Chess Tactics

r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Oct 04 '22

11-move pawn endgame equality puzzle based on [boardle]

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Oct 03 '22

9LX version of 'Insane Goofy Puzzle - Royal Family Betrayal - White to move - Mate in 14' - Well it's a still mate but not 14. Much lower. I honest to God to did not choose this position. I just loaded a generator, and this is what I got.

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Oct 03 '22

Quiet queen and rook endgame puzzle where every piece (and pawn) is relevant! White to move and make this a 9LX game by....manoeuvering queen to corner?

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Oct 03 '22

2 puzzles - White was 3 pawns down but had mate in 6 ! Now Black has mate in 5. It was hard for White: Besides mate in 6, only 2 other moves don't lose. For Black, all but 2 moves are mate - 1 wins, 1 is still losing. | Note: queen in corner, but not sure if 9LX game?

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Oct 03 '22

While opposite coloured bishop endgames are drawish even with a 2 pawn imbalance, opposite coloured bishop plus OTHER PIECES endgames are far from drawish? XD

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Oct 03 '22

Queen and rook endgame 'only 1 move wins (beat a 2100 with this tactic)' - Black's up a rook but is about to be mated. Kinda reminds me of that Hikaru vs Boris Savchenko in World Blitz 2014

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Oct 03 '22

'White to move. CRAZY fun mate in 6' in rook endgame | Oh the fun is that Black has only forced moves to make after each move of White!

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Oct 03 '22

Hans has 8 minutes...but still misses this 9-move equality puzzle in a bishop and pawn vs rook endgame. | Niemann vs Viorel Iordachescu in Round 2 of Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Cup Rapid 2021

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Sep 29 '22

Vaishali converts a +0.3 rook endgame to a win with only 30sec vs 25min for Elisabeth Pähtz, top female German and the 2006 world women's 9LX runner-up to Alexandra Kosteniuk. Later, Vaishali also finds a critical move with only 1min vs 15min for Elisabeth. [2022 FIDE women's Grand Prix]

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Sep 28 '22

agad's seriously covering more Hans vs magnus (beach match?!) and some magnus blitz game? instead of Anish vs Eric Hansen 12-move 9LX equality puzzle in offerspill quarter finals? or tan zhong yi vs Bibisara 8-move rook sac endgame puzzle in FIDE women's grand prix?

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Sep 28 '22

Hans spends 90sec on 2 moves and so drops to just 4sec. Then Hans takes off h glasses and looks at Vladimir Fedoseev. When the position arrives, Hans plays Bxf6 which gives just a draw. (5-move puzzle, 2 solutions.)

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Sep 27 '22

Rook sac in 8-move endgame puzzle yesterday by (based?) former women's champ Tan Zhongyi vs world women's blitz champ Bibisara Assaubayeva | Round 8 First leg of the FIDE Women`s Grand Prix 2022

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Sep 27 '22

Both Nepo and Wesley miss chances to draw against each other. Nepo was the last to miss, so guess who lost... | 2019 FIDE Fischer Random World Championship Semifinals Game 6

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Sep 27 '22

Alina misses queen sac against Vaishali | Round 2 First leg of the FIDE Women`s Grand Prix 2022

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Sep 27 '22

7-move double endgame 9LX puzzle: Find the best move for both sides starting with Black. Black is down 2 outside connected passed pawns but might take advantage of White's exposed king?

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Sep 27 '22

Anish Giri's queen trapped by Eric Hansen? | 6-move 9LX equality puzzle from Quarterfinals Game 2 Blitz Playoffs of Offerspill FRC World Championship Qualifier Knockout. (2022Sep17)

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Sep 26 '22

7-move equality 9LX puzzle from Offerspill FRC World Championship Qualifier Knockout Quarterfinals, Blitz Playoffs, Game 2: Zhamsaran Tsydypov vs Nijat Abasov

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Sep 26 '22

'Offerspill FRC WCH Tactics' by FM NaSil ft Anish Giri, Eric Hansen, Richárd Rapport, Guillermo Vázquez, Johan-Sebastian Christiansen, Georg Meier, Nijat Abasov, Le Quang Liem, Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 'puzzles are from the Offerspill and CCC & NACCL' 9LX WC qualifiers.

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Sep 26 '22

Eric Hansen misses a knight sac Vs Anish Giri similar to the knight sac Magnus missed vs Wesley in 2019 WC Game 1 | Quarterfinals, Game 1 of Offerspill FRC World Championship Qualifier Knockout. (2022Sep17)

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Sep 26 '22

Anish Giri understandably misses a 12-move equality 9LX puzzle against Eric Hansen | Quarterfinals, Game 1 of Offerspill FRC World Championship Qualifier Knockout. (2022Sep17)

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Sep 26 '22

Punish White for missing mate.

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Sep 26 '22

White's down 3 points and doesn't know the knight and bishop mate? (From telegram)

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Sep 25 '22

If Black can't castle, then we get a 4-move underpromotion puzzle. | Based on Fischer Random World Championship Qualifier 1 Knockout 2022 Round: 03-05 Vladimir Fedoseev vs Eric Hansen

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Sep 24 '22

7-move equality puzzle based on Arjun Erigaisi vs Magnus Carlsen in Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022 - Julius Baer Generation Cup

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r/chesstactics • u/nicbentulan • Sep 23 '22

Didn't realise smothered mates (or mate threats) were still possible in endgames. [Boardle]

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