chess. How could they with such fascinating positions as this clever geometry technique applies to our beloved Royal Game!!


1 comment:

  1. NYC Chess Blogging Legend Jim West thought enough of Wills to write some detailed commentary regarding his controversial views

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