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Chess.com daily puzzle (Warning: spoilers)

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Goofee Mar 2022 11:46am, 11 Mar 2022 4,109 posts	Quote Pin Goofee Today’s Daily Puzzle is a classic theme, even though I had to pause just before the end of the sequence…. Indeed, though I failed to pause and went wrong
JCB Mar 2022 1:15pm, 11 Mar 2022 3,134 posts	Quote Pin JCB Thanks for the clue. I almost paused. 😉
JulesR Mar 2022 10:15pm, 17 Mar 2022 28,215 posts	Quote Pin JulesR This is from a report from a recent U.K. tournament: Even more striking was the performance of England’s youngest chess hope Shreyas Royal, 13, who was the lowest rated of the 10 starters yet finished the nine rounds unbeaten, missing what might have been the youngest ever English IM norm by just half a point. His Fide rating jumped 76 points. However, it was a Royal win that got away which provided the most bizarre moment of the tournament. At move 21, he missed a standard tactic which would have forced mate in three. At move 22, he missed a different mate in three which a novice would be expected to spot, and in the final position at move 23 where he agreed a draw he was still winning easily. White to play and mate in 3 - this wasn’t a blitz game and he’s rated nearly 2300 but missed the tactic:
JCB Mar 2022 2:23am, 18 Mar 2022 3,152 posts	Quote Pin JCB Nice one! I didn't see SPOILER
JulesR Apr 2022 5:58pm, 25 Apr 2022 28,253 posts	Quote Pin JulesR Black to play and win. Bonus points for the prettiest solution.
jda Apr 2022 6:07pm, 25 Apr 2022 12,425 posts	Quote Pin jda Very cute
JulesR Apr 2022 6:14pm, 25 Apr 2022 28,254 posts	Quote Pin JulesR I found 3 solutions - it’s pretty hard for black not to win, but they only had 16.6 seconds left on the clock to convert.
JulesR May 2022 9:37am, 1 May 2022 28,265 posts	Quote Pin JulesR I just solved a Sunday chess.com daily puzzle fairly quickly - that’s a very rare event.
jda May 2022 10:33am, 1 May 2022 12,443 posts	Quote Pin jda I think that sort of puzzle's a bit of a cheat. The general idea was obvious enough and I know it's within the rules....
SPR May 2022 7:17pm, 3 May 2022 36,735 posts	Quote Pin SPR Was lucky to get away with a draw in my second anniversary cup game vs Oranj. There was one move that would have been totally winning that was missed by both of us (the actual move played led to a draw). chess.com Easy to find now I guess but glad Oranj didn't find it at the time as I'd have been resigning on the spot.