8/5/2005 - The human brain is a fascinating organ. It
prefers order instead of disorder. It’s able to use ideas or themes to help
it organize information. Check out the following picture:
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It’s Qxe5+, now blacks got two responses fxe5 or dxe5. Now this is looking interesting, the king is still stalemated and either capture opens the diagonal for our e3-bishop to give check and in this case Fred Wilson is right. Check it might be mate via Bc5# or Bg5#.
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This is how you can win a game. You must look at the various themes and decide which ones are most overriding. Then you must act upon them. Some themes like a stronger piece attacked by weaker piece and a king in stalemate need immediate investigation. Theme identification coupled with good systematic thinking .can lead to many nice wins.
I found this game on ICC Trainingbot. It’s a position from Terzik vs. Nurkic in 1994 I found the mate right away only after knowing it was a mate in 2. without systematic thinking, I would never have uncovered this gem that lies just beneath the surface. This is one reason why chess will always continue to amaze me..
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