AMAZING MISSES

[Bill Salot]

Did everyone recognize the rarity of the "easy shots" on Jim Loy's "Beginners' Page" inside the back cover of the October 2012 ACF Bulletin?

All four of those one- and two-move shots were corrections of published play and incredibly missed by Ben Boland. The errors are exposed for all to see in Ben's classic books. Specific references accompany the solutions.

In contrast, you won't find the problems in Contest #7 easy or previously published. Please check them out and honor one of them by pressing its voting button at