Puzzle

Day 99

Rating 1804

Puzzle Rush Score 36

Daily Study Today I played an over the board game against my dad. We had a look at the game together and analysed it. I also did a number of puzzles. My chess.com puzzle rating is currently sitting at 2652. The following puzzle is the final one I attempted. I was successful in finding the right move. Can you find the best move?

Solution

The best move is 1. Qxd7 Kxd7 2. Rxe7+ Kc6 3. Rc7+ winning the queen.

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Day 66

Rating 1824

Puzzle Rush Score 40

Daily Study Spent quite a bit of time working on tactics puzzles today. My chess.com puzzle rating is up at 2548 which is good (The puzzle ratings are a bit inflated compared to regular ratings).

Here is one of the puzzles I found quite satisfying to solve. Black to move and mate in three.

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Day 6

Rating 1715

Puzzle Rush Score 39

I watched a deep calculation lesson and attempted some puzzles. The puzzles were aimed at coaching a 1600 rated player and so they were at a good difficulty for me to solve.

Here is one of the puzzles. Black to play and win in 8 moves.

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