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submitted 13 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) by Karsten@lemmy.world to c/chess@lemmy.ml

I'd be very grateful for some help with understanding the following chess puzzle. The following starting position for white is given: Starting position for white

The solution sees the queen taking the rook. But instead of the second black rook taking the queen, the black queen is supposed to take the pawn?

Solution: Solution

Cam someone explain why that would be the best moves?

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submitted 3 weeks ago by ooli3@sopuli.xyz to c/chess@lemmy.ml
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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by overdevs@lemmy.world to c/chess@lemmy.ml

Hey lemmy folks, some of you might know me as the developer of RDX for Reddit an open-source, free, ad-free Reddit client that is quite popular here. Two months ago i release. an offline-first, ad-free chess puzzles app that hit Hackernews #1. I thought I should share it with you people too.

Presenting OffChess, Built by me because I got frustrated with needing WiFi just to practice chess, thought, why not train anywhere: on planes, trains, even in sketchy tunnels. So OffChess aims to be a clean, distraction-free way to sharpen your tactics, even when fully offline.

Here are the main highlights:

  1. 100,000+ real-game puzzles, neatly curated.
  2. Offline first: no connection required to play puzzles.
  3. Adaptive difficulty: as you improve, puzzles get tougher.
  4. Rich stats tracking: streaks, accuracy, puzzles solved.
  5. Themes & clean UI: something comfortable to look at.
  6. For iPhone & Android (and totally usable offline).

Download on:

Would love feedback, bug reports, feature suggestions from you all. Especially what you like / dislike in similar apps (and how OffChess could try to stand out more.

Edit: One more thing you get 7 free puzzles every day for as long as you want, if you want to unlock all the puzzles there is a one time purchase(no subscription) of $3.99 that unlocks all the puzzles in the app forever. You can even share it on your other devices if you use the same apple/google account by just hitting restore purchases.

Thanks for reading, and thanks for all the support so far.

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submitted 1 month ago by Albbi@lemmy.ca to c/chess@lemmy.ml
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I have a Chess.com account where my rating is 1500 in all modes.

I've switched to Lichess a few months ago, and been mostly playing Bullet 2 + 1. Based on what I've read, I would expect my rating to be around 1800, but despite (I believe) playing at a similar level, my rating is hovering around 1550.

It could just be me, maybe I was lucky on Chess.com to get that rating, but it seems everyone says your rating on Lichess should be around 200-300 more than on Chess.com, is that your experience as well? Has it maybe changed a bit?

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by xia@lemmy.sdf.org to c/chess@lemmy.ml

This question was posed to me, and I was surprised that I could not find a solution (as I thought that all rook tours [open or closed] were possible). Starting from a8, could a rook visit every square on the board once, ending on f3?

I tried a few times, with a few different strategies, but I always ended up missing one square.

It's really easy to burn pairs of rows or columns, so the problem space could be reduced...

...but at some point (4x4), I was able to convince myself that it is impossible (at least at this size and state):

...but it might be possible that shaving off column or row pairs is also discarding a solution?

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submitted 2 months ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/chess@lemmy.ml
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basically, I have a lot of anxiety when playing with people, and my ranking is around 600ish, but whenever i play a bot the analysis suggests that i paid played at level 1100 or 1500.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by golden_zealot@lemmy.ml to c/chess@lemmy.ml
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submitted 3 months ago by propter_hog@hexbear.net to c/chess@lemmy.ml

Just got this puzzle on Lichess and there's a gorgeous reply to this check threat from white.

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submitted 5 months ago by leo@sh.itjust.works to c/chess@lemmy.ml

Jerry is the best :)

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