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| May-28-10 | | SamAtoms1980: <TheaN: <SamAtoms1980: Wait ... hold on ..... (You can fill in the rest)>
I was expecting it to be "YEEAAAHHHHH!!!!!!! LOLLOLOLOLOLLLLLLLLLLL"> Indeed, same as the Monday, Tuesday and Thursday puzzles.... think of it as a theme within the theme.... |
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May-28-10
 | | Marmot PFL: Not much difficuly finding the right move here, with only one movable piece. |
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| May-28-10 | | YetAnotherAmateur: Nimzo described this kind of situation as a desparado piece - it's a piece that is in fact trying to get itself captured, which promptly reverses all the rules about where you should put it. In this case Rb8 does the job nicely, and I'm not entirely sure why this counts as "difficult". |
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| May-28-10 | | patzer3844: extremely easy for a friday |
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| May-28-10 | | A Karpov Fan: got is (way too easy for Friday) |
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May-28-10
 | | beenthere240: The drawing combination began way back on move 60 when black sacked a rook (he was a pawn down at the time) to set up the stalemate threat. |
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May-28-10
 | | SuperPatzer77: Nimzo was awfully lucky - he walked away with a stalemate. White's actual blunder was 98. Kb1???. Alfred Ehrhardt Post missed the winning move - 98. Rbc4! 98...Ra8, 99. Rc3+ Ka2, 100. Rd2! Rb8, 101. Kc1+! (discovered check) - (not 101. Kd1+?) Rb2, 102. Rxb2+ Ka1, 103 Ra3# 1-0 SuperPatzer77 |
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| May-28-10 | | zanshin: Way too easy for a Friday. But I'll take it. Thanks <CG>! |
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May-28-10
 | | DavidatHunter: Agree with everyone else - a snap for a Friday - although the fact that stalemate is this week's theme made it that much simpler. |
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| May-28-10 | | randomsac: Cool puzzle. Maybe a bit easy considering the stalemate theme, but this puzzle could fit in anytime. Obviously, black can't survive down a rook, so he wins one (or stalemates) by Rb8, pinning the rook to the king. Beautiful puzzle. |
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| May-28-10 | | jinga: difficulty: 4 stars? well,... i saw this after a minute, it felt for me very easy.
searching for winning moves is simply impossible and too greedy, my view changed immediately to a possible draw-move. then it was easy. |
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May-28-10
 | | paulalbert: Agree that this seemed easy for Friday, but stalemate/pin idea very instructive. Paul Albert |
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May-28-10
| | awfulhangover: Easy, but so funny. CG has made us stalemate experts this week. Can't wait for tomorrow and sunday! |
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| May-28-10 | | rapidcitychess: I'm back! Now to the puzzle.
98...Rc1+! with a "crazy rook" as Sneaky calls it, perpetual.1/2-1/2 |
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May-28-10
| | beenthere240: 58...a4! sows the seeds of the stalemate position. It's clear that many of these stalemates were not last minute inspirations but actually the stinging end of a carefully calculated drawing combination. |
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| May-28-10 | | rapidcitychess: Shoot, I didn't quite notice it. Oh, well. :( |
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May-28-10
 | | YouRang: The solution is simple enough. Stalemate is the obvious tactic, only the rook is mobile, and it has only one square that makes the stalemate stick. But what a game! White worked so hard to escape the crazy-rook draw, only to fall into the stalemate trap. Good perseverance by black, but I think white should have won. For example, on move 90, white had this position:
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He played 90.Rcc4 threatening the a-pawn, but it's easily parried by ...Ra8. A stronger plan would be to create mate threats by pushing the black king against a wall with 90.Rc3+! This would go: 90...Kb2 <if 90...Rb3, then 90.Rcc4 wins the pawn> 91.Rh3 <setting up double rook rolling mate attack> Rb7+ <if 91...a3? then 92.Rd2+ Kc1 93.Rg2 wins> 92.Kc6 <black out of checks; but K now on open file FWIW> Rb3 <giving K a way to avoid being pushed to 1st rank> 93.Rh2+! <force K to a3 or lose a-pawn> Ka3 [diagram]
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94.Rhh4! <and pawn is a goner>  |
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May-28-10
| | beenthere240: 88...Rb2 threatens an entirely different type of draw. Rxb2, Kxb2 and white must give up his rook to stop the a pawn. |
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May-28-10
 | | chrisowen: No raising the standard. I salute stringing along the masterful Rc8+ crumpled, gearing white's psyche into playing Kb1. Brief copy looking for a stalemate Nimzowitsch is flagging. Drum up exposed king he nods off backward, calmness allowing Rb8. It is a thumping of game knocks, man Post must have been fuming. Let er your guard down and Aron gets back with a smacker in time. |
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May-28-10
 | | David2009: <syracrophy> Nice puzzle! Play it out here http://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-t... |
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May-28-10
| | David2009: Finding the win at move 61 (White to play) is difficult: 
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http://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-t...
Can you do better against Crafty than Post did against Nimzowitsch? |
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| May-28-10 | | VincentL: This game, like others in the puzzles this week, was played more than 100 years ago. A drawing opportunity arose (stalemate or perpetual), and was taken. But one wonders whether modern GMs would have resigned much earlier, so eliminating the possiblity of a "last minute swindle". One might argue that they should play on longer, but with the number of tournaments and games today, it would probably not be practical to do so. |
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| May-28-10 | | zooter: Well, this ain't so difficult
98...Rc4 and now the rook cannot be taken by either of the white rooks (leading to stalemate). White cannot off course move the b rook away without losing the d-rook. Time to check. Stalemate week rules! |
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| May-28-10 | | turbo231: I agree, easy for a Friday. |
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May-28-10
 | | whiteshark: Here is a tougher Friday nut for you
Oldrich Duras; Sachove Listy, 1901: 
click for larger view<White to move, draws <>> You can pee the solution at my forum... :D |
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