Lethal Initiative Chess

@vlad_chess Very nice! 1…Be6 2.Ba6 Bc8 3.d5!

Opponent stared in disbelief at this move and simply allowed his time to run out. Maybe my most Kasparov-esque move, in a "career" spanning 18 years of mediocre tournament results. Very happy with having seen the idea of b6! from afar. Can you see what white is threatening? Ghita, V (2027) - Opponent (1956) 1-0 @ ROU U2200 Ch.

Is there any king's move that enables White to promote? 🤔

@Bitmap1337 @RoizMichael83 Excellent analysis!

@RoizMichael83 You go Kf2 Rxh1 e7. Then you get checked from the h-file and walk up the f-file until you take f6. Then you walk back down again to f2-e1-d2 Then you walk up to d6 and interfere on Rh6+ with Nf6. If Rxf6+, you walk back to d2 again and then to e1. On Nf6 Rh8 Nd7+ and Nf8.

@chess_feed Qd2

Only 1% of players can solve this puzzle 🤔 White to move, mate in 2.

@GraemeEdgeler @Kasparov63 This does not adhere to the 50-move rule

@Kasparov63 There are at most six white pawn moves left and two captures of black pieces, so this involves at least three sacrifices, all very spread apart. Impressive!

584 moves with just 8 of 32 pieces on the board! Further evidence that not only will chess never be solved, but that should such miraculous technology ever appear, the results will be practically meaningless for human players. An impressive feat nonetheless.

@yeyktruyol @ZibbitVideos Tc1?

@ZibbitVideos A:f3 ∆ Ca5

I thought this was a slightly unusual theme 😯. Black to play here can get an overwhelming positional advantage...but how ❓ #Chess #FindTheStrongestMove #Strategy

White to play and win.

@IMIljaSirosh A lot of underpromotion recently!

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

@thechessnerd Congrats!

I once kissed myself in the mirror of an elevator after drawing a GM. Today, that was today.

Can you solve this endgame study? White to play and win

@ImShahinyan @grok Engagement slop 🥱

Hey @grok, remove all the players and leave only the one who will win Candidates 2026 😏 Who's your pick?

@mornings0da Lagno-Grischuk vibes

@IMIljaSirosh Very nice!

@lethalchess Good catch! Actually, White wins with a knight promotion instead, threatening Nf6#!

White wins with 1.Bg6+!! fxg6 2.Qh6+!!(D) After 2...Qxh6 3.Kxg8 Black pieces can't move and White promotes a pawn after 3...e6 4.d5 exd5 5.e6 followed by e7-e8. Note: White also has a less picturesque win: 1.Qxf8 Kxf8 2.Kg7 Rb8 3.e6! with an idea 3...fxe6 4.Bg6# Composer: Kovalenko (1985)

@IMIljaSirosh Ouch

@lethalchess 2.Qxg8 Qh6#

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

@usefulchess This triangulation is entirely useless. White can just play Kc6, Kxb6 immediately and win

Capablanca's sacrifice and triangulation in the endgame against Lasker #chess #Capablanca #Lasker #triangulation #chesssacrifice

@ChessGainz Wow. There was no time trouble. Assaubayeva spent 7 minutes on Rxe8. Makes me feel better about my own OTB blunders!

@ChessGainz Hard to believe this is from a real classical game between two GM-strength players. There must have been massive time trouble, right? Though the images don’t seem to indicate so (I don’t know if the times in the image are from the end of the game or when the moves were played)

I have a lot of questions 🧐 Panesar-Assubayeva, Tata Steel Challengers Round 13

@IMIljaSirosh 5.e6*

@IMIljaSirosh 1.Bg6+! fxg6 2.Qxg8 Qxg8 3.Kxg8 e6 4.d6 exd6 5.e7 and wins