Puzzle on Thursday

puzzle on lichess https://lichess.org/training/pk3Na

bleh

https://lichess.org/lP0hKxEa/black#39  Here black should play 

20...Qf1+!
21. Rxf1 Rxf1+

22. Kh2 Bg1+ 23. Kh1 Ng3+ 24. Qxg3 Bf2+ 25.Kh2 Bxg3+ wins the queen! 

But who is going to see that?

uuuuhhhh

 I drew this as white with 50. Nxf5?

    Correct was 

50. h4 g3

51. Ne2

https://lichess.org/rQuD7PzU

99 percent accuracy

99 percent accuracy game https://lichess.org/2Fo8p53zJNlb

the trouble with billionaires running things

 

football bingo card

there will be a game 7

B9

Blue Jays challenged (force play), call on the field was upheld: Andrés Giménez lines into a double play (BP), left fielder Enrique Hernández to second baseman Miguel Rojas. Addison Barger out at 2nd.

Halloween 2025

Seinitz's Elements

Permanent advantages

1. Material advantage

2. Bad king position 

3. Passed pawns in the middlegame 

4. Weak pawns for the opponent

5. Strong and weak squares 

6. Pawn islands 

7. Strong pawn centre 

8. Control of a diagonal 

9. Control of a file 

10. Bishop pair 

11. Control of a rank

Temporary advantages 

12. Bad piece position

13. Inharmoniously placed pieces 

14. Advantage in development

15. Concentration of pieces in

centre (centralization)

16. Space advantage