What happens when you blunder mate in 1 against Magnus Carlsen?
Black to play and win(challenging puzzle)
When you play the world #2 in classical...
My analysis of the Gukesh-Firouzja sinquefield endgame
The best three game stretch of my life
Unfortunately, I lost the next two games in poor fashion against two lower rated players and withdrew. Jeffery Xiong won his other ten games and still won the tournament.
White to play and get mated in 3 moves
There are a couple of different ways to get mated in 3, but find the sequence that a strong player might(and did) play
Retiring from candidates analysis
Too busy, can't do it anymore. Will discuss thoughts about it in the comments though.
Confused chess player goes over Nepo's CRIMINAL blunder(and survival) vs Pragg
No annotation for round 4
I apologize, but none of the games from round 4 of the candidates were interesting enough to annotate. There was only one win, and it was from the Berlin endgame so I refuse.
Terrible bullet player explains Pragg's crazy win vs Vidit
Fascinated fide master goes over Vidit's masterclass vs Hikaru
Oklahoma's best player annotates interesting candidates game between Caruana and Hikaru
Stop playing the berlin
Nothing interesting today, I am just here to say stop playing the Berlin!
Counter intuative idea
White to play, obviously Bd3 leads to advantage but there's something even better
This chess tactic will make you question your understanding of chess
Black to play and win
A 3300 level game
Interesting practical endgame
Black to play, who has the better practical chances? And what is the best continuation for both sides? (This position is not winning for either side but I found the variations interesting)
Three stalemates in one titled tuesday???
Tough endgame study like position
White to play and win
One of the craziest positions i've ever seen
Black to play. Can black save the game, or is white winning?(Don't check an engine, please)
Very interesting rook endgame
White to play and win
Beating a former world champion
Fun tactic
Black to play and win.
My second norm!!!
Sorry this has come out a bit late, I haven't been able to work on it.
The best tournament of my life: My first IM Norm: Games annotated
Round 1: Round 2: Round 3: Round 4: Round 5: Round 6: Round 7: Round 8: Round 9(One of the craziest games of my life): Man, what a crazy tournament. I'm so happy. Thank you everyone who's been there to support me.
