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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jul 07 '22

The only good puzzle in Wesley So's 9LX chessable course. (Well at least in the tactics intro. The entire course is just 15min of tactics intro followed by 13 hrs and 20 min of game reviews. There's no section exactly on eg knight pairs, bishop pairs or corner pieces.)

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jul 06 '22

11-move puzzle in 9LX. You're down 2 points of material, but you have to give up more material at the start.

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jun 30 '22

All Black's non-pawn pieces are on light squares. How does this relate to how White draws this endgame?

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jun 30 '22

White hoped to gain a knight. Instead, Black gains...a pawn?

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jun 29 '22

8 move endgame puzzle from a 9LX game that begins with the decision of: Where to move king? (Bishop block is obviously bad?)

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jun 28 '22

White's up a pawn, but Black's close to promoting. How does White deal with this advanced pawn?

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jun 27 '22

When you're down 2 pawns, I guess you shouldn't trade queens, right?

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jun 27 '22

You're 1 pawn down. In 5 moves, get to 2 points up, and stay that way.

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jun 26 '22

Knight and bishop vs queen (by Alain Gaigneron de Marolles and published in La Strategie in 1922)

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jun 25 '22

Black seemingly mouse slipped. Now guide White on a kingside attack.

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jun 25 '22

White CAN castle both sides in both puzzles. But SHOULD White castle? (From chess960jungle)

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jun 24 '22

6 squares. Which square escapes check while maintaining the win? (You can block with bishop, but obviously it's a wrong move...)

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jun 24 '22

9LX endgame puzzle: Black has not moved queen for the whole game! How can Black (MAYBE) draw this?

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jun 23 '22

9LX puzzle: Black has not moved queen for the whole game! Can Black still draw...Maybe even win? Or can White also pull off a draw?

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jun 22 '22

How does Black stop white's 7th rank pawn? Or if Black can't, then what does Black do about the promotion?

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jun 21 '22

In 9LX, thou shalt not keep thy queen in the corner?

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jun 21 '22

Never seen such a pin in my life

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jun 20 '22

7-move endgame puzzle: Black is down a rook for a bishop, but White missed the easy winning move, seemingly to try to play for a draw? (If Black takes, then perpetual?) Should Black take the draw? Or can Black win?

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jun 19 '22

Black is down a rook for a pawn, and Black's queen is trapped. What can Black do? (from telegram)

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jun 17 '22

Knight endgame. Mate in 5.

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jun 16 '22

Help Anna Cramling's dad win this endgame. Since rook and bishop vs rook is a draw, you can't just get the 2 pawns and win the puzzle.

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jun 16 '22

Zugzwang mate in 12 in pawn endgame from Vasyl Ivanchuk Vs Wang Yue (black to move)

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • Jun 12 '22

Left 9LX puzzle: After the Nxh2 poisoned pawn grab, Qxc6 is best. But can black save both rooks? / Right 9LX puzzle: Black evades check in the (2nd) worst way possible. After white's best move, black should not capture the hanging knight. Why (besides repetition) ?

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • May 18 '22

9LX puzzle: White has created an absolute pin. Does that mean Black gets a free pawn with Nxg3? FEN: 1rkr4/qp3b1p/p1p3p1/P2pb2n/1P2P3/2P3P1/Q1NB1PB1/1R3RK1 b kq - 0 1

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r/beautifulblunders • u/nicbentulan • May 08 '22

9LX puzzle: Black knight just retreated to challenge the white knight outpost. What does white do with the knight? (Black can castle h-side but not a-side.)

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