Play Chess Better: 2023 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship - Round 4

 2023 Daily Chess Championship - Round 4 

Good Morning Chess Players!

Recently, almost all my posts were collections of tasks prepared on the basis of games I played . This time, however, I will start by presenting the best game I won. There is no doubt that it was thanks to this game that I managed to advance to the final 5th round of the Championship.

After presenting this game, as usual, you will be able to solve several puzzles from my games.

And finally, after last puzzle, again, one short but pretty game I managed to win.

You can also watch these games and solve the puzzles on Youtube :

So let's focus on the chessboard

Puzzle #1 Brave French Pawn

The first puzzle I prepared based on idea I found during the game above:

Puzzle #2 Black to move. Find the best line!

Puzzle #3 White to move. Let's try to protect d3 pawn!

Puzzle #4 White to move. How to win?

Puzzle #5 White to move. Find last chance to not lose and even to win!

These are all interesting puzzles I prepared. Now I will present you another a bit tactical game:

I hope that these puzzles and commented games help you to Play Chess Better.
I finished this round with only 12 points out of a possible 16. But it occurred to be just enough to share first place and let me, for the first time, to advance to the final round 5.