Problem of the month: December 2019

A previously unreleased endgame problem.

LET’S MOVE UP THE LEVEL… 😊

TURN: BLACK
LEVEL: FITTED FOR STRONG PLAYERS 💪 😜

Some experienced players asked for a more challenging problem than the previous one. So here’s something to test your mind skills 🤓

Black to move and win. Are you ready to rack your brain? 🤯 😄

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Ooh, everybody here! This is the game of the year!*

2019 MSO Game of the Year

We are delighted to introduce the Mind Sports Olympiad Game of the Year award. The 2019 award goes to Colour Chess. Colour Chess was immensley popular this year and will be returning to MSO in 2020. Chess Grandmaster Matthew Sadler who won this year’s Colour Chess World Championship wrote a great article on MSO’s chess variants for Chess magazine. Colour Chess is also available as an an iPhone and Android app.

The Mind Sports Olympiad Game of the Year is a new initiative that aims to celebrate new competitive board games. Candidate games have to be relatively new and included in the official MSO schedule. Players will have the opportunity to vote as of next year and the final selection will be made by combining the players’ and committee’s votes.

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* This title is inspired from Prince‘s song Jam Of The Year, track 1 from the album Emancipation (1996)

2019 London Chess Classic

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The London Chess Classic is the UK’s largest chess tournament and is back at Olympia from November 29 to December 8. In addition to the Fide Open section, there are numerous sections for various rated players alongside blitz and rapid tournaments. The prize fund features over £27,000. There is free entry to all tournaments for women and under 25s who are UK residents.

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