Streak: Day 14. I’m at a fork in the road. I finished step 2. Thinking about going back and finishing step 1 extra and mix before moving on to step 2+. Any thoughts from #stepsmethod people?
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Streak: Day 13. This is the first of the type “thinking ahead”. As black, what move do you make after the move listed (for mate). These are good to begin practicing visualization.
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Streak: Day 12. Win material by playing an intermediate move first. White to move.
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Streak: Day 11. Win material by playing an intermediate move first. White to move.
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Streak: Day 10. Win material by playing an intermediate move first. Black to move.
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Streak: Day 9. Defending against mate. Can black prevent mate?
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Streak: Day 8. Defending against mate. Black to move
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Streak: Day 8 defending against mate. Black to move
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Streak: Day 7 double attack/discovered attack. White to move
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Streak: Day 6 double attack/discovered attack. Black to move
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Streak: Day 5 (yesterday)did not do any chess puzzles. Played in my OTB classical chess league G90/5. Played as black and lost. But was a long hard fought game.
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Streak: Day 4 double attack/discovered attack. White to move
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Streak: Day 3 Step 2 Mix. Find the best move. Black to move
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Streak: Day 2. Step 1 Mix. Find the best move. White to move
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One of the many things I love about the #stepsmethod is the Mix puzzles. Themed puzzles are excellent, but the Mix puzzles and books force you to "find the best move", not look for a specific tactic.
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Streak: Day 1. Double attack - Discovered attack. White to move
(Restarting my daily puzzle pages)
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Streak: Day 36
Elimination of the defense; luring away + material. White to move
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Chess board and pieces, coffee, and step 2 chess workbook.
Playing with my Xmas gift from my family this morning. Definitely an upgrade from my roll up club set. Cherry and mahogany board with triple weighted chessman.
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Chasing away chess puzzle.
Streak: Day 35
Elimination of the defense; chasing away + material. White to move
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Chess puzzle
Streak: Day 34
Elimination of the defense; capturing + material. White to move
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Pin chess puzzle
Streak: Day 33
Where is the pin? Black to move.
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Queen double attack chess puzzle
Streak: Day 31
Where is the double attack? White to move.
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Chess puzzle
Streak: Day 30
Where is the double attack? White to move.
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Double attack chess puzzle
Streak: Day 29
For this puzzle, what move for black sets up a double attack?
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Double attack chess puzzle
Streak: Day 28
For these puzzles, what square should the white queen be on to set up a double attack?
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What is the best move?
Streak: Day 27
Starting Step 2 with a mix puzzle page (no theme, simply what is the best move in this position). Black to move
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Defend against passed pawn chess puzzle.
Streak: Day 26
Whites passed pawn is about to promote. As black, how can you defend? (And that’s a wrap on Step 1 Plus, tomorrow continuing my page a day with Step 2)
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Defend against a passes pawn chess puzzle.
Streak: Day 25
Blacks passed pawn is about to promote. As white, how can you defend? (This is the second to last page in this workbook, moving on to step 2 soon!)
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The passed pawn chess puzzle.
Streak: Day 24
What are the moves to promote the pawn successfully?
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