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Ding Liren

The game below has been well-annotated all over the web, and I won't presume to add anything. Just enjoy! The computer may point out faster wins, but who cares... A dashing demonstration of the power of multiple minor pieces over a Queen, and the vulnerability of an uncastled King.

TEST FEN

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[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.04.21"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "NN"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3r1k1/pp4bp/3p2p1/3bp3/8/4B3/PP1Q1P2/R2RKB1q w - - 0 1"]

1. *

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "2023.04.21"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "NN"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b1kb1r/p1p2ppp/2p1q3/611/4p1N1/8/PPPP1PPP/R1BQK2R b - - 0 1"]

 *

Test puzzle mode 

[Event "Study"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "W"]
[Black "B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "study: skewer"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6q1/6p1/2k4p/R6B/p7/8/2P3P1/2K5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[SourceTitle "Rinck"]

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Spoiler: Highlight to view
1. Ra8 Qa2 ( 1... Qxa8 2. Bf3+) (1... Qe6 2. Ra6+) (1... Qd5 2. Bf3) (1... Qc4 2. Rc8+) 2. Rxa4 Qg8 (2... Qxa4 3. Be8+) 3. Ra8 Qh7 (3... Qxa8 4. Bf3+) 4. Bg6 Qxg6 5. Ra6+

Opening traps

The first game I ever played in a chess club went like this (I was Black) 

[Event "Chess Club"]
[Site "Hereward School, March"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stacey, Ian"]
[Black "Regis, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C20"]
[PlyCount "7"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 $4 
(3...g6) (3...Qf6)
4. Qxf7# 1-0

Oh dear!

OK, I haven't been caught like that since. What should Black do about this?

Garry Kasparov

Kasparov wasn't just the best chessplayer of his time, he may have been the best of any time. Botvinnik used to say that he was primus inter pares, first among equals, but Kasparov wasn't like that at all. His rating was a long way ahead of his rivals. And he didn't like to win a tournament by doing just enough to win -- he wanted to win a long way ahead of second place. And he didn't just like to win a game -- he wanted to smash his opponents -- and he often did! He worked harder, he knew more opening theory, he put more energy into his games...

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