Introducing GM Max Illingworth's New Chess Blog!

GM Craze16 Sept 20211,193 viewsEnglish (US)

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What would you like me to post about?

Hello chess friends!

I am GM Max Illingworth, and I'm very excited to see Lichess introduce community blogs to the site!

I'm curious - what would you like me to post about on this site?

Let me know by sending me a message on Lichess! (If you are unsure how to send me a message - click My Profile and then 'Message').

In the meantime, enjoy this puzzle from a game GM Hikaru Nakamura played on the way to scoring the first ever perfect 11/11 score in the Titled Tuesday tournament! Nakamura actually missed a forced win here, with Black to play; can you do better?

https://lichess.org/study/6Jin1Wrl

And here is the game with my annotations from a video I recorded:

https://lichess.org/study/NfkUgf4P

See you next time!

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