chessnutz

(our weekly chess puzzle)
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Marissa Tomei versus Thomas Tucker
New York 1992
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White to play is down a pawn and feeling glum. Black is mustering up for a slow sure extermination. Can you see how white headed off the seemingly inevitable extinction of her pieces?
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Solution: Marissa tossed her hair adorably and blew her opponent a kiss. From that moment Black could no more formulate a chess strategy than I could. Afterwards Little Tommy Tucker did indeed have to sing for his supper as his chess career was at an end. Marissa Tomei went into films.