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Black to play and win

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Analysis of DanteJohn (1813) vs. john2001plus (2038)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a 0

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Kb1 Rac8 14. Be2 Qa4 15. a3 Ba2+ 16. Kxa2 Rxc2 17. Bb5 Rxd2 18. Bxa4 Rxb2+ 19. Ka1 Rb3+ 20. Ka2 Rxe3

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European Club Cup, Rethymnon GRE
Magnus Carlsen (2385) vs. Helgi Ass Gretarsson (2513)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h -2

(white to move) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1 Qf6 9. Rxg4 Qxf3 10. Rxg7 Nf6 11. Bg2 Qh5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bg5 Bf8 14. Bxf6 Bxg7 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Nxe4 Qa5+ 17. Kf1 Rxg7 18. Qc1 Qd8 19. Qf4 Kf8 20. Qe5 Rg6 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Qxh7 Qg8 23. Qh4+ f6 24. Bf3 e5 25. b3 exd4 26. Ng3 Bg4 27. Re1+ Kf7 28. Be4 Rg7 29. h3 Bd7 30. Qh5+ Kf8 31. Qc5+ Kf7 32. Bg6+

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Mate in 3 chess problem from the Netflix series "The Queen's Gambit".

I have not yet watched the Netflix series, "The Queen's Gambit", but in episode 6 this composed chess problem was presented to the character Beth Harmon to solve. White to play and mate in 3 moves. I saw it on a youtube video. Almost every chess game in that show has been analyzed extensively on youtube.

Composed mate in 3 problems can be quite difficult to solve, but I've solved this one faster than any composed mate in 3 that I have solved before. Like 20 seconds. The Black pieces have few moves available making the puzzle easier. I asked myself, what would happen if the Black King ran away to h6 or f8, or what if the Black King just ended up on its original square?

Some really difficult composed chess problems have taken me 30 to 60 minutes to solve. I have a knack for Mate in 2 problems, but Mate in 3's can be exponentially more complicated.

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Best wishes,

John Coffey

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Chess Problem

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/15320

 

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Puzzle 27910 - ChessPuzzle.net

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/27910

Quiz:  What if 2. Qe1?

Black to play

Puzzle of the Day! 

Solve this puzzle on interactive board: chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/158334

White to play

 

White to play and win

 

White to play

London Chess Classic Open, London ENG
Sophie Milliet (2356) vs. Steven A Jones (2160)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +1

(white to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 h6 8. Qd3 e5 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Nc4 b5 11. Ne3 Rc8 12. Ned5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxb5+ Qd7 15. Qxd5 Rxc2 16. Qb3 Rc8 17. O-O Be7 18. Qg3 Bf6 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. b3 Rc6 21. Rd5 Qc7 22. Bd2 Ke7 23. Rd1 Rc5 24. Qd3 Rb8 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. Rc1 Qb6 27. Qd5 Qb7 28. Rc6 Qd7 29. Qc4 Rb7 30. Ba5 Qe6 31. Qa6 Rd7 32. Bb4 Bg5 33. Qa5 f5 34. Rxd6 Rxd6 35. Qc7+ Kf6 36. Qxd6 fxe4 37. Qxe6+ Kxe6 38. Kf1 Kd5 39. Ke2 Kd4 40. Bd2 e3 41. fxe3+ Ke4 42. b4 Be7 43. a4 g6 44. b5 Bd6 45. h3 Be7 46. a5 Kd5 47. e4+ Kc5 48. b6 axb6 49. Bb4+

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White to play and mate in 8. This is brilliant

 

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White to win

 

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Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata ARG
Bernardo Wexler (?) vs. Osvaldo Manuel Bazan (?)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a -3

(black to move) 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 e4 7. d3 exd3 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 dxe2+ 11. Nxe2 O-O 12. Be3 Bh3+ 13. Kg1 Qe7 14. a3 Bd6 15. Bxb7 Nd7 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Qd5 Rd8 18. Qh5 Bc5 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Qe6 21. Bc3 Nf6 22. Qf3 Rd5 23. Re1 Qc6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. g4 Rd1

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Puzzle 79094 - ChessPuzzle.net

This puzzle is way too much fun, so I have to share it.  It is not particularly difficult.

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/79094

White to play and win (Tricky. The most obvious solution doesn't work.)

 

Black to play

 

Tricky Ending

Most King and Pawn endings are relatively simple to play, but there are exceptions called "corresponding square" positions that are technically very complicated. Most players below the level of Expert wouldn't even know that these endings exist. I have had a couple of these kinds of endings memorized for around 25 years, but this particular ending I did not know. My first impression looking at the position is that the game would be a draw. As White, Grandmaster Firouzja lost to the world champion Magnus Carlsen because he did not find the correct move here. The right move is counterintuitive. However, I would assume that most professional players would know these positions by heart.  

Playing d4 Before it was Cool | Capablanca vs Corzo | Game 11

This is a pretty cool game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1rHcW3l2XY

Puzzles

A bad opening goes very bad

[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "https://itsyourturn.com"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "John Coffey"]
[Black "francishenryd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. d5 Nb4 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8.
Qxb4 b6 9. Qb3 e6 10. e4 exd5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Qxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Bb5+
Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Ke7 16. Ba3+ c5 17. Qd6# 1-0

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Amazing Game!

Black to play. What result?

 

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White to win

 

Jan Timman

 

White to play

 

Move of the day

 

White to play

 

Move of the day

 

White to play

 

Mating attack

White to play

 

White to play

 

White to Checkmate.

 

Move of the day

 

Black to move and win. GM Boris Gelfand of Israel (White) vs GM Hikaru Nakamura of USA (Black) in 2010. Can you find a winning move for Black?

Black to play and mate in 2

Not difficult.

Black to play

DDR-ch 13th, Aschersleben
Juergen Maedler (?) vs. Wolfgang Uhlmann (?)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +2

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Qd2 Na5 12. Bd3 c5 13. Bh6 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Rfc1 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qd6 17. h4 Nc6 18. Rd1 Qf6 19. Bb5 Rfd8 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. e5 Qf5 22. Ng3 Qg4 23. d5 Rc5 24. d6 Rxe5 25. Rac1 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 exd6 27. Rc7 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Rh1+

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This takes some effort to solve.

White to win

Black to Win

White to play.

Nice!

Black to play

Black to play and win

Black to play and mate in 3. Tricky.

One of my favorite endgames

Black to play. What will be the result?