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Puzzle Worthy Position 34
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Sometimes a draw feels better than a win!
Puzzle Worthy Position 28
If you look at checks, captures and threats, this should be a piece of cake.
Puzzle Worthy Position 26
The solution to this puzzle is a simple but useful concept.
Puzzle Worthy Position 25
Target practice!
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Shakespeare once wrote that, “All that glisters is not gold.” Here, white has just played a tempting fork that looks quite profitable at first glance. Does white’s fork really win material?
Puzzle Worthy Position 22
Tonight I started a combination with intuition and finished it with victory. But, as Mark Zuckerberg said, “In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” Good advice for chess and life.
Puzzle Worthy Position 21
Tonight we see a classic example of the King’s Gambit gone wrong via a common blunder by white in the Falkbeer Counter-Gambit. [Event “SocialChess”] [Site “Internet”] [Date “2016.05.10”] [White “@o@ (1507)”] [Black “Chris Torres”] [Result “0-1”] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.fxe5 Qh4+ 4.Ke2 Qxe4+ 5.Kf2 Bc5+ 6.Kg3 Qxe5+ 7.Kf3 Qf5+ 8.Ke2 Qe4# 0-1 *
Puzzle Worthy Position 19
Black is just one move away from mate. What should white play?
Puzzle Worthy Position 18
Easy puzzle tonight from a fun victory. What is white’s best move? Complete game: [Event “SocialChess”] [Site “Internet”] [Date “2016.05.03”] [Round “-“] [White “Chris Torres”] [Black “okun’ok (1574)”] [Result “1-0”] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d3 Nc6 6. Bg5 h6 7. h4 hxg5 8. hxg5 Nh7 9.ContinueContinue reading “Puzzle Worthy Position 18”
Puzzle Worthy Position 17
Easy one tonight! White to move and win.
Puzzle Worthy Position 14
This position is a little tricky. It’s white to move and remember to analyze all of your checks, captures and threats.
Puzzle Worthy Position 13
“The best feeling is to win by knockout.” – Nonito Donaire Can you spot the knockout for white in this position?
Puzzle Worthy Position 12
Do you see a nice combination for white?
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Piece of Cake!