The daily position for Thursday 13 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 →
Black to move. the model predicts 47% at this level.
The solution
35…a4!(not35…♗︎xd4+?36.♖︎xd4=)36.♖︎d8+♖︎f8(not36…♔︎h7?37.♖︎a8a338.h3h539.♔︎h2=)37.♖︎d5(37.♖︎d6is more resilient:37…♖︎a8−+)37…♗︎xd4+38.♖︎xd4♖︎a8∓
35…a4 — most players miss this
36…♖︎f8 — almost nobody finds this · worth +1 · the fair stop: the line may end here
37…♗︎xd4+ — routine — shown for completeness, never demanded
38…♖︎a8 — routine — shown for completeness, never demanded
“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
Rasulov found it · 0-1
the game went on36.g4♗︎xd4+37.♖︎xd4♖︎a538.♔︎f2a339.♖︎d1♔︎f740.♔︎e3♔︎e641.c4a2… on to move 53 · 0-1full game ↗