♟️DAILY CHESS PUZZLE♟️ Test your understanding of the pawn structures. The following position is from Makhnev-Mamedov (2025). ❓What would you play with Black here?🤔 Drop your answers in the comments!👇 #chess #chesspunks #Day334

♟️DAILY CHESS PUZZLE: SOLUTION♟️ Black finds an excellent positional idea with 1…e4!(D), stopping White's e4 and securing counterplay on the kingside. For example: - 2.f4 Bf5, followed by Qd7–Bh3. - 2.fxe4 weakens White’s structure and the e5-square; after 2…Qe7, Black is

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♟️DAILY CHESS PUZZLE♟️ The following position is from Sarana-Ansat (2025). ❓What would improve White's position?🤔 Drop your answers in the comments!👇 #chess #chesspunks #Day335

♟️DAILY CHESS PUZZLE: SOLUTION♟️ White can improve the e3-knight with 1.Nc4!(D): - 1...dxc4?? fails to 2.Bxc4+ and Black's king has no squares - 1...Bc7 allows 2.Na5! eyeing b7- and c6-pawns, when 2...Bxa5 3.bxa5 leaves Black with a huge weakness on b7. Sarana went on to win a

White forces the g-pawn to queen by first sacrificing the rook with 1.Rf4+!!(D): - 1...Ke5 2.Rg4 puts the rook behind the pawn, and g7–g8=Q is unstoppable! - 1...Kxf4 2.g3+!! removes the g2-pawn from the attack and after 2...Kxg3 3.g7, the pawn promotes! Composer: Wotawa (1936)

♟️DAILY CHESS PUZZLE♟️ Test your tactical vision. The following position is from Makhnev-Karthikeyan (2025). ❓What would you play with White here?🤔 Drop your answers in the comments!👇 #chess #chesspunks #Day336

♟️DAILY CHESS PUZZLE: SOLUTION♟️ White set up a classic Anastasia's Mate: 1.Ne7+!(D) Kh8 2.Qxh7+! Kxh7 3.Rh4# A must know checkmating pattern for any chess player!

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♟️DAILY CHESS PUZZLE♟️ Test your tactical vision. The following position is from Gorshtein-Fedoseev (2025). ❓What would you play with White here?🤔 Drop your answers in the comments!👇 #chess #chesspunks #Day337

♟️DAILY CHESS PUZZLE: SOLUTION♟️ White wins with the quiet 1.Re6!(D), when the threat of B(x)g6 followed by Rxf7 is decisive. If Black defends, with 1...Kf8, then a simple 2.Rxb6 is enough to win the game for White.

After 1.a7 Ra3, it seems the pawns are stopped… But 2.Ba6+!!(D) changes everything. - 2…Kxa6 allows 3.a8=Q+ - 2…Rxa6 3.b7!, and b8=Q follows A brilliant finish! Composer: Von Holzhausen (1956)

♟️DAILY CHESS PUZZLE♟️ Test your understanding of Caro-Kann positions. The following position is from Boruchovsky-Fedoseev (2025). ❓What would you play with White here?🤔 Drop your answers in the comments!👇 #chess #chesspunks #Day338

♟️DAILY CHESS PUZZLE: SOLUTION♟️ White followed a strong, thematic plan: 1.g4! Nh4 2.Qh3!(D), preparing f4–f5–f6 and a powerful kingside attack. Black cannot meet this with 2…f5?, because 3.exf6 Bxf6 4.g5! wins a piece. Note that 2.f4?! would allow …f5! with counterplay.

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♟️DAILY CHESS PUZZLE♟️ Test your positional understanding. ❓What would you play with Black here?🤔 Drop your answers in the comments!👇 #chess #chesspunks #Day339

♟️DAILY CHESS PUZZLE: SOLUTION♟️ Both 1...Nf6? 2.Nf5 or 1...Bxd4?! 2.Qxd4 Nf6 3.Nf5 lead to an advantage for White thanks to a powerful f5-knight. Instead, 1...Be5! is strong, when after 2.Bxe5 dxe5(D) followed by e6-Ne7 and 0-0, White's kingside play is limited, while Black

White mates by force after 1.Nc1!(D): - 1...bxc1=Q+ 2.Kxc1 Ba2 3.Nxc2# - 1...Ba2 2.Nxc2 Kb1 3.Ne2 followed by Nc3# Composer: Troitzky (1898)

♟️DAILY CHESS PUZZLE♟️ Test your understanding of the Sicilian defense. The following position is from Fischer-Tal (1959). ❓What would you play with White here?🤔 Drop your answers in the comments!👇 #chess #chesspunks #Day340

♟️DAILY CHESS PUZZLE: SOLUTION♟️ This is the ideal moment for 1.f5!(D). With Black’s pawn still on b7, …b4 is impossible: - 1…Nc6 2.Be3, followed by 0–0–0 and a g-pawn advance - 1…e5 2.Nde2, the c3-knight will eventually jump to d5 In the game, 1.0–0? allowed …b5!, and