A nice win by az2112

Really nice was 17.Nxe6.

Miles wins for Niobium

A crushing victory.

Interesting position

Jorobo got a draw in this game to clinch a match point for Tellurium in round 1. Check out the position I highlight. What do you think?

Bishop dominates a Knight

The diagram shows how a Bishop can dominate a Knight. The second diagram shows how this knowledge could have been used by Ivio to win his game.

Paulkov finally wins a game

I was winning easily and thought trading down to the endgame was a simple win. I was sadly mistaken as a drawn position appeared. Luckily for me and the team he missed it and I got the point.

Salvatore wins for Selenium

A really fine attacking game by Sal. He pulled off an opening trap then tore the guy apart. Good stuff!

The Z's are'nt sleeping

For Tellurium we started with two draws by az2112 and azbycx. Let's take a look. az2112 got a repetition.

Then azbycx did battle. It looked like he had a big advantage but his opponent played well to get a draw. Such is Chess.

Pairings are up!

The league finally starts. Enough of the puzzles and White to play and win stuff. This blog is for the members of the "Element" teams. Rhenium U2200, Tellurium U2000, Selenium U1800, and Niobium U1600. News and notes, good games, etc. are to be featured here for the next six weeks. And hopefully longer because of the playoffs. I wish everybody great luck in the tournament

Solution to White to play and win

Did you get the answer? I didn't during that game. I thought I was getting killed. Which is what happened. But if someone said "White to play and win" I might have looked at the Queen sacrifice a little longer and got a great win."

Solution to endgame study

White will win the Knight for the h pawn. But to win the game he must keep his d pawn on the board so he has mating material.