New Annotated Game of the Day

Solution to yesterday's puzzle: 1. Qxf6+!! allows white to win a piece and simplify into a won ending after 1...Kxf6; 2. Rxe6+ Qxe6; 3. Rxe6 Kxe6; 4. Bf5+ -- Skewering the king and rook.

Here is my most popular annotated game on Gameknot.

Challenge from sicilian_monster
mybookrunsdeep (1932) vs. sicilian_monster (1838), 3 days per move

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 b4 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Qxb4 Bd7 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. Qb3 d5 15. exd5 Rb8 16. Ncb5 axb5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Nxe6 Qc6 19. Nd4 Qa6 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Re1 Qa5 22. Bd3 b4 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Qe6+ Be7 25. Rxe5 Qc7 26. Bg6+ Kd8 27. Rd1+ Bd7 28. Qxe7+

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Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight