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Qf5 is a major blunder. Can you spot why? (Answer in comments)
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# | Player | Country | Elo |
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1 | Magnus Carlsen | ๐ณ๐ด | 2839 |
2 | Fabiano Caruana | ๐บ๐ธ | 2786 |
3 | Hikaru Nakamura | ๐บ๐ธ | 2780 |
4 | Ding Liren ๐ | ๐จ๐ณ | 2780 |
5 | Alireza Firouzja | ๐ซ๐ท | 2777 |
6 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | ๐ท๐บ | 2771 |
7 | Anish Giri | ๐ณ๐ฑ | 2760 |
8 | Gukesh D | ๐ฎ๐ณ | 2758 |
9 | Viswanathan Anand | ๐ฎ๐ณ | 2754 |
10 | Wesley So | ๐บ๐ธ | 2753 |
September 4 - September 22
Hangs the queen or is mate in 2. If queen takes queen, black cant take back otherwise bishop b5 is checkmate as its double check with the bishop and the rook and its impossible to defend/escape from both as the escape squares are blocked by blacks rook and bishop.