Hi everyone! Welcome back to another episode! It is puzzle time! These are some of my favorite episodes to record.

I will be giving you the location of each piece that is on the board, and I will give you a little time to consider the solution and solve the puzzle before I present the solution. I highly recommend attempting the puzzles on your own before listening to the solution.

This week, we will be looking at 3 different puzzles. I will give an easy one, a medium one, and a difficult one.

Puzzle number 1:

White has a King on f7

White has a Bishop on d4

White has a Bishop on f3

Black has a King on h6

You are playing white and it is white to move.

On to puzzle number 2!

It is white to move in this game and you are playing white.

White has a Rook on b3

White has a King on g2

White has a pawn on h2

Black has a pawn on g5

Black has a pawn on g4

Black has a pawn on h5

Black has a King on h4

Puzzle 3:

You are playing white and it is white to move.

White has a Bishop on b4

White has a King on d3

White has a Rook on g8

Black has a Knight on d6

Black has a King on e5

Black has a Bishop on b2

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This week we are looking at a rising star. A 3-time US Women’s Chess Champion, the youngest female player to defeat a Grandmaster, the youngest American woman in history to earn the International Master title - all before the age of 22 - Carissa Yip.

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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nb3 a6 9.Re1 Nf6 10.Nbxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Qc7 12.Qe2 Bd7 13.Bg5 O-O-O 14.Rad1 Bd6 15.Bxa6 Bb4 16.c3 Bd6 17.h3 bxa6 18.Qxa6+ Kb8 19.c4 Bc5 20.Rd3 Ba4 21.Qxa4 Rxd4 22.Rb3+ Bb6 23.Be3 Rd6 24.c5 Rc6 25.Bf4 1-0

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https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2768625

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carissa_Yip

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This week, we are looking at the history of a 3 time World Blitz Champion, a 5 time World Champion Candidate, and who some have nicknamed as the ‘funniest’ or the ‘thug life’ Grandmaster - Alexander Grischuk.

He never quite reached the pinnacle of the classical chess world. He qualified for multiple Candidates tournaments and World Championship tournaments, landing just short of the title on a couple occasions.

But! He did win the World Blitz Champion on 3 different occasions, maintained a 2700+ rating for over 22 years, was the number 3 player in the world and spent a quarter of a century in the top 100 players in the world.

So that is all that we have for this week, tune in next time where we will continue to work on our blindfold skills and look at another game of the Masters.

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1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Ne2 d5 7. c4 d4 8. exd4 Ng4 9. Na3 Nc6 10. Nc2 cxd4 11. d3 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Qf5 13. f4 Nb4 14. Nexd4 Qc5 15. Ba3 a5 16. h3 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Ne3+ 18. Ke2 Nxd1 19. Raxd1 Bxd4 20. Rhe1 Rd8 21. Kd2 e6 22. Re2 Nxa2 0-1

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https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1669171

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Grischuk

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