I'm from California.
I enjoy playing acoustic and electric guitar and solving crossword puzzles (and chess puzzles) for relaxation.Some good ones:
Problem 1. White to move and win  click for larger view
The first move is fairly obvious but it requires deep! calculation to see that it works. Problem 2) White to move and win
 click for larger viewThe first move is difficult to find.
Guitar Links:
Clapton: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNF3... Hendrix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWsM... Jimmy Page1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV6m... Jimmy Page2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?search... Eddie Van Halen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shrG... Angus Young: http://youtube.com/watch?v=SCYbqk2f... Tony Iommi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lenm... Wes Montgomery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFhy... Django Reinhardt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD6Z... Pachelbel's Canon in D:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5... Playing to Stairway to Heaven: http://youtube.com/watch?v=-VPwRmpl... Funny Jack Black Guitar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLOz... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayta...
For anyone interested in classical studies, this is a terrific link:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
Solutions:
Problem 1:
1. Bxh7+! Kh7 2. g6! Kg6 3. Qd3+ f5 [3...Kh5 4. Qh7+ Kg4 5. Qh3#] 4. e5xf6+ Kf7 5.Ng5+ Kxf6 6. Qf3+ Kg6 7. Qf7+ Kh6 8. Qf5!! [8. Ne6+ Kh7 9. NxQd8 RxRe1+ 10. Kh2 RxNd8=; 8. Ne6+ Kh7 9. Qh5+ Kg8 10. Ng5 RxRe1+ 11. Kh2 QxNg5+ 12. BxQg5 RxRa1-+] 13...RxRe1+ 14. Kh2 g6 [14...RxBc115. Nf7#; 14...QxNg5 15. BxQg5+ Kh5 g4#] 15. Qh3+ Kg7 16. Qh7+ Kf6 17. Qf7+ Ke5 18. f4# Spassky-Geller 1965
Problem 2: (this is a terrific double sac)
1. Rd6!! c7xRd6 2. g4xg5 g6xh5 3. Bc3xBg7 4. Kxg7 Nf7+ Ng6 5. RxNg6! KxRg6 6. Qg3+ Kf5 7. Nd6+ Kf6 Qg5# Krejcik-Krobot 1908 |