Chess University Weekly Digest #4

Chess University Weekly Digest #4

Pregnant Chess Champion Dropped | Punishing Mistakes | Chess Tips

Chess Players,

In this 4th installment, we bring you more chess puzzles, news, tips, plus an opportunity to win a prize by voting for the best move in Puzzle Challenge #4.

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💡 Puzzle Challenge 3 Solution

Here’s the solution to last week’s Puzzle Challenge:

The best move for Black is 1…Bg5+ which delivers a check to White’s king while simultaneously launching a discovered attack from Black’s queen to White’s queen. This simple check allows Black to win White’s queen!

📰 Chess News

Turkish Women’s Chess Champion WGM Kubra Ozturk Orenli claims she was dropped from the national team due to her pregnancy. We are disappointed to witness such discrimination against pregnant women in the chess world.

🔗Read Full Article on Chess.com.

🍿 Chess Drama / Buzz

GM Simon Williams, popularly known as the GingerGM, was ordered to pay back nearly $900,000 to a pension scheme. Now that’s a real blunder!

🔗 View Details at Pensions Ombudsman

🧩 Puzzle Challenge #4 - Can You Find White’s Best Move?

♟️ Chess Tip of the Week

"Rooks Shine On The 7th Rank"
Rooks on the 7th rank are pigs that love to gobble up pawns. Rooks are so strong here because they can readily attack the base of your opponent’s pawn chain and trap your opponent’s king on the 8th rank.

If you are able to secure a rook (or two!) on the 7th rank during the endgame or later phases of the middlegame, you will often gain full control of the game.

🔗 See examples from GM Naroditsky.

🎉 Until Next Week, Keep Improving!

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