Are you rated 1600? Good.

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bro whats the board theme fr

@simplylowercase said ^

bro whats the board theme fr

My apologies. Here's a proper board:

I look forward to one day being 1600 and just "bad" (ツ)

@ZugAddict said ^

bro whats the board theme fr

My apologies. Here's a proper board:

Yes, finally, I can see the pieces clearly. Thanks you for taking your time to post this piece set. It should be used in the World Chess Championship.
*Gukesh and Javokhir walk into the playing room, upon seeing the board, they throw the pieces into the garbage and take business class flights to wherever they came from and FIDE decides that the first one to beat Zug is the World Champion...
(A while later) Your new WCC champ is now some random 2200 who dirty-flagged Zug

Zug, if this wasn't funny, just let me know and I'll delete it.

Edit: Isn't the solution Rd3+ Ng6+ and Bd7#?

Oh man, I'll keep my eyes peeled for this one!
Very practical pattern to know.

And counter intuitive too..

In a bullet game I'd probably find the first move by instinct,
but knowing how to finish it off is gonna save me a lot of resignations in positions where I have mate in two!

@Rahsulaimon said ^

Edit: Isn't the solution Rd3+ Ng6+ and Bd7#?

Nope (Rd3+ Ke5 Ng6+ Kf5! Bd7+ Ke4)

@ZugAddict said ^

Edit: Isn't the solution Rd3+ Ng6+ and Bd7#?

Nope (Rd3+ Ke5 Ng6+ Kf5! Bd7+ Ke4)

I saw this line but thought this line was mate.
Man, your piece sets sure make the puzzles 10 times harder. (I'm not blaming my (very) horrible puzzle solving skills, just your piece sets)

Nice blog. Destroyed my ego.
T-T
P.S puzzle attempt:

Wait... the answer... I'm sorry, but unless you're stockfish or a Super GM, you aren't finding that.