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Sorry, me again. Why doesn't the black queen move to A5 after Rc4? I saw the rook move, but it seemed that Qa5 refuted.

I don't understand why the black pawn which moves c7-c5 isn't taken en passant by the white d6 pawn. I am sure that I am missing something, but I just can not find what.

I must not have made myself clear, it happens all the time. I have played enough games to establish a rating. While still not high enough to frighten anyone, my current rating is two points higher tha…

Just out of curiosity, I am now at my highest rating ever and it says that I have dropped twenty something points over that last 12 games. How does that happen?

Sorry, not able to tell b's from d's. What I was trying to say was: 1Na4...Bb4 2Nd2 (instead of Bd2),,,Bxd2 3Kxd2...Qxa1 (there are other responses, but all of them are worse for black than Qxa1) 4Qxa…

I am really confused by this one. In response to ...Bb4 the "correct" response is Bd2. Nb2 is "wrong", not even "good move, but you have a better". Yet, I preferred to keep both bishops and Nb2 can ac…

Sorry, I don't get it. The correct response to the advance of the pawn should be ...Bf1. If the pawn advances or captures then Qxg2++. Or to prevent checkmate ...Qe4 followed by the capture of the paw…

To lose this puzzle because you don't take the pawn before taking the queen seems a bit harsh. Perhaps a, "Good Move, but..." might be OK, but not a loss. Q-B5 also works, and perhaps even better as i…

The queen appears trapped at the ending of this puzzle. How is that a best move?