Awesome awesome chess day!

Here are pics from last Thursday.

Chess this Thursday!

Come one come all to chess at Woodbine Mall this Thursday 530-930 pm! Here are some pics from last Thursday:

Classic checkmate tactic

W2M

Tactics tactics tactics

1928 rating, took me about 90 seconds. W2M.

Wow, just … wow

Chess today at Woodbine Mall! 530 – 930 pm in front of the Bay, at the round tables.

 

I’m a chess.com guy, so it’s always a complete shocker to me to see stuff like this. I didn’t even know Magnus Carlsen (currently the World Champion of chess) was even on lichess (lichess.org is a place where you can play, learn and practice chess for free).

Please watch as much of this as you can, it’s truly amazing to see Magnus sacrifice half his time (in games of 1-minute maximum) and climb the ranks of this bullet chess tournament. Will he get the #1 spot? You’ll have to watch all the way to the end to find out.

The tactics train continues!

This one was rated 2046 on chess.com and it took me three minutes to solve! I don’t care, I got it right the first time, bullseye!

Black to move.

Chess Club This Thursday!

Same place same time, y’all already know the deal. This tactic was ranked 1880, a bit much don’t y’all think? Check it out, black to move.

Defennndd!

White to move. Whenever someone tries to sacrifice to break open my castle, I look at it for a bit and then say something silly like “You wanna dance? Okay, let’s dance.” This time, I played a 1940-rated chess tactic and actually defended appropriately. Go for it, white to move.

 

Dirty filthy tactics

This tactic is Soooooo dirty … it was rated in the 2000s on chess.com.

Black to move.

 

2081 tactic

Hot off the presses, we have a tactic with a rating of 2081! This one took me 2 minutes 39 seconds.

Black to move.