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This puzzle showed up in one of my games(i was black) I had blundered into it and realized after i made the move. Luckily my opponent didn't see it.

Lol Quick explanation: 10.Nxc7+ forks the king, rook, and queen. Black's best move is Bxc7, which I can reply to by taking the queen!

I Beat @Bestunknownplayer 2 times and drew. https://www.chess.com/live#g=18739197189 Second win against him LOL

After a disgusting little baby tilt (I was tired af and super groggy but decided to play bullet then rapid) I finally got my life together after almost quitting chess for the 69th time and had this very interesting end game. What do you see as the biggest threat here? For me, it was Nc3. In fact, I thought Na2 was such a great move I spent a good amount of time trying to figure out how to stop Nc3, a crushing move that would hit my rook on d1, causing me to retreat the rook to b1, because if I played Rc1, black plays the winning move d2, hitting my rook and preparing to promote. In this position, white is totally losing. Even if I play RxNc3, the pawn promotes and I have to take with Bxd1, to which black quickly would take back with Rxd1, and from there I’m pretty much in a force mate pattern, in fact I think it’s mate in two. As you can see, Nc3, if played, would have resulted in this: There’s many possible variations of this, but ultimately if Nc3 is allowed to be played in this position, white should totally resign, because checkmate is inevitable. Even if white plays it perfectly, white loses their bishop and is in a terrible position. However, while keeping in mind to stop Nc3, I played Rc1, baiting the d2 pawn push to then play Rc2, attacking the knight and pawn, forcing black to either kick out the knight or promote the pawn. I knew no matter what black did, I would end up winning the Knight after trading my bishop for a pawn on d1, then rook takes. After a very tough end game position, I would walk away up a pawn. I think the lesson that can be taken from this position is; noticing the squares your opponent is trying to go to can be more helpful than just attacking pieces, and playing to prevent those pieces from going to those squares may stop a dangerous attack!

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Does Anybody with great knowledge of the Nimzo-Indian+Queens Gambit can help me? Here is what I mean. You play d4, and then c4, which could be either one of three things (most common) 1. Queen's Gambit 1.1 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation 2. Nimzo-Indian Defense 3. Budapest Gambit These are highly dangerous (extremely good for white). Queen's Gambit: I need help of what to do after the black pawn takes (next few main line moves), to take advantage. Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation Need help here, if I take pawn then I have disadvantage (per engine). Nimzo-Indian: Also need help with next couple moves Budapest Gambit: Have no idea how to play after this Maybe we can get in a few games or something and talk it out.

hi! whats happens if I already have a membership, can I still get a diamond? does chess.com allow, or is it against the rules to get a membership if you already have one

Current people who have signed are: @ricorat @icyboyy @stilldlust @DaBabysBurner @cricket7890

https://www.chess.com/live#g=18718819741 My most common Opening:Wayward Queen Attack

Very important PSA on the Traxler: TAKE THE PAWN!!! Dont make this absolutely smooth brain mistake I made. This was my very first time ever playing the Traxler and it was working so beautifully until I got too excited and just checked with the knight. Don’t do this! Because, as you can see, the queen just easily take it and now you’re down pieces. Instead, take the pawn. Commit that to memory; take the pawn, it’s still check. But seriously the Traxler must be so OP for me to get back to a winning position after that colossal blunder

We are going to start having tournaments within our own club! Say A if you want rapid tournaments, say B if you want blitz tournaments, and say C if you want to do daily tournaments.

Today is the day where I do my full week of free trial, can't wait! My week of plans: Do puzzles for hours Do Lessons for hours Play vs all bots Play vs multiple people from the group Analyze every game I have ever played (that was important to me) Puzzle Rush Watch a ton of videos on video library Then, a couple weeks after, I am going to close this account and start my official account for FIDE/etc. List of people I want to play with (or get embarrassingly adopted): @KeSetoKaiba @B1ZMARK (My mentor, thanks btw) @MLP8 @stilldlust @little_guinea_pig @DaBabysBurner @Moonwarrior_1 @ricorat @Viznik If you aren't on this list then I don't want to play you. xD just kidding. I will play whoever challenges me (not 100% guarantee lol). Thanks a ton! If you have anything else I should do, (or recommend me any free unlimited puzzle sites or post puzzles here), feel free to tell me here, (or message me), Thanks a ton!

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Ok, the tournamnet is going to be changed to rapid because daily would take too long. I need EVERYONE who wants to play to tell me the best time(s) for them they can play. DATE AND TIME. Premium membership is still up for grabs As for the concern of lower players playing higher players: IN TOURNAMENTS THE WINNER IS DECIDED BY THE OVERALL SCORE IF A 800 GOES 4-0-0 HE WILL WIN OVER A 2500 THAT GOES 3-1-0 Ratings play as close to eachother as possible. A 700 will not play a 2000. You will play within your own rating bracket. The idea is for a 2000 to beat another 2000 takes the same “ability” or whatever for an 800 to beat an 800. Any questions feel free to ask. also post your desired times and dates I really need them to coordinate this

I didnt feel like annotating too heavily cause im starving and have to drive for two hours soon

What's a good modern defense line? One that's complicated or positional or both Thanks

Yes I won but wtf am I DOINIOGNIORNgiae5n

very hard, can you stop black’s mate in 1? This came to me in a dream and took me over an hour to replicate the idea on the board, please try

Literally the stupidest checkmate I have ever gotten. Man had copied me the whole time until I used a plan and jolted my queen out. This was also my fastest checkmate ever, less than 2 minutes, and 15 moves. I also realized I could just use my queen and knight instead of moving my king up to bring out my rook xD. 1 mistake, 0 blunders, 0 missed wins. Check it out:

Absolute cringe