Comments on: The Most Devastating Tactic in Chess http://greenpointchess.org/2007/08/09/the-most-devastating-tactic-in-chess/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:00:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jeffrey http://greenpointchess.org/2007/08/09/the-most-devastating-tactic-in-chess/#comment-199 Jeffrey Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:39:58 +0000 http://greenpointchess.org/2007/08/09/the-most-devastating-tactic-in-chess/#comment-199 <p>Yesterday we saw Greg's windmill again, twice! I fell into a relatively painless (!) one, losing three pawns but no pieces, but Stephano wasn't as lucky!</p> Yesterday we saw Greg's windmill again, twice! I fell into a relatively painless (!) one, losing three pawns but no pieces, but Stephano wasn't as lucky!

]]> By: checkersisfortramps http://greenpointchess.org/2007/08/09/the-most-devastating-tactic-in-chess/#comment-83 checkersisfortramps Mon, 03 Sep 2007 06:24:57 +0000 http://greenpointchess.org/2007/08/09/the-most-devastating-tactic-in-chess/#comment-83 To the windmill! They're so rare, it's possible we wont see one again for a long time. To the windmill! They’re so rare, it’s possible we wont see one again for a long time.

]]> By: Jeffrey http://greenpointchess.org/2007/08/09/the-most-devastating-tactic-in-chess/#comment-81 Jeffrey Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:54:21 +0000 http://greenpointchess.org/2007/08/09/the-most-devastating-tactic-in-chess/#comment-81 <p>Having been the victim of the Windmill twice (both times to Greg), I can attest to its efficacy and how much it sucks to be on the receiving end.</p> <p>At a recent <a href="http://chess.meetup.com/278/" rel="external" rel="nofollow">Greenpoint Chess and Go Tuesday meetup</a>, I managed to pull my first windmill off against 2800, and there is nothing more sweetly savage than churning through an opponent's pieces. To the windmill!</p> Having been the victim of the Windmill twice (both times to Greg), I can attest to its efficacy and how much it sucks to be on the receiving end.

At a recent Greenpoint Chess and Go Tuesday meetup, I managed to pull my first windmill off against 2800, and there is nothing more sweetly savage than churning through an opponent's pieces. To the windmill!

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