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• TZAAR: Puzzle #16

  Elegant approach

  Jul 22, 2026TZAAR★★★

  

  ivyed_seer keeps the TZAAR puzzles coming. Medium difficulty. Black to move — win in two turns.

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• TZAAR: Puzzle #15

  Light warm-up

  Jul 17, 2026TZAAR★★★

  

  Another easy TZAAR puzzle from ivyed_seer. Black to move — find a line that wins in two turns.

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• TZAAR: Puzzle #14

  Easy as pie

  Jul 15, 2026TZAAR★★★

  

  A warm-up TZAAR puzzle from ivyed_seer. White to move — find a line that wins in exactly two turns.

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• TZAAR: Puzzle #13

  Strategic planning

  Jul 13, 2026TZAAR★★★

  

  More TZAAR puzzles from ivyed_seer. Difficulty keeps rising. White to move — find a line that wins in two turns.

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• TZAAR: Puzzle #12

  Remove’em all

  Jul 11, 2026TZAAR★★★

  

  Another TZAAR puzzle from ivyed_seer. Medium difficulty. Black to move — win in exactly two turns.

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• TZAAR: Puzzle #11

  Medium difficulty

  Jul 9, 2026TZAAR★★★

  

  Sir ivyed_seer raises the bar in TZAAR puzzles. Black to move — find a line that wins in exactly two turns no matter how White replies.

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• TZAAR: Puzzle #10

  Attention wins games

  Jul 7, 2026TZAAR★★★

  

  An attention puzzle in TZAAR from ivyed_seer. Even with many pieces on the board, victory can be one step away. Black to move — win in one turn.

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• Top Cap

  Simple is not a flaw

  Jul 6, 2026 3 min read Area control

  

  I hesitated a long time before writing about this game — next to heavyweights like TZAAR or DVONN it looks almost too simple. Honestly, even the brisk tactics of Cat-a-comb can feel baroque beside it. Yet Top Cap fits this blog’s theme perfectly: a pure deterministic abstract with perfect information. Extreme simplicity here is not a weakness — it is the main virtue.

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• TZAAR: Puzzle #9

  Size doesn’t matter

  Jul 2, 2026TZAAR★★★

  

  Another TZAAR puzzle from ivyed_seer. Despite bigger stacks, Black can still lose. Can White find the winning move?

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• TZAAR: Puzzle #8

  A bit harder

  Jun 30, 2026TZAAR★★★

  

  Raising the bar. A TZAAR puzzle from ivyed_seer. Medium difficulty. Win in exactly two turns. Can you solve it?

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