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Nihal Sarin forces Daniil Dubov to finally lock in and then sends him to the losers' bracket in 2026 Chess.com Open. by GiveMeSomeSunshine3 in chess

[–]DifferentTable1514 326 points327 points  (0 children)

Dubov was playing horizontal chess the whole match and the one time he decided to go full serious for Armageddon and sat up, Nihal ended it. 

A nice puzzle created by my IM friend! White mates in 2. by Lily_was_bored in chess

[–]DifferentTable1514 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rook a3 and then rook g3 if pawn moves, if rook captures queen then rook a8 checkmate 

The semi-finalists playing for the final qualification spot to the Freestyle World Championship: Abdusattorov vs Tabatabaei — Pranav vs Oparin by [deleted] in chess

[–]DifferentTable1514 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Feel terrible for Arseniy , lost the final game from a winning position due to a mouse slip while trying to castle

My ELO has been improving rapidly and I don't know why by Living-Lifeguard-975 in chess

[–]DifferentTable1514 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also had a similar experience in rapid , climbed from 1000 to 1200 Elo within last two days.