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]]> https://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-4248585 Jul/09/2026 <![CDATA[White to Play]]> 1.Kxh5 Ne7 2.Bxb1 b3 3.Bd3 b4 4.Bb1 b2 5.Bd3 b3 6.Bb1 b5 7.Bd3 b6 8.Bb1 b4 9.Bd3 b1Q 10.Bxb1 b2 11.Bd3 d4 12.Bb1 b3 13.Be4 b1Q 14.Bxb1 d5 15.Bd3 b2 16.Bb1 b5 17.Bd3 b4 18.Bb1 b3 19.Bd3 b1Q 20.Bxb1 d3 21.Bxd3 d4 22.Bb1 b2 23....

]]> https://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-4247623 Jul/08/2026 <![CDATA[White to Play]]> 1.Ng6 c3 1...d3 2.Ne7#; 1...e3 2.Qf3+ e4 3.Qh5+ e5 4.Nf4# 2.Qa2+ c4 3.Qa5+ c5 4.Qa8 mate.

]]> https://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-4244037 Jul/03/2026 <![CDATA[White to Play]]> 1.b7 Ra5+ 1...Ke7 2.b8Q Ra5+ 3.Kf4 Rh5 4.Bg6 Rd5 5.Qe8+ Kf6 6.Be4 Rd1 7.Qh8+ Ke7 8.Ke5 Bf7 9.Qc8 Bh5 10.Qc5+ Kd8 11.Bf5 Re1+ 12.Kf6 Re6+ 13.Bxe6 Bd1 14.Qc8# 2.Kd6! not 2.Kxe6? Ra6+ 3.Kd5 Rb6= ...

]]> https://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-4242211 Jul/01/2026 <![CDATA[White to Play]]> 1.Ra6 Nb6 2.Rxb6 h6 3.Rxh6 mate. From the knight on e8 it’s 1.Rb6 Nf6 2.Rb8+ Ng8 3.Rxg8 mate From the knight on b8 it’s 1.Re6 Nd7 2.Re8+ Nf8 3. Rxe8 mate. With the knight on a8 it’s 1....

]]> https://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-4240554 Jun/29/2026 <![CDATA[White to Play]]> 1.Qh5 Bf6 2.Rxg6+ hxg6 3.Qxg6+ Kh8 4.Bxf6+ Qxf6 5.Qxf6+ Kg8 6.0–0–0 and mate in a few.

]]> https://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-4238576 Jun/26/2026 <![CDATA[Black to Play]]> 1...Bg5+ 2.Kxg5 Ne4+ 3.Kf4 Nxd6 4.Ke5 Nxc4+ 5.Kd5 Ne3+ 6.Kxc5 Nxg2 7.Kd4 Kh6 8.g4 Nf4 9.Ke4 Nxh5 and nobody can win.

]]> https://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-4236688 Jun/24/2026 <![CDATA[White to Play]]> 1.Qg6+ Rxg6 2.fxg6+ Kg8 3.Rxe8+ Qxe8 4.Rxe8 mate

]]> https://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-4235316 Jun/23/2026 <![CDATA[White to Play]]> 1.Qxh7+ Nxh7 2.Ng6+ Kg8 3.Bd5 mate

]]> https://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-4233274 Jun/19/2026 <![CDATA[White to Play]]> 1.a5 h3 2.g4+ Kh4 3.a3 h5 4.g5 fxg5 5.a4 g4 6.Kf4 g3 7.hxg3 Mate

]]> https://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-4227711 Jun/15/2026 <![CDATA[White to Play]]> 1.e8=B Kc8 2.Kb6 Kb8 3.Bd7 Ka8 4.Nc5 Kb8 5.Na6+ Ka8 6.Bc6 mate.

]]> https://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-4225680 Jun/12/2026 <![CDATA[White to Play]]> 1.Bxf7+ Kxf7 2.Qc4+ Re6 3.Rd8 g5 4.Rxb8 Qd1+ 5.Kh2 g4 6.Nd4 Black Resigns. White wins too much material.

]]> https://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-4223894 Jun/10/2026 <![CDATA[White to Play]]> 1.Qg1 Kf6 2.Qd4 mate The idea of moving a powerful piece backwards to create a zugzwang (compulsion ...

]]> https://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-4222640 Jun/09/2026 <![CDATA[White to Play]]> Not 1.Nxh6 gxh6 2.Kf6 Kg8 3.g7 Kh7 4.g8Q+ Kxg8 5.Kg6 Kh8 6.Kxh6 and the Black king can’t be forced out of shuttling between h8 and g8, but 1.Nd6 Kg8 2.Ne8 Kh8 3.Nf6 gxf6 4.Kf7 f5 5.g7+ Kh7 6.g8Q mate

]]> https://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-4220031 Jun/05/2026 <![CDATA[White to Play]]> 1.Rf1 exf1Q 1...d2 2.Qe3#; 1...Nf4 2.Qxf4#; 1...e1Q 2.Rxe1# 2.Qb2 mate

]]> https://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-4218007 Jun/03/2026 <![CDATA[White to Play]]>

]]> https://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-4216624 Jun/01/2026 <![CDATA[White to Play]]> 1.Qd4! cxd4 1...Kb7 2.Rf7+ Ka6 3.Qa1#; 1...Kd7 2.Qg4+ Kd8 3.Rf8# 2.Rf7 Kc5 3.Rc7#

]]> https://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-4214850 May/29/2026 <![CDATA[White to Play]]> 1.Rg8 Bxg8 2.a8=Q+ Ba2 3.Qh8 mate

]]> https://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-4212176 May/27/2026 <![CDATA[White to Play]]> 1.Rd1 Ke5 all these are mates-- 1...Ke3 2.Qg1; 1...Kc5 2.Qg1; 1...Kc3 2.f7 2.d4 mate

]]> https://www.arcamax.com/chess/s-4211546 May/26/2026 <![CDATA[White to Play]]> 1.a8=N d3 2.Nb6 cxb6 3.c7 b5 4.c8=N b4 5.Nd6 exd6 6.e7 d5 7.e8=N d4 8.Nf6 gxf6 9.g7 f5 10.g8=N mate

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