The Two-Move Chess Problem Gift Ideas for Beginners opening study is pure hard

opening study is pure hard work

' One where White gets the bishop pair and Black gets better control over the center thanks to his e5-pawn

and how our modern top class players such Anand are using it

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The Two-Move Chess Problem Gift Ideas for Beginners opening study is pure hardMate in two move problems are a popular category within chess problems, typically because it is possible to solve them without jumping through too many hoops. That, of course, doesnt necessarily mean that they are all simple or easy to solve, in fact, far from it! Although I have solved, or least tried, to for more than forty years I never truly understood the inner workings behind these problems until I started reading this book which is wonderfully