The Daily Five

One game from each of five categories, shortest first, and a different five every day. Today's is up.

Start the run with Defend

5games

75points on offer

0/5played today

The run, in order

0/5

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 2ParkerSliding block puzzleGet the red one outEverybody has blocked you in, every block is stuck on one axis, and there is one gap in the wall.Today's board1 2 3 Play 3CrunchNumbers gameSix numbers, one targetAdd, subtract, multiply and divide six numbers into a three-digit target, never going negative or fractional.Today's board1 2 3 Play 4OutrankPredict the rankingCall the crowd's orderVote for your favorite, then call the order the rest of today's players put them in.Today's board1 2 3 Play 5ShardsJigsaw crosswordReassemble the crosswordThe solved grid was shattered into lettered pieces, so put them back until every word reads true.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 5 up. A game played on its own still counts toward it, but you need all 5 in the same day to take a rank on the circuit board.

What finishing it pays

The Full FiveFinish every game in this circuit on the same day.gold

A fresh five lands at midnight Eastern, one game from each of five different categories.

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