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Monday Quiz 24.11.25

By Yelena Dembo | November 24, 2025 - 05:08 |November 25, 2025 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz
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Black to play

The solution is: 21… Rxd5 22. exd5 Nb4 23. Bxd3 Rc1+ 24. Kxc1 Nxd3+ 25. Kd2 Nxf2 26. Ke2 Nxh1 27. Kf1 Bd8 28. Nh3 Bb6 29. g4 fxg4 30. fxg4 e4 31. d6 e3 32. Nf4 Nf2 33. Nd5 Bd8 34. Nxe3 Ne4 35. Nc4 Kf7 0-1

 

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Sunday Quiz 23.11.25

By Yelena Dembo | November 23, 2025 - 07:13 |November 24, 2025 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz
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White to play

The solution is: 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. Nxe5 Rxe5 36. Nd5 Re8 37. h6 Bxd5 38. cxd5 gxh6 39. gxh6 Rde7 40. d6 Rd7 41. e5 f6 42. Bd5+ Kf8 43. Be6 Rdd8 44. Kh2 1-0

 

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Saturday Quiz 22.11.25

By Yelena Dembo | November 22, 2025 - 05:50 |November 23, 2025 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz
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White to play

The solution is: 19. Rxd7 Kxd7 20. Nb5 Qc6 21. Rd1+ Ke8 22. Nc7+ Qxc7 23. Bxc7 Rxc7 24. Qb5+ 1-0

 

Tagged calculation, creativity, imagination, improvement, middlegame, puzzle, Quiz, sacrifices, Tactics, visualization

Friday Quiz 21.11.25

By Yelena Dembo | November 21, 2025 - 06:44 |November 22, 2025 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz
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Black to play

The solution is: 39… f3+ 40. Kxf3 Qh1+ 41. Kf2 R1c2 0-1

 

Tagged calculation, creativity, imagination, improvement, middlegame, puzzle, Quiz, sacrifices, Tactics, visualization

Thursday Quiz 20.11.25

By Yelena Dembo | November 20, 2025 - 06:27 |November 21, 2025 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz
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Black to play

The solution is: 34… f3 35. Qg3 Rf4 36. Rxf3 Rxf3 37. Bxf3 Qd3 38. Kg2 Qxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Rxf3+ 0-1

 

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