The daily position for Friday 14 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 gives this to 1 in 4 at this level.
The solution
35…♗︎c2!(not35…♗︎d3?36.♘︎xd3♘︎xd337.♖︎xf7♔︎xf738.♖︎f1++−)36.♖︎de1(36.♖︎c1is as good:36…♖︎a2∓)36…♖︎a4(not36…♗︎d3?37.♘︎xd3♘︎xd338.♖︎xf7♕︎xe1+39.♖︎f1=)37.♕︎h4e6∓
35…♗︎c2 — the natural move · the fair stop: the line may end here
36…♖︎a4 — routine — shown for completeness, never demanded
37…e6 — 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.
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
Xu found it · 0-1
the game went on36…♕︎g737.♕︎g5♕︎f638.♕︎d2♗︎d339.g5♕︎c340.♕︎xc3♖︎xc341.♘︎xd3♘︎xd342.♖︎b1… on to move 97 · 0-1full game ↗