Chess Puzzle

It's been a long time since I posted a chess puzzle. I ran across this interesting position today:

Obviously, White has multiple ways to mate; however, can you find the mate in 3? There are two ways to do it, depending on Black's move.

Interestingly, I plugged this position into Rybka 3 (1 CPU) and let it run for 15 minutes. The best it could find was mate in 4. The free RobboLito and Stockfish engines found the solution instantly, so you might want to consider these engines as an alternative for endgame analyses.

Fincher To Make 'Sacrifice'

Director David Fincher has been selected to direct "Pawn Sacrifice", a biopic on American chess icon Bobby Fischer. For more information, check out this link.

Saturday Chess

The Mid-Ohio Valley Chess Club will meet on Saturday, March 20th at Borders book store in Vienna, WV for a few friendly games of chess. The meeting will last from 1-4 PM. Feel free to stop by!

Chess Club Meeting

This is just a reminder that the Mid-Ohio Valley Chess Club will be meeting this Wednesday, March 10th at the Vienna Public Library from 6-9 PM. Hope to see you there!