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Tuesday 6 October 2009
The long chain
Via
Chesstoday
comes the following position from the current European Club Championships. The game is Stamenkov v Kamsky and it is Black to play and win. Nothing special about the winning move, but I am impressed by the length of Black's pawn chain.
1 comment:
Paul
said...
That is an impressive pawn chain !!
7 October 2009 at 22:57
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That is an impressive pawn chain !!
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