chess training exercise:

1. Don't watch Hikaru's game at the Candidates.
2. Analyze it yourself without an engine.
3. Compare your analysis to Hikaru's recap.
4. Become a GM. 💪

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love this smothered mate pattern :D

me trying to find the setting to disable auto-promotion on mobile with 10 seconds on the clock 🫨🫨🫨

What's funny is I think I might have seen it if there was a pawn on e6 to capture. Harder to imagine an empty square sacrifice.

not on my radar at all

My opponent attacked my bishop, and I ... missed a chance to play a glorious tactic! Can you find it? 🤔

At least a more complete game 😅

i think i just played the best chess game of my life 😳

www.chess.com/game/daily/7...

I think I may have a problem with being streaky.

not quite

My opponent missed a crusher here. What? 🤔

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I played mate in five. Where was the mate in 4? 🤔

me looking at a chess.com/player bio: huh, must be a bug here. this player was born in 85, same as me, but it says they are 40.

...oh ... fuck.

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a few moves later my opponent resigned. what did we both miss?

Thanks for pointing this out, and we'll change it! We totally agree and don't think it's silly at all. Our policy is to use White and Black unless it's a specific player. Some older content may be out of date, and sometimes we err or the author knows who the player is but the reader doesn't.

me: OMG, I can't believe I mouseslipped?!?!?!

Caissa: don't worry. i got u, bro.

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internal monologue: plz move the bishop, plz move the bishop, plz move the bishop...

...😁

I needed some processing time as well.

what I missed - Nxf7!!

There is something better and prettier.

There is a bit of a brilliant shot.

What is White's best move? 🤔

Wasn't on my radar even a teensy bit. 🥴

This was a fun little blitz trick 😄

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