As promised from previous blogs, this is my obituary about Pal Benko. I will outline major facts and anecdotes from his life. I will try to fulfill my duty and give the chess community the best perspective about Pal Benko. Pal Benko (Hungarian: Benko Pál; July 15,...
Those who can’t get enough of the game — and have a passion for it that goes beyond simple one-on-one competition — also play chess puzzles. Unlike playing out a whole game with a competitor, a chess puzzle will present a particular scenario on a...
As the article suggests, today we will be deviating from the norm and today’s article covers an interesting chess puzzle. These puzzles were created by none other than the great composer, Pal Benko who sent two chess puzzles to chessbase in 2016. Pal...
To better understand the concept of the “g2-g4” idea. I have decided to explain this idea by outlining one such strong player who often played this and his own analysis and thought process in this. I’m talking about none other than Issac Lipnitsky. I...
In today’s blog, I am going to describe the good old tactic “Zwischenzug”. This tactic confuses many and they think that it is very hard to employ the tactic based on the name itself. To understand let’s understand the origin of the word, then...
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