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Nikitenko – Dhulipalla

2nd Chola Chess GM 2026 · 2026.06.26 · Elo 2479/2432 · tactic · ★
The daily position for Monday 31 August 2026. It is still open to solve — the grader reads your whole line, sidelines and evaluation included, before anything here is shown. Cover the solution and solve it first →
. . r r . . k .
p . . . n . p p
. p . . p p . q
. . . . n . . .
. P . . . P R .
P . . . P . . R
. . . . B . P P
B . . Q . . K .
White to move. the model predicts 74% at this level.

The solution

32.♕︎xd8+! (not 32.♕︎f1? ♘︎xg4 33.♗︎xg4 ♕︎g6 34.♗︎xe6+ ♔︎h8 =) 32…♖︎xd8 33.fxe5 (not 33.♖︎xh6? ♘︎xg4 ⩱) 33…♕︎xh3 (if 33…♕︎xe3+ then 34.♖︎xe3 f5 35.♖︎d4 +−) 34.gxh3 +−

“hard to find”, “the natural move” and the rest describe how often this move is played by Maia-2, weighted across the 1500/1900/2000 audience the difficulty model is fitted on — a model of human play, not a count of anyone who solved this position.

Members can take this away as a PGN — the diagram, the verified line and their own analysis in one file, for a database, Anki or Chessable.

What happened at the board

Nikitenko found it · 1-0

the game ended inside the printed line — full game ↗

The field

93% of the 28 committed lines here found the key move — the model predicted 74% at this level.

Notes from the room

32.♕︎xd8+ ♖︎xd8 33.♖︎xh6 ♘︎xg4 34.♖︎h3 [34.♗︎xg4 gxh6 35.♗︎xe6+ ♔︎f8 36.♗︎xf6] 34…♘︎h6 35.♗︎xf6 gxf6 36.♖︎xh6 ⩲
32.♕︎xd8+ ! ♖︎xd8 33.fxe5 ♕︎xh3 34.gxh3 +−
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