Mandela the chess player

Solution

The solution to last week’s puzzle is as follows: ….exf3. If gxf3, Qg4.

 

‘Hating clouds the mind. It gets in the way of strategy. Leaders cannot afford to hate.’

– Nelson Mandela, 2007, when asked the question: ‘After such barbarous

torment, how do you keep hatred in check?’

 

Sadly, Nelson Mandela expired ten days ago. At 95, his journey was lengthy and arduous. He travelled from the court of tribal royalty, to the liberation underground, to a prison rock quarry and, finally, on to the presidential suite of Africa’s richest country. He became an “international emblem of dignity and forbearance,’’