Monday, September 24, 2018

Maiden Attempt to use Chessbase on NUS IGC Puzzle Position =)

I was pleasantly surprised to hear that dr_chess_dad, my very good chess friend, got some inspiration / motivation from me to take up chess blogging again.

Below is my attempt to marry between my attempt to use of Chessbase publishing function (farewell for now, chess.com, you have been useful to me at no cost, but I do prefer the Chessbase interface for this particular purpose) with today's puzzle position shared by NUS Intellectual Games Club.

I'm glad I got it right, both the puzzle position and the use of the Chessbase interface.

Puzzle Instruction: White to Play and Draw
Games
[Event "NUS IGC Puzzle Position"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.09.24"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Annotator "Yujing,Ong"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/8/4n3/R6p/4b2P/5RKP/4k3/1q5N w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "8"] [EventDate "2018.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2018.09.24"] {[#]} 1. Ra2+ Ke1 (1... Qxa2 2. Rf2+ Ke3 3. Rxa2 Bxh1 4. Ra5 Nf4 5. Ra3+ Nd3 6. Ra5 Nf4 7. Ra3+ Nd3 8. Ra5 Nf4 9. Ra3+ $11) (1... Bc2 2. Rxc2+ Ke1 3. Rcf2 $16) 2. Re3+ Kf1 (2... Kd1 $2 3. Nf2+ Kc1 4. Re1#) 3. Rf2+ Kg1 4. Re1+ Qxe1 $11 { Draw by stalemate.} 1/2-1/2
Please let me know should you have any comments or feedback (e.g. whether you prefer the chessbase interface or chess.com's interface). Once again, thank you for your time reading this -- do consider checking out dr_chess_dad's blog as well as the NUS Intellectual Games Club !

Yours sincerely

Ong Yujing (Eugene)
a.k.a. newbie_learner, scorekeeper

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