SPOT ON CHESS PUZZLES For THURSDAY, May 25th of 2023 Congratulations SUPERBET RAPID WINNER GM DUDA

Congratulations to SuperBet Rapid Winner GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda!

He topped a field consisting of Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Anish Giri, Wesley So, Richard Rapport, MVL, Bogdan-Daniel Deac, Kirill Shevchenko and Radoslaw Wojtasze. The event is being held in Warsaw Poland. Two puzzles from the two games given down below…. Next up: The Superbet Blitz Tournament!

SuperBet Rapid Play & Blitz Games from today’s video:

Wojtaszek, Radoslaw vs Carlsen, Magnus
1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 e6 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. O-O a6 9. Re1 Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. e5 Nh5 12. Nb3 g6 13. Bh6 Rg8 14. Be3 Ng7 15. Nc5 Qc7 16. Rc1 Ne6 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Bf1 Bb4 19. Re2 Ne7 20. Rec2 Nf5 21. Bg5 Be7 22. Bf6 Nfg7 23. Qd3 Bxf6 24. exf6 Nh5 25. Qc3 Rd8 26. a3 Qb8 27. g3 g5 28. Re1 g4 29. Nd4 Rg5 30. Bd3 Re5 31. Nf5 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Nxf6 33. Qb4 d6 34. Qc3 Nd7 35. Qh8+ Ndf8 36. Qf6 Ng6 37. Re2 Qc7 38. Ng7+ 1-0

So, Wesley vs Deac, Bogdan-Daniel
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 h6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Nb8 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 a4 14. Bc2 Bb6 15. d4 c5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Ne3 c4 18. Nd5 Bc5 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Na6 21. b4 cxb3 22. axb3 Nc5 23. bxa4 Nxa4 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Qc7 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Qxd7 Rad8 28. Qa7 Nxc3 29. Bb3 Qe7 30. e5 Nd5 31. Qxe7 Nxe7 32. Ra7 Ra8 33. Rea1 Rxa7 34. Rxa7 g5 35. g3 Kg7 36. Rb7 f6 37. Bd1 Kg6 38. Bc2+ Kf7 39. Bd1 Kg6 40. exf6 Kxf6 41. Rb6+ Kg7 42. Re6 Kf7 43. Rxh6 Rd8 44. Bb3+ Kg7 45. Rb6 Nf5 46. Rxb5 Nd4 47. Rxg5+ Kf6 48. Rd5 1-0

Thanks for watching and we’ll see you later on down the timeline! ~ S