Removing the Rust

The Reading list for my upcomming vacation includes two basic chess titles: "Weapons of Chess" and "Simple Attacking Plans". The last several months have not offered many time slots for studying chess. It is time to swallow My pride and take a refresher course. Here is a Little warm-up game:

Rust

Nice little problem. Too bad I missed the solution over the board. I am very rusty.

Bragging Big Time

This is without doubt the peak in my chess life and all is downhill from here. I have been quoted in a chess book before but only as a happy customer. It does make a lot of sense since buying chess books is my main chess skill.

Check out Axel's interesting book: Sample Pages from "Pump up your rating"