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So I was just playing a game of #chess and then this happened… 9

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So I was just playing a game of #chess and then this happened… 8

Black to move and mate in 5. Get a free #chess lesson when you work with Chris Torres on Wyzant. Claim your free lesson today to schedule a lesson at any time. Just use my link: http://is.gd/u5bIVd

So I was just playing a game of #chess and then this happened… 7

Black to move and win material.

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White just played Qe3. What should GM Ruifeng Li have played instead? How does FM Annie Wang punish his mistake?

Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle! 30

Black looks close to victory but white has one saving combination. White to move and mate in 7 (Giambattista Lolli – N.N., Italy 1763.)

My Favorite #Chess Games: The Second Battle of Hastings

The second Battle of Hastings occurred August 17, 1895, in the tenth round of the Hastings tournament nearly 829 years after William the Duke of Normandy decisively defeated the Anglo-Saxons seven miles northwest of Hastings. In the Second Battle of Hastings, Wilhelm Steinitz conducted a beautifully planned attack which concludes with one of the greatestContinueContinue reading “My Favorite #Chess Games: The Second Battle of Hastings”

So I was just playing a game of #chess and then this happened… 6

How can black win some material?

So I was just playing a game of #Chess and then this happened… 5

Black to move and mate in 3. The complete game is a rather nifty Traxler Counter Attack(Wilkes-Barre) that ended up checkmating white’s Fried Liver dreams in just 13 moves!

So I was just playing a game of #chess and then this happened… 4

Black to move and win material.

Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle 29

White to move and win.

Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle 28

Today we look at a beautifully crafted endgame study that is always a favorite at chess camp. How should white proceed? (Puzzle by E. Cook, 1927.)

Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle 27

E. Pogosiants (1935 – 1991) was a very prolific puzzle composer who created some surreal but very compelling compositions. His masterpiece below has one of my all time favorite solutions. White to move and mate in 7.

So I was just playing a game of #chess and then this happened… 2

White to move and mate in one.

So I was just playing a game of #chess and then this happened…

Black to move and mate in two.

My Favorite #Chess Games: The Evergreen Game

I keep returning to the combination of artistry, complexity and romanticism that is the Evergreen Game. The freshness of ideas that occur with close analysis continues to intrigue and inspire each new generation of chess players who choose to explore this breathtaking game. In fact, the actual moves of Adolf Anderssen and Jean Dufresne areContinueContinue reading “My Favorite #Chess Games: The Evergreen Game”

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