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Feel free to post winning (or your oponnant's winning) lines as puzzles for others to try :) Also check out Florian's thread of personal puzzles here! (Opens link in new window) Here's two of mine (moves are commented after the puzzle is done!):

Hey since i am new to this chess.com i have a few doubts !Mind explaining them ? 1)Sometimes a red * comes up on the notes while playing .Why?

Here's a good example of a game in which I would have lost if my opponent didn't on time. But I didn't realize this untill after I went over the game. Time controls: 5 minute 0 increment blitz. I got tunnel visioned into capturing pieces and didn't even notice that the black queen was on the a8-h1 diagonal. The lesson here is pay attention to the entire board when calculating. Pieces don't only work at short range ;P

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game.html?id=107710320# A 3+1 blitz game. After 21. ...Ra5?? I missed a mate in 2. I went on to win, but 18 moves later =P See if you can spot the mate! EDIT: I missed mate as early as 19. ...Ra4?? Doh!

I'm pretty happy with this game. I thought I was losing for sure, down a pawn and worse development untill around move 13 or so. Here's the link: http://live.chess.com/simple?v=2011011301#g=96397831 And here's the game: I haven't analysed it yet for blunders/mistakes etc. Tell me what you think :)