The Chess Circuit

Three games at the chess table: save the king, mate the king, and walk a pawn to its crown. Perfect play punishes everything else.

Start the run with Defend

3games

45points on offer

0/3played today

The run, in order

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1DefendChess: defend the mateBlack to play and surviveWhite is threatening mate. Five moves look like they answer it and exactly one does, and finding it only buys you the next one.Today's board1 2 3 Play 2MateChess: mate in twoWhite to play and mateFind the one move that forces checkmate, then play the line out against the best defense.Today's board1 2 3 Play 3QueenChess: king and pawn endingWhite to play and promoteA king and pawn endgame you are already winning. One first move keeps the win, and then every move of the walk has to be exact against a perfect defense.Today's board1 2 3 Play

Shortest first, longest last. Each game pays 15 points for a win down to 1 for finishing, and the circuit adds all 3 up. A game played on its own still counts toward it, but you need all 3 in the same day to take a rank on the circuit board.

What finishing it pays

GrandmasterFinish every game in this circuit on the same day.bronze

The same 3 games every day, with new puzzles in each of them at midnight Eastern.

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