I mean yeah ofc, Qxc3 is game over for white. My mind was off yesterday, I couldn't see after Qxc3 Rc3
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Here is a great calculation exercise from today's round of the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025. The game is Abhimanyu Mishra v Gukesh Dommaraju. White has only one winning move. Enjoy!
Find the best move for black (advanced/master). Position from https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/143025128348/analysis?move=46
No way a human can spot this without spending a ton of time. Is the idea that White is in a Zugzwang after h5?
It just a better endgame I think. All the lines are in the exercise so you can compare the endgames. The bishop looks badly placed on d3.
Find the best move for black (advanced/master). Interesting position from one of the top board of the FIDE Grand Swiss move 43... (https://www.chess.com/events/2025-fide-grand-swiss-open/08/Keymer_Vincent-Vidit_Santosh_Gujrathi)
Gothenburgess wrote:
Find the best move for black (advanced/master). Interesting position from one of the top board of the FIDE Grand Swiss move 43... (https://www.chess.com/events/2025-fide-grand-swiss-open/08/Keymer_Vincent-Vidit_Santosh_Gujrathi)
Yeah, I watched it live. When Vidit played c6, Vincent couldn’t believe it, he instantly recognized it as a blunder. Check his reaction :
https://youtu.be/ZM9FfeK0-P4?t=17110
Find the best move for white and try for eight minutes before reading more (intermediate/advanced). After thinking for eight minutes I had to look on the hints that was Mating net and Zwischenzug. I was also reading the instruction that helped me find the solution. "Black has a weakened king. White's queen and bishops are looking in his direction. But the piece on d6 is under attack. Retreats should be evaluated last. Look for an active game plan first!" After thinking for maybe twelve more minutes I found the solution that was worth all the effort. Problem from Day 4 in the 50-day tactics challenge Part 2 course (https://www.chessable.com/50-day-tactics-challenge-part-2/course/262474/). Full explanations in the course. (position from Levon Babujian – Jakov Geller (2008))
What could've happened in my CoachChamps game against the legendary streamer Frank:
Here's the actual game: https://www.chess.com/game/live/144096944056
Find the best move for black (intermediate/advanced). Position from Coach Champs 2025 advanced bracket https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/144135896950/analysis?move=26
Str0n6h0LD wrote:
Here are some example games for reference:
https://www.chess.com/game/live/144188760516
https://www.chess.com/game/live/144189716044
Note: In case anyone decides to view my profile to look at other games, the 15 | 10 games are rated, while the 10 | 0 games are unrated. I also included the links to the game, just in case anyone wanted to look at the time spent per move.
You let the enemy infiltrate your position in both examples. In the first one you were picking up material, while 3 pieces were attacking your king. Maybe not enough sense of danger? King and pawn endgames are super sharp, one wrong move and you're done, so it's easy to mess one up.
Oct 19, 2025
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Sebu13 wrote:
We start by harassing the queen, but in the end there's a small surprise
Very nice . Enjoyed that one
Sebu13 wrote:
We start by harassing the queen, but in the end there's a small surprise
beautiful mate
RIP Daniel Naroditsky. Find his best move as white. (intermediate/advanced) Position and solution taken from Frank Erwich's "The 100 Tactical Patterns You Must Know WORKBOOK" where the explanations also can be found on page 76.
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@Logando2805 good puzzle, I just looked for forcing moves and it worked. 10% pass rate is a bit low though.
@Valesias120 idk, is it Rxf7 and Bg2 ?
I think the puzzle is technically impossible because you don't know if Black can still castle or not. The move it wants is 1. Rd1, which I considered, but after 1... O-O Black is just better. So, I played Rxf3. When I analyzed the puzzle with the engine it said that Black was unable to castle. If Black can castle Rxf3 is the best move.
I'm answering late, but I just remembered the rule about puzzles: If the opponents' King and Rook are in their starting position and it hasn't been explicitly said that castling isn't possible, then it is possible. But in this case it wasn't possible, yet this is not stated, so it is a mistake on their behalf.