Gukesh Tactical Skills

Gukesh Tactical Skills

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lets talk about Gukesh, the 19 year old and FIDE World Chess Champion.

Classical Rating ? FIDE rating of 2767 or #6 in the world. He is the youngest out there !

But what about blitz ? he doesnt play as much but played a Titled Tuesday recently

and he won his game against GM Xiong. Lets check the accuracy !

99.7 is insane precision. so let me put the position which was the hardest to solve. Can you find the best move like Gukesh ?

Black to play

The position was given as a quiz. you can play the move on the board or click ? for solution.
I will explain the tactics below
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SPOILER ALERT
SOLUTION BELOW
please try to solve position before reading through !
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WHAT DID BLACK PLAY HERE ?

Black can win with a brilliant move ! see solution below

1..Nxf3!! is the best move by far !!
Variations below !