#chess puzzle

[anarchychess]

help what do i do in this position? (i'm black)

[caffeine-or-death]

New Rule.

If I mate on a puzzle then it should count as correct regardless of if it was the one the computer says I was supposed to play or not.

[nathanielthetallone]

A quick note, so the whole chess puzzle leads to a set called Aion-archive, this interesting for many reasons, some of those are in the site, but I wanna focus on the name itself Aion-archives because in Vespers host our dear friend Astraea has this to say in the quest

"Vesper Station: I’ve got the archive of Dr. Bray’s published staff memos. Petabytes of data in the raw files. Rasputin. The Stoneworm protocols. **The Aion Initiative**. Soteria. I had siblings this whole time. And you never let me know."

" The Spider: Do tell if you’d like a hand with that data, my dear! My agents may be amateur Splicers at best, but they get the job done."

This to me implies that Aion archive either houses a Ai or is Ai powered archive, and as we know in the edge of fate teaser we see a braytech satellite, perhaps that is the Aion archives itself.

Either I wait to see what the secret hunters can find and the best of luck to you all.

[chessismyaesthetic]

Really pleased with myself for finding this move so let's do it as a puzzle so I can share my smugness. After Black's king move, what's the best move for white here? Answer is below the cut.

It's a knight sacrifice leading to a dangerous mate threat because it allows the queen in to g6...

Black missed rook f7 to prevent the mate in 2 from here, playing Qd8 instead.

[fairy-eater-chess]

White to move and mate in 2

[nextlater]

This position comes from a game Ayumu played during the Action Quads rapid game tournament in Las Vegas on June 15, 2023. Ayumu's opponent with the White pieces is down an Exchange and a Pawn and has a hopeless position against best play, but is still fighting. Here, he's just played 29. Rxb4. What move did Ayumu hit him with to finally convince him to resign?

[chess-games-news]

Dear friends and chess players, I dedicate this little video 🎥 for those brave enough to have in their repertoire the aggressive Sicilian Dragon 🐉 variation that inflict terror 😱 in their opponents minds… I’m just kidding… 🙃 🤣

Distintos amigos e enxadristas, dedico esta mini película aos afoitos, e porque não dizer, bravos usuários da variante do Dragão 🐉 que, não poucas as vezes, expele fogo 🔥 pelas narinas… Estou somente brincando 🙃 🤣

[quality-street-rat]

This is a checkmate! I finally won with a REAL checkmate!!