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Posted by cascadejames
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11/23/2008
13:14:21

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Subject: Nov. 22 contest puzzle

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Couldn't solve this one, and I see I was not alone. Are solutions to the old puzzles posted
somewhere?


Posted by algol
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11/23/2008
15:08:12

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Puzzle solution

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Go to the puzzle in question, click on the "All Moves Graph" listed under the Options and the solution will be revealed.

Posted by cascadejames
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11/23/2008
19:17:50

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Thanks!

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Like all puzzles, it's so simple when you see the solution demonstrated.
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Gawain Jones and David Howell go extra Miles in search of success — England's first chess grandmaster, the late Tony Miles, liked to call himself a globetrotter. Miles often played in chess events in widely distant countries with scarcely a break between tournaments, and once he rang from Heathrow to tell me he had missed a prizegiving in Vienna to fly to a Teesside weekender which was part of the UK Grand Prix. Miles believed that his pragmatic approach helped him be resilient, in touch with tactical novelties, and eager for victory. It worked well at his peak in his mid-twenties, though fatigue later took its toll. Now England's youngest GMs Gawain Jones, 24, and David Howell, 20, have adopted a version of the Miles strategy as they seek to match the 2700-rated world chess elite. ...