The daily position for Friday 4 September 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 →
Black to move. the model gives this to 1 in 3 at this level.
34…♘︎e4 — most players miss this · the threat is d2+ — what it plays next if the defence does nothing
35…♘︎xf2+ — the natural move
36…♘︎e4+ — the standard move
37…♖︎c8 — almost nobody finds this · worth +1
38…♘︎f2+ — hard to find · worth +1
“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.
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What happened at the board
Socko found it · 0-1
the game went on38.♕︎e7d239.♔︎e2♖︎c140.♕︎d8+♔︎g741.e6♖︎e1+0-1full game ↗
The field
40% of the 15 committed lines here found the key move — the model predicted 29% at this level.
Notes from the room
AnlamK · 2026-09-04
It's not at all clear to me how ..Nxf2 was winning but the idea is that there is no way to stop the d pawn. Engine analysis: 38. Qb4 Nf2+ 39. Ke1 Rc2 40. Kf1 d2 41. Qb1 Rc1+