S4 Ep21: The 12 Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (Revisited) #12

The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited) #12

Twelve fun-size games to visualise - just six or seven moves long each - to see you through the holiday.


One a day until the end of the first week of January 2024, or thereabouts.


Today's game:-

Amateur - Goetz
Strasbourg, 1880

This is game 16 from Irving Chernev's book The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess





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THE INVISIBLE CHESS PODCAST SCHEDULE, SEASON 4:
FROM 25th DECEMBER 2023 for 12 Days: The Twelve Games of Mid-Winter Festivus (revisited)

USUALLY
Mondays: (Not Quite) Rando Pando
Wednesdays: Knowing Me, Knowing Yusupov
Fridays: Chernev's Best Shorts





DON'T MISS:
Stepping Stones 101 - an introduction to THE key technique in chess visualisation





ALSO:
Previous episodes (series not currently running but can be found in the back catalogue):
Mate-Pattern Mondays
Monday Stalemate Visualisations
Fresh Fridge (aka Newbs start here)





THE INVISIBLE CHESS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT:

Logo art: Karen
Irving Chernev: Covert Bethany
Yusupov positions: Zara
Chernev's Best Shorts Game Reader: Che Martin
Hellos and Goodbyes: Covert Arlo & Covert Corben
Harbinger of Doom: Jon MacKenzie
Cat: Maisie

Guest Game Readers: Numerous - thanks to them all.



LINKS:
Host Jonathan on twitter - @unseenchesspod.
Website and newsletter - Invisible Chess on Substack.
email - invsiblechesspod @ gmail . com