The uses of potassium cyanide #chess

No, I have not gone crazy. I am referring to CJS Purdy's potassium cyanide motif, which I first wrote about in May, and have mentioned on other occasions. It is a really useful mental tool.

https://allanbeardsworth.com/2013/05/07/cjs-purdy-my-favourite-chess-author/

Yesterday, on a boat trip to the sunken city of Simena, I took with me an article from February by

Mark Dvortesky from chesscafe.com.

In the article, he cites several occasions where surprise tactics were missed. The first is shown below.

If you watch out for potassium cyanide, the solution to this one is easy.

Solution

10 Be3?? was a blunder, putting the Nc3 and Be3 in potassium cyanide juxtaposition. 10…d5! and a piece is lost.

Thank you, CJS.

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