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try not to solve it with an engine black to move, only move also the engine 1st doesnt see it, but a hint is: it is ridiculous.

Dear Chess Friends, A very special thing happened to me last night. I wanted to play one more blitz game online, so I clicked on the 'Play' button and the system gave me Fabiano Caruana as my opponent! At first, I couldn’t believe my eyes, so I needed to check his username three times, but it was true… I was so excited! We played a crazy game with a wonderful checkmate at the end, that was a huge experience for me, so I wanted to share it with you. I made a video analysis of it, I hope you'll enjoy the game! You can watch the full video (20 mins) with a FREE subscription on my Patreon channel here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/my-crazy-game-121561642?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link I hope you'll find it useful. If you like it and you want to see my private educational videos, you can choose a membership on my Patreon channel which is suitable for you. Now, you can do that with a huge VALENTINE’S DAY DISCOUNT (50%) till 14th February. I upload 4-6 hours of videos / month and you can learn about openings, strategies, tactics and endgames, too. I also upload daily puzzles in 4 levels every day. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to write to me. Kind regards, Gabor

Dear Chess Friends, Chess is a very complex game. It’s not enough if you know the openings very well or you learn a lot of tactical motives. You’ll always miss things if you don’t use a structured thinking method, that’s the basis of everything. I worked out a system what I also use in my own games and that’s what I would like to teach you through a concrete example in this video. You can watch the full video (25 mins) with a FREE subscription on my Patreon channel here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tactical-and-in-121183796?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link The main topics what you can learn from this video:      - How to use the tactical thinking method (checks, captures, threats) properly      - How to use the strategic thinking method (imbalances connected to the kings, pieces, pawns, weak squares) properly      - How to improve your pieces      - How to attack a castled king      - Beautiful checkmate motives I hope you'll find it useful. If you like it and you want to see my private educational videos, you can subscribe to my Patreon channel. I upload 4-6 hours of videos / month and you can learn about openings, strategies, tactics and endgames, too. I also upload daily puzzles in 4 levels every day. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to write to me. Kind regards, Gabor

Dear Chess Friends, A few days ago I saw an amazing attacking game, in which White sacrifices many pieces to checkmate the Black king. I think it was a really instructive one (one of the best games I've ever seen), so I made a video of it. You can watch the full video (15 mins) with a FREE subscription on my Patreon channel here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/one-of-most-what-120254376?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link The main topics what you can learn from this video: - How to exploit your development advantage - How to attack against the king in the middle - Destructive sacrifices - The Greek Gift - Boden's mate I hope you'll find it useful. If you like it and you want to see my private educational videos, you can choose a membership on my Patreon channel. I upload 4-8 hours of videos / month and you can learn about openings, strategies, tactics and endgames, too. I also upload daily puzzles in 4 levels every day. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to write to me. Kind regards, Gabor

Watch this video about, "The Glued Rook" here : https://youtu.be/aVtcHmWwgG8?si=2-WiwOe5dz7OfdkJ 

Abracadabra! Link : https://youtu.be/GWzIi_EyzFM?si=8zrKx0czB7lSJBLy - Watch to see face reveal.

"I’m the one to do you good,Out of sleep, out of foodOnly thinking nights and days,How to make the best chess aids...*" in the original version,the fox thought about helping animals....Jan Wiktor Lesman (Jan Brzechwa)“The Mischiefs of Vitalis the Fox” A Practical GuideA few practical guidelines can facilitate the decision-making process,but without doubt they only present a certain problem in simple terms.Chess, however, is a highly complicated game and each general rule containsa lot of exceptions. It is our task to spot the moment in which one of theseexceptions occurs. Look for weaknesses! When driving, drivers use traffic signs as a form of guidance. For chessplayers, such traffic signs are weaknesses.Squares in the centre and in one’s own camp, which are not defendedby pawns, can easily become weak. Avoid exchanging pieces which defendthese squares. If your opponent has a weakened complex of squares ofa given colour, try to exchange the Bishops that control these squares.Isolated pawns or especially doubled isolated pawns become a long-termtarget for enemy pieces. The square in front of an isolated pawn is oftenweak and can become a perfect outpost for the opponent’s piece. Do notweaken the pawn structure unless doing so will bring you tangible benefits.Remember that pawns do not move backwards!Pawns can also be potential tactical weaknesses, especially when thedifference between the number of attackers and defenders of a given targetis equal to or greater than zero. In such case, each additional and unexpectedattack of the opponent, especially double attack, may result in our materiallosses.Pieces can also be tactical as pieces are easier to move around than pawns,they are considered to be more strategical than tactical weaknesses.More often they are considered to be strategic weaknesses when their acti-vity is limited by our own or our opponent’s pawns. Do not let that happen! You should consider your moves in the following order:a) forcing movesa1) checksa2) capturesa3) attacking weaknessesb) non-forcing movesWhen you have a space disadvantage, try to exchange pieces. This willincrease your chances of finding a good spot for each of your chessmen.When you have a space advantage, try not to exchange pieces.Play on the side of the board where you have a space advantage.If you have a lead in development, open up the position. The enemy King caneasily find himself in trouble. The opening of a position is also good whenyou have the Bishops and your opponent has the Knights.When you are the side with the Bishops, try to establish an asymmetricalpawn structure.Do not leave your King without any defending pieces. Also, make sure thatthe King has an escape square, where he could take refuge in case of a checkalong the back rank.

I am currently on a quest to reach 1000 friends, and in order to encourage people to give me a friend request, and after 3 days, I will stop the count, and I will try to give away a random premium membership to one member in my friends list. So send a friend request if you want, you have nothing to lose, and you might be the extremely lucky participant that can get a free 1-month premium membership!I will privately message the winnerIf we hit 1000 friends then I am going to guarantee diamond

This was approved by @Xenophon98 Club: https://www.chess.com/club/goal-national-master Many chess players are capable of reaching the master level of chess. However, the majority struggle to improve at a reasonable pace. This is where this club comes in: We will try to help every individual player improve from their mistakes and weaknesses, where members may sign up for help in a forum and they may get professional help on how to improve. This is currently an experimental club and will be expanded upon when 50 members have joined this club, this is a first come and first serve club. Once 50 members are hit, registrations may begin. We plan to get a 2000+ USCF-rated player in here for professional help and a team of advanced players to help guide the journey for starting chess players. When you join this club, there is nothing to lose, only to gain. We also have advertising opportunities available with not only free coaching but also free game analysis and several opportunities to learn from professionals!

Disclaimer: Sorry if I put the same words many times in different clubs, I am giving others a chance to read if they are not in the same club. And to get more views, but we won't talk about that. Anyways, here is the blog: https://www.chess.com/blog/shanlee132/botez-destroys-show-off If you don't have time to read, you can just watch the video here on ShanPlaysChess *my new chess channel. It's basically the same thing. Thank you guys so much and sorry again.

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