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Quick you have 5 seconds on your clock, what’s your move? [closed]
Here is the position:
What would you do if you only had 5 seconds on the clock?
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Mismatch between my puzzle rating and game rating on chess.com
On Chess.com, I recently passed 2000 in the puzzle section. However, in 10 minute games, I can't reach 1600. How do I bridge that gap and increase my game score? Is 10 minutes maybe too short of a ...
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Why are my tactics ratings on chesstempo and puzzle rush different?
I just started chess.com puzzle rush today for the first time. My chesstempo blitz puzzle rating is 1567, but I can only get to 16-17 on puzzle rush, which is about 1000-1100. My mouse is bit slow, ...
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Why did Puzzle Rush stop at the second fail?
I was playing the popular Puzzle Rush game on chess.com (3-minute version), and the game stopped when I missed the second puzzle (I had 8 seconds left on the clock). The statement is "Three strikes ...
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A question on a puzzle on chess.com
I am a beginner in chess. I am playing a puzzle on chess.com and the puzzle is like this:
White to move
[FEN "r4rk1/p4p2/1p2p2p/2p1P3/3p1q1n/1P1PR1N1/P3QP2/R4K2 w - - 0 2"]
1. Re4
Why is ...
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