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Two Mate-in-two puzzles with mirrored positions
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# | Player | Country | Elo |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Magnus Carlsen | ๐ณ๐ด | 2839 |
2 | Fabiano Caruana | ๐บ๐ธ | 2786 |
3 | Hikaru Nakamura | ๐บ๐ธ | 2780 |
4 | Ding Liren ๐ | ๐จ๐ณ | 2780 |
5 | Alireza Firouzja | ๐ซ๐ท | 2777 |
6 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | ๐ท๐บ | 2771 |
7 | Anish Giri | ๐ณ๐ฑ | 2760 |
8 | Gukesh D | ๐ฎ๐ณ | 2758 |
9 | Viswanathan Anand | ๐ฎ๐ณ | 2754 |
10 | Wesley So | ๐บ๐ธ | 2753 |
September 4 - September 22
do expand the article and read the notes given below. the author of the site elaborates pretty well why this position has only one different pattern which works in each orientation.
Ah I hadn't considered that move would still be available in such a late game position.