The new meeting day/time, seemed to be a pretty big hit last week.  We had some regulars, some new folks, and a guy we hadn’t seen since we changed our meeting night to Sunday who we were happy to see back at the Café.  We hope to see all of you there tonight!

David Hayes has graciously contributed another sample exercise from one of this games.  If you like these puzzles, this problem and more can be found under the tactics’ menu’s Help Me Find a Better Move.

Hayes vs Sankhala 2017

This is a position from the second round of the June Huntsville Classic. Here Black is down a piece and two pawns. In an effort to get back into the game, Black captured my Knight on f3. I quickly saw that 29. gxf3 Ne5+ would recover my Queen after any King move. So play continued 29. Qd4+ Qf6 30. QxQ NxQ 31. Rxa7 and I eventually won the endgame. Still I could have done better.

Solution: Hint: White need not fear the discovered check. Why?