 Website founded by Milan Velimirović in 2006
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The purpose of this small application is solely - your entertaintment. It will test your two-move solving skills. There will be one new test every day called "Test of the Day" with a window of 7 days for solving. Problems are be presented to you one at the time and your task is find the solution and submit the key move as quickly as you can.  | Now with a click-sensitive diagrams!A new feature (from September 2010) is a click-sensitive diagram: you can specify your answer simply by showing it on the diagram: click the piece and then click where you think it should go. A new outlook of diagrams will hopefully enhance your solving! |
InstructionsThe rules are simple, you should only keep in mind the following:- The validity of what you type as a key move is not checked; your input is blindly compared to the actual key (disregarding all interpunction signs like ':' or 'x' for captures or '=' prefix before the promoted pieces, if any) and in case of any mistake you don't get the point.
- Use the English notation and uppercase piece symbols without interpunction like ':' or 'x' for captures or '=' prefix for promoted piece, if any; software will try to correct obvious errors, but you'd better not count on it too much!
- Be careful not to enter an ambiguous move in case than another piece of the same kind can reach the key move destination square. Specify either a departure either line or row (which is different same for two pieces). For instance, if alternatives are Sd2-e4! and Sc5-e4? then both Sde4 and S2e4 are correct (
) answers. Alternatively, you can write the departure and the arrival squares (the the picee symbol may be omitted) so it is correct if you write either Sd2e4 or d2e4. - A new feature (from September 2010) is a click-sensitive diagram: you can specify your answer simply by showing it on the diagram: click the piece and then click where you think it should go.
- Each problem can be opened for you only one time; once you see it you must take your chance, it is the only shot you will have!
- You can interrupt the test before any problem and resume it later from where you stopped.
- Test is timed; when you finish it you can view your results and compare them to results of other members. All correct solutions will also be shown to you immediately.
- The above means that your results will also be available to everybody who has taken the same test(s) you did. If you don't like it you'd better not start the test at all... you have been warned! ... but, on second thought, you may hasitate because of that. Therefore the possibility for you to remain anonymous has been introduced meanwhile (long live Democracy!).
- Warning: Some problems may be 'a tough nut' and take a significant amount of your time for solving. In order to avoid the session timeout you should better be logged-in with 'Remember me' option checked!
Following key-move patterns are acceptable (with formally correct key samples in the second column):pattern | sample |
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pcd | Se4, [P]e4 | pccd | sde4, [P]de4 | pdcd | S2e4, s3xe4 | pcdcd | Sd2e4 | cdcd | d2e4 | oo | 00, 0-0, o-o | ooo | 000, 0-0-0, 0-O-o (for castling) | pcdp | Se4, [P]d8=Q, d8s | pccdp | [P]ed8=q, cd8S | cdcdp | [P]e7ed8q, c7d8S |
- p = piece symbol, c = character a..h, d = digit 1..8, o = 0, O or o
- all interpunction (captures, checks etc.) is ignored anyway
- lowercase piece symbols are recognized, except when the bishop moves to a- or c-file.
- en passant capture should not be indicated, e.g., "de6 ep" = wrong, "de6" = OK
Enjoy your solving! |
| TrainingYOUR  STATISTICS |
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Correct keys | Avg. sec. | Percent |
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0 (of 0) | 0 | 0% |
(This one won't affect the average time!) |
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