The Chess Mind

Author: Dennis Monokroussos.
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Professional Chess or Scholastic?
Here's a goofy position I came across the other day:



Have you ever seen anything like this, outside, perhaps, of a scholastic contest? I'm pretty sure I haven't, but this could very easily have occurred in a game between two very respectable players (Libiszewski, rated 2505, and Vehi Bach, rated 2395). For my source, go here; for the game itself (and the variation that gets to the diagrammed position), have a look here.
Posted by Dennis Monokroussos on Saturday July 18, 2009 at 1:26am

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