Dear chess fans,
yesterday the 10th round of season 19 was played. For the rules please refer to the announcement post.
It was a 3+1 Swiss tournament over 9 rounds with 19 players!
After his absence last week that costed him the lead, returned and won in style with 8/9 points. Behind was a bunch of players with 7/9:
,
(Yetundefemii) and
. Congratulations to All!
In this position from the game against , I (with Black) had just lost a piece after Nf6+ and Qxb7. But was it really a free piece? What is the best way to continue with Black here?
Black to move:
! [Solution]
- Ne2+ Kh1
- Txh2+! Kxh2
- Qh8+ and mate in 1
https://lichess.org/AbLG1nFv/black#37
Result table:
Link to the tournament: https://lichess.org/swiss/URWfjHnI
Season 19: 06 Sep to 22 Nov 2024 / Ranking after 10 rounds:
Tournament 1 (<1500)
Tournament 2 (1500-1899)
Tournament 3 (1900+)
Players can switch between the tournament tiers in case their rating changes!
In tournament 3 was missing this round, so
could grab back the top rank! The top 3 are only 5 points apart, everything is still possible with 2 rounds to go!
See you all next week - and keep practicing!
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