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| patzer2: The 45. Qg3!! solution to today'z puzzle performs three essential functions in "breaking the pin," "creating a double attack" (threatening both 46. Rxe8# and 46. Qxg5) and "deflecting" the Black Queen to a losing position. After the deflection 45...Qxh6+ (not 45...Rxg3?? 46. Rxe8#), the followup 46. Qh3 now deflects the Black Queen back to the original square via 46...Qd6 (the alternative 46...Qxh6 47. Kxh6 Rh5+ 49. Kg3 Rg5+ 50. Kf2 also leaves Black helpless to defend against the coming discovered check). Now 47. Kh1 "breaks the pin" and reactivates the double discovered check and mate threat, while leaving Black with no violent checks or other forcing moves available to counter the threat. It also forces the deflection 47...Kg1 as Black must now give up a piece to avoid mate. Following 48. Rxe8+ Kf7 49. Rh8 , Black's material deficit and hopeless position force resignation. |
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| Aug-12-04 |
| marekg248: <meloncio - German is hard> I know what you mean:) By the way, I think Bad Pistyan stands for Piestany spa (Bad is a German word), nowadays it isn't in Czech republic (CZE) but in Slovakia, and in 1912 it belonged to Austria-Hungary monarchy (Hungary part). I believe this is the place where Richard Reti was born (he studied and lived in Vienna I think). |
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| Aug-12-04 |
| marekg248: By the way, great puzzle, I haven't noticed the mate threat after 45.Qg3 Rxg3. I should have taken my time. Duras was a great composer too, I think he composed mainly studies. |
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| Aug-12-04 |
| ruylopez900: Hmm, I saw the threats and considered Qg3, but didn't like how the Rook could shuffle over and check, So I looked at Kh3. Totally missed QxP, but I did notice the whole bunch of mating threats White got :) |
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| Aug-12-04 |
| Saruman: ruylopez900;After 45.-Rh5+? white simply plays 46.Kg1 and then he has an army of threats Qg7# and Rxe8#. |
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| Aug-12-04 |
| chessdr: <gypsy> and <chessical>, doesn't 34. Bf8 fail (or at least fail to force a win) if black plays plays 34. ... Rxg5? (In fact, the same response is what prevented white from playing Bf8 a move earlier.) Black either ends up with 2 rooks for a queen, or else takes the Bf8. I believe that both players seemed to have noticed this possibility, since the game continuation 34. R1g2 makes Bf8 a real threat, while 34. ... Be8 neutralizes it. What do you think? |
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| Aug-12-04 |
| alexandrovm: I missed this one |
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| Aug-12-04 |
| notsodeepthought: <chessdr> I think that after 34 ... R:g5 35 B:f8 Rg1+ 36 Kh2, black is in trouble because of the threat 37 Qf6+, winning the exchange, and I don't see how black can prevent it - if e.g., 36 ... R8g3 then 37 Qf8+, while if 36... Re8 to make room for the king, then simply 37 K:g1. |
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| Aug-12-04 |
| underrated: this finish was very hard for me...after the 10th move i would have not wanted to castle with white because the middle looked nice and safe to me, maybe kf2 or something. i would have wanted to keep my rooks on the edges where there is going to be some pawn pushing...but then again i suck so... |
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| kevin86: This game is very problematic! I love the theme of deflection unpin and later,the quiet retreat. Good game!! |
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| patzer2: <Gypsy> and <chessical> Thanks for the note about the winning possibility 34. Bf8!! It's amazing that it took 41 years for a human to find and publish this possibility, while it only takes today's computers about 41 seconds! <chessdr> After 34. Bf8 <Rxg5>, White wins with 35. Bxh6! Rxg1+ 36. Kh2  [In this position, Black must give up decisive material to avoid the mate threat 37. Qf6+ Rg7 (either Rook) 38. Bxg7 Rxg7 39. h6 any 40. Qxg7#] Play after 34. Bf8!! Rxg5 35. Bxh6! Rxg1+ 36. Kh2
might continue 36...R8g7 37. c4! (37. Bxg7+! or 37. a4! also win) 37...Nd4 38. Qd8+ Be8 ( 38...Rg8 39. Qf6 Rg7 40. Bxg7 h6 ) 39. Bh1! R1g3 40. Qxe8+ Rg8 41. Qe7 Rg1 42. Qf6+ R1g7 43. Bxg7 Rxg7 44. h6 Nf3+ 45. Bxf6 dxc4 46. Qxg7# |
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| patzer2: For those interested in a photograph of Duras or Spielmann or other famous players check out http://www.chesscafe.com/gallery/ga.... Duras was a very successful and well liked player and is quite an interesting historical character worth researching. |
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| Aug-12-04 |
| chessdr: <patzer2> and <notsodeepthought>, yep, that does it. |
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| Aug-12-04 |
| bob725: Again no!
Got queen g3 and foresaw balck queen taking pawn but lost my way after that. |
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| Aug-12-04 |
| sinisa: Bad Pistyan is today Piestany in Slovakia. In 1912 was in Austria-Hungary. So, why CZE? |
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| Chessical: <Sinisa> Perhaps the score was written whilst Czechoslovakia existed e.g. until the 1st January 1993. |
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| Aug-12-04 |
| TheGreatNN: Does 45. Qxd5 work also? Then if ..Qc7 46. Qc5 .. Qb8 47. Qb6 and black is forced to move his king, losing the queen. (I think.) |
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| Aug-12-04 |
| TheGreatNN: Or trade Queen for rook. |
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| Fusilli: No, TheGreatNN. If 45. Qxd5, Qxh6 mate! (oops!) |
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| Aug-12-04 |
| TheGreatNN: That's why they call me "NN". |
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| Aug-12-04 |
| jaime gallegos: sorry I meant 45.Kh3 ... |
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Aug-14-04
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| Gypsy: < jaime gallegos: sorry I meant 45.Kh3 ...> Then 45...Qxh6+ and nothing can stop the mate 47.Qh5 Qxh5#. |
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| Aug-09-05 |
| Whitehat1963: An excellent game from the Player of the Day! |
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Aug-09-05
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| Gypsy: <marekg248: ... I think Bad Pistyan stands for Piestany spa ... in Slovakia, ... I believe this is the place where Richard Reti was born ...> Reti was born in Pezinok. |
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| May-08-08 |
| gauer: white plays, checkmating in two moves:
click for larger viewMy source indicates Gamage, 1911, 1st Prize, with a concept in two variations (Hint: this suggests that perhaps Pawn Defences are at play here, but white first needs to find a successful withdrawl) that introduce the theme of Gamage Interference Unpins. Nd5 seems to be a wonderful Primary threat. One idea would suggest that a Bishop "Pin is mightier than the Sword" (Pawn - (er... - Pen?!) Pun?!), but can you help white put any of this to use in a temporary retreat? A set idea suggests that if the black Knight in the white Stable goes for an early Gallop, then the Rake of the Bishops permanently latches the King within the Sentry of the enprisoning Castle Keepers. |
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