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Considering the internet has a potential audience of the entire planet, there must be someone out there who does not know that. I had previously promised to teach the moves in chess before the beginning of the next century, click here for some chess basics. I decided not to bother, that is the beauty of the internet. Why do it yourself when somebody else has done it for you.


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This is from Walter John v Abraham Speijer, played in 1910 at the DSB tournament which I believe is a German congress. White lost this position, which just goes to show how easy it is to lose a simple ending, he should have got a draw.
WHITE TO PLAY AND DRAW


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This position is taken from David Baird v James Hanham, New York 1893. It is fair to say that the position below is pretty difficult, this one is easier.
WHITE TO PLAY AND MATE IN TWO


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This position is from Joseph Blackburne v Berthold Englisch, London 1883, and yes, I am one of those sad people who plays over games from 1883. Black decided to play Rg8 and won soon after, but there was a better way.
BLACK TO PLAY AND MATE IN FIVE