Eric Morrow

We are all more dumb than we are smart, or maybe it's just me. It is good to anticipate such a thing during the course of a game because one dumb move can nuke a dozen or more smart moves. This week's position is a lesson in spotting the dumb move.

What are two ways for white to win? Mark Twain popularized the idiom there is more than one way to skin a cat in his novel “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.” “Cat” had supplemented “dog” i...

As the saying goes, don't argue with a fork. It will poke holes in your story. In this week's position, white pokes a hole in black's position and wins material. With this hint, please try to find black's best move.

Black to move and win Is chess a sport, art, or science? It is all three. It is a mental sport built on the shoulders of what players of

Black to move and win

In 1597 at the Battle of Myeongnyang, Korean Admiral Yi Sun-Sin faced an advancing Japanese Navy of 333 ships. Yi's 13 ships were no match. Yi, however, knew the Myeongnyang Strait like the back of his hand.

What is white’s best move?

To an American ear, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu rolls off the tongue like a mouth full of pebbles. At 20 years of age “Pragg” has established himself as one of the world's top players. Pragg bounced back this month from his poor performance in the Candidates Tournament by winning the Norway Chess 2026 Chess Tournament. In doing so, he defeated the reigning World Champion D. Gukesh and twice beat the world's top rated player M. Carlsen.

To an American ear, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu rolls off the tongue like a mouth full of pebbles.

A square walks into a bar. The bartender asks, “Why the long sides?” In this classic chess problem from chess composer A. Troitsky (not to be confused with communist L. Trotsky of the Russian revolution), Troitsky demonstrates the game at its heart is about controlling key squares. With this hint, please try to find white's winning line.