This week we are looking at a commentator, content creator, teacher, a World Youth Champion, a World Junior Champion, a World Blitz Champion, and one of the youngest published authors in the chess scene - Daniel Naroditsky.

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Bg2 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. bxc3 Ba6 12. Re1 Qa5 13. c4 Ne7 14. Bd2 Qa4 15. Bg5 Bxc4

16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Qd4 Qb5 18. a4 Qa6 19. Qc5+ Kf6 20. Re4 Bd5 21. Rf4+ Kg6 22. c4 1-0

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https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1775309

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

http://cassidynoble.com/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/crosswords/chess/chess-replay-you-versus-pachman.html

This week we are looking at the only player in history to be both a World Champion and the President of the international body of chess - FIDE, a member of the inaugural class of Grandmasters, an Olympiad participant for 3.5 decades, a 13-time Dutch champion, an author of 70 chess books, and someone who facilitated the creation of many 3rd world chess organizations to continue to grow the game.

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Nf6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Bb4 Qb6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bd6 Bb7 13. Be2 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 Nf4 15. Qe4 Nd5 16. Ra3 Qd8 17. O-O a6 18. Qg4 g5 19. Qxe6+ Ne7 20. Bh5 Rf8 21. Rf3 Nb6 22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Qxf7+ Kd7 24. Bg4# 1-0

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https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1799875

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

http://cassidynoble.com/

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Hi everyone and welcome back to Puzzle week! These are some of my favorite to make.

I am going to give you 3 different puzzles this episode ranging from easy to hard. I will be giving you the piece location of every piece on the board and it will be your job to figure out the correct sequence of moves to complete the puzzle.

Puzzle 1 - FEN: [8/8/1q6/4N3/7r/4N3/1k2K1P1/8 w - - 0 1]

Puzzle 2 - FEN: [8/8/8/k1pr3p/P1R4K/7P/6P1/8 b - - 0 1]

Puzzle 3 - FEN: [8/8/8/6R1/P7/3p4/3rk3/2K5 b - - 0 1]

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