| Feb-03-04 | | sac 4 mate: Moving the attacked queen allows mate starting with 28...Rxc1+. The hard-to-detect bishop move covers the e2 square to complete this mating net. |
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Feb-03-04
 | | kevin86: White is the victim of a fiery cross-pin. The queen dare not stay but cannot move away. The extra spice in the final move is that it doesn't expose itself to capture and doesn't block his own rooks. |
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| Feb-03-04 | | Dick Brain: I like double pin problems. |
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Feb-03-04
 | | patzer2: Today's problem (27... ?) is excellent. It illustrates the "Pin," the "Discovered Attack" and an unusual mating pattern. |
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| Feb-03-04 | | WMD: After Adorjan's favourite move ...b5, Black is OK. |
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Feb-03-04
 | | patzer2: White's more popular alternative is 4. e4, but if M Ginsburg vs Yudasin, 2003 is any indicator Black has adequate resources against it. Black also seems to be able to defend aginst 4. g6 as in V Golod vs Schmaltz, 2003 Perhaps White's best chance to improve in the opening would be 7. Bd3 as in J Donaldson vs Kudrin, 2003 or I Sokolov vs Kudrin, 1999 or G Kallai vs Pinter, 1995 or Zsuzsa Polgar vs Christiansen, 1991 or Huzman vs Shabalov, 1987 |
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| Apr-26-05 | | aw1988: Six kibitzes for a puzzle!? |
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| Sep-19-06 | | Autoreparaturwerkbau: This is one of best puzzles, i've met on chessgames.com in last few years. |
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| Nov-05-06 | | syracrophy: What a beaut of move! 27...Bf1!! <28.Qxa5 Rxc1#> This reminds me one of my cheap puzzles:
 click for larger viewMATE IN TWO |
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Nov-12-06
 | | tpstar: Note 27. Rc3 loses to the Fork 27 ... Rd3 or the Interference/Discovery 27 ... Bd3. Looks like White had to try 26. f3 (instead of 26. Bf3?) and suffer through 26 ... Rd3 27. Qg5 Qxa3 28. Kf2 with no immediate knock-out. |
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| Nov-15-06 | | Cyphelium: <tpstar> On 26. f3, an alternative might be 26.- a5+ 27. f2 (not 27. c3 xd1+ of course) 27.- d2+ 28. g3 cd8 and it's hard to find a move for white. 8d3 is coming and then maybe b6 when white moves the queen. |
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| Mar-21-07 | | Whitehat1963: Fun Tuesday/Wednesday puzzle after 27. Qc3. |
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