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Three Easy Strokes: Part One

Our title, predictably, doesn't refer to an easy par-three golf hole, but to our desire to present a short series of stroke problems that, frankly, aren't quite as difficult as some of our earlier offerings.

Try your hand at this first one and decide for yourself if it's a spring breeze; then click on Read More for the solution.

WHITE

BLACK
Black to Move and Win


Solution

11-15 28-11 7-16 20-11 2-7 11-2 1-5 2-9 5-30 Black Wins.

05/18/05 - Category: Problems
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