The venue for Society meetings has changed and the directions to it given on p. 126 of the July 2017 issue are incorrect. Meetings are held at the Hall of St. Botolph’s Church, Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3TL. The Hall is set in a small garden behind the church, less than 2 minutes’ walk from Liverpool St. mainline and underground stations.
Looking back over the problems I have previously set, it occurs to me that I have
used very few moremovers, so this week, a fine such problem, taken from Avner and
Aloni's collection, The Art of Israeli Chess Composition. No clues, I'm afraid!
This is an example of the Roman theme – a black unit is able to defend a certain
threat. It is decoyed to another square, from where the original defence does not
work but a second defence is available to the same threat. However, that second
defence has a weakness, which is then exploited, in this case by an elegant wK
switchback
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