PETER PUNT; WILL HE SURVIVE? I THINK NOT!

The downhill political path which Punt and his cronies embarked upon at St Andrews has now reached the stage where only a supernatural act of wisdom can save them. Punt would need all the skills of Mikhail Tal to get himself out of his current predicament! Unfortunately for him he does not have them.

Mikhail Tal

"Tal was variously described as a Sorcerer, a Calculating Machine, the Magician of Riga. He could conjure up fantastic combinations in the most placid of positions, find a sacrifice where none seemed possible, produce activity in the most threadbare collection of pieces. Give him a complex position, the initiative, and the attack would seemingly flow of its own accord, the pieces apparently endowed with extra capabilities. His imagination (he himself used the word fantasy) was unparalleled, even in an era that had marvelled at David Bronstein."


"You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one."

Checkmate!

Pr 24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.