Chess X-Ray

Personalized courses built from mistakes from you games.
Every day a new puzzles from games to collect

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Card of the day, No. 4: London 1851, the Immortal Game. Anderssen gave up both rooks and his queen against Kieseritzky. White to play. One try, no engine. https://t.co/X4M7Idhhnj

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Card of the day, No. 5: Vienna 1910, Réti's queen. The whole game lasted 11 moves. White to play. One try, no engine. https://t.co/X4M7IdgJxL

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@andresangelg @xxChessMaster No single blunder. 22.Qa4 sent the queen to the queenside and 24.Nc1 let the e-pawn reach e2. Then 28.Qxb5? grabbed a pawn far from the king, and Tal crashed through with 28...Rxf3!

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@GMIgorSmirnov 1.Qf5+!! The queen goes first. 1...Kxf5 is forced, then 2.Nd4+ checks and hits the rook, 3.Nxc6+ forks king and queen. 4.Nxa5 and the a-pawn promotes.

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@SusanPolgar @chesseverapp @durarbayli 21.g4! forks the bishop on f5 and the knight on h5. After 21...Bxd4 22.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 23.Rxd4 Ng7 24.gxf5 Nxf5, White is a piece for a pawn up.

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@chess_feed 1.Rb3!! blocks the b-pawn, and Black's only move is 1...Ka5. Then 2.Ra3# is mate: the b4 pawn can't take the rook because the bishop on e1 pins it to the king.

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@ImShahinyan 1.Kf3!! The king walks into the attack and Black runs out of moves. 1...cxd4 2.Kf2# is a discovered mate from the c6 bishop, and after 1...exf1=Q, 2.Kg3# does the same.

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I won today’s legend card No. 4 on @chess_xray! 3/30 in my album. Can you find the move? https://t.co/1ufAP2Egkz

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@thechessdungeon @chesscom 1.g4+ Kh4 2.Bh6!! The bishop offers itself to the queen. If 2...Qxh6, 3.Qh2+ Kg5 4.Qd2+ skewers the king and the queen falls. Any other move and 3.Bxg7 wins it anyway.

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@xxChessMaster It sets up a windmill. After 1...hxg5 2.Rxg6+ Kh7, the bishop on d3 aims at the king, so every rook move is a discovered check. 3.Rxe6+, 5.Rg6+, 6.Rxd6+: the rook eats Black's pieces one by one.

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6. After 2.Nc3 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5, 8% of White players fianchetto with 4.g3? Then 4...d4! and after 5.Nb1 e5 Black has the center for free.

Play 4.d4 instead.

Which of these six have you seen in your own games?

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We looked at how players rated 2000-2200 play the English Opening on Lichess. 3 Black mistakes to punish, 3 White mistakes to avoid, all from White's side.

1. After 1.c4 Nc6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bg2 Bc5 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2, 12% of Black players play 6...Be6?

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5. After 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 e5, 11% of White players develop with 4.Bg2? Then 4...d4! kicks the knight again, and after 5.Na4 c5 it is stuck on the edge.

Play 4.cxd5 instead.

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@ChessifyMe Mate in 2: 1.Qh8!! A quiet move. Black is in zugzwang: every move loses, and 1...Kxe3 2.Qh3# ends it.

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@LeandroPit47747 @chess_feed After 1...Rb6 the rook does cover d6, so White mates with the other knight jump instead: 2.Nc5#. Whatever Black plays after 1.Qa8, mate follows next move.

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@Drminister8891 @usefulchess After 1.Rg6 Qxf4 White mates at once with 2.Qxe6#, the d4 knight backs up the queen and the king has nowhere to go.

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@afhguru @GMIgorSmirnov There is no pawn on e4, and if you mean 1.Qxe5, Black mates at once with 1...Qxg2#.