The daily position for Sunday 23 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 35% at this level.
The solution
34…♖︎c3+!(not34…♕︎c3+?35.♗︎e3♕︎e1+36.♗︎f2♕︎c3+37.♔︎g2+−)35.♔︎h4(if35.♖︎f3then35…♖︎xf3+36.♔︎xf3♕︎h3+=)35…♖︎h3+36.♔︎xh3♕︎xf5+37.♔︎g3(37.♔︎h2is as good:37…♕︎f2+38.♔︎h3♕︎f3+=)37…♕︎e5+(not37…♕︎xf6?38.♕︎f4♕︎a139.hxg6fxg640.♗︎e3+−)38.♕︎f4♕︎e1+⩲
34…♖︎c3+ — most players miss this
35…♖︎h3+ — most players miss this · worth +1
36…♕︎xf5+ — the standard move
37…♕︎e5+ — hard to find · worth +1
38…♕︎e1+ — 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
Ratkovic played ♕︎c3+ instead · 1-0
in the game34…♕︎c3+35.♗︎e3♕︎e1+36.♗︎f21-0full game ↗