Tonight’s chess position comes from Round 6 of the 2022 Azerbaijan Championship played on February 10 in Nakhichevan. Black (IM Toghrul Hasanzade) has just played 26…Qd6. International Master Ismayil Shahaliyev (white) finds a pretty tactic that causes black to resign immediately. What move did IM Shahaliyev play?
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Winning Chess Moves: Aronian vs Gelfand, 2008
Can you spot Grandmaster Levon Aronian’s winning chess move from his victory over Grandmaster Boris Gelfand at the 2008 FIDE Grand Prix in Sochi, Russia? White to move and win!
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Happy birthday to Paul Keres, who was born on January 7, 1916. From 1935, when he debuted as a sensational nineteen-year-old at the Sixth World Chess Olympiad in Warsaw, Paul Keres was one of the top five players in the world before his untimely death from a heart attack on an international airplane flight fromContinue reading “Today is Paul Keres’ Birthday”
Betcha Can’t Solve This #Chess Puzzle! 48
White to move and win.
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What is white’s best continuation?
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What is white’s best move?
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What is white’s best move?
Puzzle Worthy Position 6
Puzzle Worthy Position 3
Today’s puzzle isn’t too hard. What is white’s best move and why did my opponent resign after it was played?
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