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@Richard_AHolmes The word is "compunction", not "compulsion". HMG just can't get the staff these days...

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@fairinzakaria @thechessnerd @NikolaosNtirlis I think @thechessnerd means to suggest 13 Ne5

@thechessnerd @NikolaosNtirlis It's White turn.. alternatives to 13.e5?

This was seen in Bondarevsky- Smyslov, 1946. This game is shown as an example of a brilliant strategic game by Black. White played the logical, but wrong 13.e5? MVL, showed a brilliant novelty here for White yesterday, which turns the assessment to +/=. Guess the move!

@bennettchess 1 g5 since if 1...N(6)d7 White has 2 Qxf7+!! Kxf7 3 Nxe5#

d3 Caro Kann - White to play and win:

@JonathanLevitt7 @ChessvisionAI No, but now I see 2...Qh5+ 3 Rxh5+ Kg8 4 Ra5 Rxa5 stalemate. Nice composition.

@TimMJoslin @ChessvisionAI Did you see the defence 2...Qh5+!

You're 2100+ if you can draw this as White. Yes you read it right, draw as White. I saw it on reddit the other day, source is below. White to move, what do you play?

@ChessvisionAI 1 Bd5 (1 Be6? Qe4 2 Kg5+ Qh7 -+) Qxd5 2 Kg6+ Kg8 3 Rh8+ Kxh8 stalemate

@JonathanLevitt7 @ChessvisionAI Two?

@ChessvisionAI Two stalemates - very nice!

@MuhammadEilham @ChessvisionAI 3 not 4 because of 1 Nxh7+ Qg5 2 Nf6#

@ChessvisionAI Isnt it mate in 4?

(medium++) You're 1500+ if you find mate in 3 for White, 1900+ if you do it under 20s. Black was actually better before taking on b2, but this greedy move turns out to be a fatal mistake. White to move, can you finish off the game?

@ImShahinyan Well, you see the "mate" after 1 Nxd6 cd 2 Ne7+ Kh8 3 Rxh7+ Kxh7 4 Rh1+ then realise there's 4...Qh6, unclear. So you think what if I shift the Black Q first? Then you realise that after 1 Rde1 the Black Q is actually trapped.

What would you play as white? Level 1900+

@IMIljaSirosh 1...Qxd6 2 Qxd6 Ne5+ and 3...ed should be OK despite 4 f4

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@MauriceAshley Is the answer always "colinear"?

White to move and win. Bonus points: Name the geometric term for this type of winning move.

@ilkeer @RenierCast Problem is 1 Nb5? Qc5! 2 Bxd5 Qxb5

@RenierCast 1.Nb5 Qd7 2.Bxd5 Qxd5 3.Nc7 + -

White to play and win

@chesscom Oops, not 6/7...Kxh7 in these lines, but 6/7...Kxg8. Also, I now notice a Black P on a2, so none of this works!!

@chesscom 1 Bxf6+ Qxf6 2 Rg8+ Kh7 3 Qxf6 Re1+ 4 Kg2 Re2+ 5 Kf3 Re3+ 6 Kf2 and Black is out of checks so 6...Kxh7 7 Qf7+ then 8 Qf8+ and 9 Qxb4. If instead 4...Rb1+ 5 Kg2 Re2+ 6 Kf3 Re3+ 7 Kf2 no more checks so 7...Kxh7 8 Qf5+ and 9 Qxb1.

@wyahaw @agadmator Yeah, 1...Ba8 might be even better than 1...Nf4 - the Q has no good square.

@agadmator 1. … Ba8 looks awkward eg 2. Qa4 Nb6 or 2. Qd4 Nf6 or 2. Qa6 Nc7 - tricky to see and calculate through though.

Not the best pawn grab

@wyahaw @agadmator Andy, on Bxb7 I'm pinching the eP with check (saving the N), then recovering the piece on d2 and presumably winning another P (by Bxg5 or Rxb2) making the computer assessment of about +2 quite plausible!

@TimMJoslin @agadmator Then 2. Bxb7 … and then what? You can take on d2 but then the knight on f4 hangs.

@willesdenchess1 @IMIljaSirosh Yes, very confusing but line is 1...Ka5 2 Bxc5 (not +) and 3 b4#

@IMIljaSirosh Thanks. Assume you mean …Ka5

White wins with the elegant 1.a4! — threatening a5 & Ra4#. - 1...a5 (since 1...Kc5 2.Bxc5+ and 3.b4#) - 2.Rc1!! (preparing Bd4) Ba7 - 3.Bd4! cxd4 4.c5! (the point of 2.Rc1!!), with Rc4# to follow.

@daacostaiq @ChessGainz 5...Kf8 ofc

@ChessGainz 1. Rxc8 Raxc8 2. Qe6+ Rf7 (2. ... Kh8 3. Qh3+ Nh4 4. Qxg4+ Kg8 5. Qh7#) 3. Qxf7+ Kh8 4. Qh5+ Kg8 5. Qh7+ Kg8 6. Ne6+ Kf7 7. Qxg7+ Kxe6 8. Qg4+ ... Then Qxc8 and we are done...

Would you believe me if I told you White didn't win this position? From Yakubboev-Bluebaum, Rubinstein Memorial 2025

@___antivirus___ @IMIljaSirosh 2...Rc8 3 Qxh7#

@TimMJoslin @IMIljaSirosh What if 2...Rc8?

♟️Can you crack it in under 60 seconds? White to move and win!