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Blunder of the Day

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Monday, 15 February 2010, at 7:17 p.m.

In Response To: Blunder of the Day (Phil Simborg)

Nice job on selecting positions, Phil. They are perfect for your purposes.

I don't think I'm quite in the ivory tower you might imagine. I suspect there are many expert players that would find the how-to-play-52 problem easy. I could be wrong about that, though.

Without altering your excellent Position of the Day selection, you might consider adding a contrasting position in which the opposite play is very right. In the case of how-to-play-52 problem, all that would be necessary is to repeat the same position (perhaps smaller) but with Red's 5pt blot covered. This change represents a massive difference to the expert's eye but perhaps it would be regarded as a highly instructive subtlety for your general audience.

That being said, you are of course in the best position to decide if the contrasting position idea would be useful to your readers and/or if doing the extra research is worth it to you, etc.

Good luck, and keep up the good work.

Nack

Messages In This Thread

• Blunder of the Day
  Phil Simborg -- Sunday, 14 February 2010, at 4:10 p.m.
  • Blunder of the Day
    Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 14 February 2010, at 5:42 p.m.
    • Blunder of the Day
      Phil Simborg -- Monday, 15 February 2010, at 9:07 a.m.
      • Blunder of the Day
        Nack Ballard -- Monday, 15 February 2010, at 7:17 p.m.
  • Blunder of the Day
    Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 14 February 2010, at 6:50 p.m.