The engine says it’s equal after that pawn falls. I would say it becomes a three-result game after that, though I think it’s easier to play with White. In the end, the game did end in a draw (I found a perpetual), but I missed the stalemate trick

Well, nobody solved it, but the solution is BEAUTIFUL! Queen a1 check, King b3 (or, if the Knight blocks, the d5 pawn will fall), and then... Queen a3 check!!! And it's a stalemate.

Come on, give her a break, everyone is allowed to have one bad tournament

Wesley So is CRUSHING everyone at the US Championship. Yesterday he won a lost (!) endgame against Ray Robson, today he won a drawn pawn endgame against Andy Woodward. This shows tremendous class. He’s now also risen to No. 6 in the world in live ELO.

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A tricky position from my today's game at the Atyrau Open tournament in Kazakhstan. Black to move and make a draw. Can you find it?

Nd6 is nasty!

We can use a different word, but you have to be OK with not doing some things that you like as much as you would’ve liked to do them if you want to reach the top. Of course, this isn’t a problem if chess is the only thing that a person finds exciting (not the case for me)

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My new tournament starts today - Atyrau Open, final leg of the Kazakhstan Cup. Lots of legends are playing, including Kamsky and Jobava. Also, some of the Uzbek Olympians and top Kazakh, Russian and Indian players (35 GMs overall). It’s going to be exciting!

In Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, I almost never get draw offers and never offer draws as well. I think I’m usually at around 50-70 classical games per year

The engine probably loves this for White, but in a practical game Black would score a lot (I would say it’s much easier to play with Black here for a human). Like it often is in the mainline KID. What’s the Stockfish eval?

I like this approach!

Absolutely!

I'm back to solving the Killer Homework at the @killer_chess Academy every week. Very hard calculation exercises, but it's great training. This week, I managed to solve correctly 2 out of 6 in both sections. Need to improve my form - the next classical event is coming soon.

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