Who accused Andy Woodward of cheating in those games? I haven't seen any.

Bxf2...Wow, what a move, what a sac... to lose a game.

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So you could be on Niemanns level then. Jokes aside, I believe that everyone can improve their chess. If not, it doesn’t matter that much because it’s just a game

Yeah I think 2.Qb8 would have to be played, and then putting the other rook on the last rank. But Black has a way to escape by h6 and then Kh7. I guess White could check then and take the a file rook, but I haven’t looked more into it

It's not obvious yes. Look at my other reply

Yep, that’s the one. 1...Qg7 was another way to delay the inevitable, but Niemann chose the faster death.

Hans Niemann just blundered! Can you find the only winning move for White?

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Sindarov "misclicks" OTB, and Carlsen allows a takeback.

Props to Carlsen for the sportsmanship, though he had every right to make Sindarov stick with the move. Anyone who plays #chess knows it’s also completely fair not to allow a takeback.

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When a player looks at the opponent's face, you know he's winning.
Keymer, again, leads Carlsen in a big knock-out match, and hopefully he won't lose it like the last time (at World Cup).

That happened a long time ago, and Chess.com usually keeps a low profile on these things, so no, I don't think so.

He's supposed to work for Chess.com so he could know something. I also have seen others (non-Russians) talked about Sindarov, Sargsyan, Maghsoodloo and of course Niemann getting banned there. But that's the past.

According to Russian FM Punin Andrii, who described himself as a Fair play consultant at Chess.com, Javokhir Sindarov, Nodirbek Yakubboev, Shant Sargsyan, Jaime Santos Latasa, Hans Niemann, and Parham Maghsoodloo all used to have accounts closed on Chess.com for fairplay reasons.

Smothered mate in real life (at GM level no less). Nice of Pijpers to allow Yakubboev to deliver the actual mate.

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In that line 15.h5 would be better, to keep hold of the f7 square.

Yeah Ke2 is the right move. Kxf2 would lead to a draw. (1. Kxf2 Kd4 2. Ke2 and now Black has an amazing sac with 2...d1=Q (or even promote as a rook or a knight), just to gain another tempo to move the king to c2. And I agree that Dvoretsky's study is more difficult.

Yeah I knew that's what you meant. Dvoretsky created a study which kind of be opposite of that. It looks like this I think but White to move. Win or draw?

Yes you're right. That is one of the classic diagonal king movement Réti puzzles. And this is his original study on that matter I think. From more than 100 years ago. Such a legend

14.Bg6 first, to avoid losing the bishop and attack the f5 pawn. White should leave no squares for the king to retreat. After that White can attack the f5 pawn with Qd3 or something.

This position was made by none other than the endgame study master Richard Réti. White's position seems hopeless, since his own pawn is doomed and he cannot capture any of Black's without allowing another to run down and promote. But can he force a draw here?

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His king walk in the endgame was even better. Definitely a thing to learn from

Great to see Nodirbek Abdusattorov back to his best at Wijk aan Zee! He's leading the Masters tournament heading into the first rest day. The Uzbek also found a brilliant combination here to secure the win. Can you spot it? Black to move.

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Interesting. But it's not Kramnik I think.

Would be another shock if she could beat Bok today

They started to move from X.

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What's the winning move here?

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