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Checkmate tuesday

14/4/2020

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Suffolk Junior Chess Player 2nd in the World!!!

This week MerryJazz won 275 puzzle duels on the Chess website ChessKid.  This put him in Third Place in the world - an outstanding achievement - congratulations - extremely well done!!!  And  - last week - even better - 2nd in the world!!!  Extremely well played.

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​Checkmate Tuesday - the Results...
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​Position
of the Week...


This weeks position comes from a 4th round game between RichSmoothPanda and theworldoflegend.  In the position below, why can Black not take White's Queen?  If you want to see this game, follow this link and log into your ChessKid account.  https://www.chesskid.com/fastchess/game/23793534
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Answer: White's Bishop on c2 is pinning the f5 pawn to the King, stopping Black from taking the queen with the pawn.
Fair Play Award

This week we are awarding a Fair Play Award to... RichSmoothPanda!!!  This player realised that the opponent was experiencing a glitch on the computer and instead of taking an easy win, offered a draw.  Outstanding sportsmanship!!!
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Tim Kent
17/4/2020 12:29:26 pm

Whites Bishop on c2 is pinning the f5 pawn to the King, stopping Black from taking the queen with the pawn.

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