A Word About Methodology:


Chess Assistant 19 is used to generate grist for the puzzle mill at this website. Houdini4a is used to analyse winning positions and eliminate any puzzle with more than one winning move. Many students will experience a rise of 400 rating points once they make a habit of solving chess puzzles. Here you can browse positions that arose in recent games as well as the old classics. Bill Harvey has published four books on chess puzzles with Mongoose Press and more than 50 with the independent CreateSpace Pub. He has an expert/master rating at letsplaychess.com and is a top puzzle contributor there. He's taught chess in a Washington, DC junior high school over a dozen years. Away from the board, he catalogs music for a major US library and transcribes archival documents for "By the People". Check out the latest projects at crowd.loc.gov..




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