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Lichess Feedback - Puzzle 43270#6

This is definitely an odd one. Manuel, you're right that after Black plays Qxa2, c5 takes away the queen's last flight square, and the best line involves sacrificing the queen for White's bishop on b2…


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Lichess Feedback - Puzzle 3235#3

My order was: 1. Bxe7 Qxe7 2. Nh4 Na3 3. Ng6+ Kxh7 4. Nxf8+ Kg8 5. Ng6 after which White is up the exchange and 5. ...Nxc2 leads to further trades. My issue was that 5. Qh7+ Kf7 is unclear. The engine…


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Lichess Feedback - Puzzle 3235#1

Could anyone provide insight into the final moves of puzzle 3235? In the following position: http://en.lichess.org/analysis/r4Nk1/1pp1q1p1/1b2pp1p/1P1pP3/3P4/n1P5/2Q2PPP/R4RK1_w_-_-#0 I played Ng6 (an…


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Lichess Feedback - Puzzle 2530#1

Similar to a previous post: can puzzle 2530 be changed to return a "good move, but you can do better" for Bb5+ from the following position? http://en.lichess.org/analysis/r7/pp2Q2p/2kp4/3Np3/2B1P3/8/P…


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Lichess Feedback - Question about Puzzle 54274#1

In the seventh move of Puzzle 54274, Ned5 is mate in one, while Ncd5 leads to mate in two. Shouldn't the mate in two at least return a "good move, but you can do better" instead of failure? It was a l…


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