Last week’s solution is here. For this week, once again your mission is to hold the draw in a rook endgame, this time as Black:

As always, I’d love to hear what variations you were working on for last week’s position. Sound off in the comments. In Week 1’s post, I gave some suggestions on how to tackle these positions. Click here for that refresher.

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Last week’s solution is here. Always consider forcing moves, even ones that look like they lose on face value!

This week’s puzzle is White to play and draw. Precision is required:

As always, I’d love to hear what variations you were working on for last week’s position. Sound off in the comments. In Week 1’s post, I gave some suggestions on…

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Last week’s solution is here.

For this week, Black missed a stellar win below. Can you find it:

As always, I’d love to hear what variations you were working on for last week’s position. Sound off in the comments. In Week 1’s post, I gave some suggestions on how to tackle these positions. Click here for that refresher.

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I hope you had fun with last week’s bundle! Yesterday, I was inspired by a position I came across from the U.S. Senior Championship in St. Louis.

Can you find the most precise win as White?

As always, I’d love to hear what variations you were working on for last week’s position. Sound off in the comments. In Week 1’s post, I gave some suggestions o…

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Last week’s (hopefully manageable) rook-and-pawn endgame solution is here.

This week, let’s look at a same-colored bishop position where it is Black to play:

As always, I’d love to hear what variations you were working on for last week’s position. Sound off in the comments. In Week 1’s post, I gave some suggestions on how to tackle these positions. …

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Last week’s exercise came from the 2026 World Senior Team Championships, which I had to report on for my day job. The full game is Chapter 5 in this study, and the ridiculous subtleties begin on move 61.

This week’s position is White to play, and it might be familiar if you followed Divya’s World Cup victory last year.

As always, I’d love to hear …

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Last week’s solution is here, and I hope you enjoyed the underpomotion line!

This week’s puzzle is from the same tournament, and it’s a little different. There isn’t one best move here, but I’d like you to evaluate both 61. Kc3 and Ke3, and determine the difference.

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Last week’s solution is here, and it’ll pull you in multiple directions.

This week’s puzzle is White to play and tread very carefully:

As always, I’d love to hear what variations you were working on for last week’s position. Sound off in the comments. In Week 1’s post, I gave some suggestions on how to tackle these positions. Click here for that re…

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Last week’s solution is here, and it’s a fun practical exercise navigating pawn promotion against enemy passers.

This week’s puzzle is White to play and hold the balance:

As always, I’d love to hear what variations you were working on for last week’s position. Sound off in the comments. In Week 1’s post, I gave some suggestions on how to tackle the…

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Last week’s solution is here, and it’s a nice bridge between theoretical rook endgames and more practical play.

This week’s puzzle is White to play and win:

As always, I’d love to hear what variations you were working on for last week’s position. Sound off in the comments. In Week 1’s post, I gave some suggestions on how to tackle these positions. …

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Last week’s solution is here, and makes a lot of sense once you see it, but it wasn’t the easiest schema for me to come up with.

This week’s puzzle is Black to play:

As always, I’d love to hear what variations you were working on for last week’s position. Sound off in the comments. In Week 1’s post, I gave some suggestions on how to tackle these po…

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Last week’s solution is here, and it’s as concrete as you’d expect from a knight-and-pawn endgame.

This week’s puzzle is White to play and hold the balance:

As always, I’d love to hear what variations you were working on for last week’s position. Sound off in the comments. In Week 1’s post, I gave some suggestions on how to tackle these positions. …

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Last week’s solution is here, and it’s a surprising one. When I found it, I showed it to Sabina (who often contributes to the US Chess website, and does fantastic work) and she seemed annoyed with herself that she didn’t find it under time pressure. But she still won the game!

This week’s puzzle is Black to play:

As always, I’d love to hear what va…

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Last week’s solution is here, and it’s a surprising one. When I found it, I showed it to Sabina (who often contributes to the US Chess website, and does fantastic work) and she seemed annoyed with herself that she didn’t find it under time pressure. But she still won the game!

This week’s puzzle is Black to play, and will serve as a nice warm-up f…

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Last week’s solution is here, and it really tests your ability to navigate king-and-pawn endgames.

This week’s puzzle is Black to play:

As always, I’d love to hear what variations you were working on for last week’s position. Sound off in the comments. In Week 1’s post, I gave some suggestions on how to tackle these positions. Click here for that r…

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Last week’s solution is here, and it’s a clever one. You either got it, or you didn’t.

This week’s puzzle is White to play:

As always, I’d love to hear what variations you were working on for last week’s position. Sound off in the comments. In Week 1’s post, I gave some suggestions on how to tackle these positions. Click here for that refresher.

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Last week’s solution is here, and it’s an instructive one about king centralization.

This week’s puzzle is Black to play:

As always, I’d love to hear what variations you were working on for last week’s position. Sound off in the comments. In Week 1’s post, I gave some suggestions on how to tackle these positions. Click here for that refresher.

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Last week’s solution is here, and it’s a doozy.

This week’s puzzle is White to play, and it’s more of a positional than a calculation exercise, but that doesn’t mean precision isn’t important:

As always, I’d love to hear what variations you were working on for last week’s position. Sound off in the comments. In Week 1’s post, I gave some suggestions…

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Last week’s solution is here, and it’s a head-scratcher.

This week’s puzzle is White to play:

As always, I’d love to hear what variations you were working on for last week’s position. Sound off in the comments. In Week 1’s post, I gave some suggestions on how to tackle these positions. Click here for that refresher.

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