Monday 19 December 2016

Day 261 / 104 to go

Today, I started with Soltis - I am still going through the chapter where he stresses the importance of move order within tactical variations. Here´s a nice finish - White to move:
Interestingly, Stockfish considers a less forcing Variation much stronger...
I then continued with 3 puzzles from Smith´s book - at least I got 2 correct (although I could have calculated a bit deeper down the line). Here´s the first one - highlighting one of my typical weaknesses: I end certain calculation branches simply too early based on "prejudice". White to move (to direct your thinking - and at the same time remind me of what I did wrong: allow yourself to sac the f-pawn!):

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