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UNL simul 3/28/22 JJ Lange vs Leo Iacono

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  1. Chapter 1
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  2. K_A_L_E

Leo Iacono's tournament games

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  1. Leo Iacono vs. Elon Caplan, round 3 of NAM Feb 2022 tournament
  2. Leo Iacono vs. Matthew Koppinger (~1650), round 1, NAM Feb 2022
  3. John Davidson (~1750) vs. Leo Iacono, round 4 NAM Feb 2022
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Two neat opening traps

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  1. The Noah's Ark trap in the Ruy Lopez
  2. A killer trap in the modern defense
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Rook and pawn endgames

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  1. The Lucena position
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K + pawn vs. K

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  1. A drawn position
  2. A winning position
  3. Another winning position
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Smothered mates

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  1. A Morphy smothered mate
  2. A smothered mate in the opening
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Absolute and relative pins

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  1. Absolute pins
  2. Relative pins
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Chess openings: principles and pitfalls

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  1. Opening principles
  2. Beware of queen double attacks
  3. Another queen double attack
  4. f7 is a weak square
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The en passant rule

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  1. En passant I
  2. En passant II
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Stalemate

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  1. Stalemate I
  2. Stalemate II
  3. Stalemate III
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Basic endgame mates

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  1. Q & K vs. K
  2. R & K vs. K
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