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| Oct-25-16 | | vermapulak: 45...Qf3+ is not winning ?? |
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| Oct-25-16 | | Abdel Irada: ∞
<Pinkerton: 45...Qe1+
Or 45...Qf3+
leads to #>
You might want to have a second look at 45. ...Qf3+?, which involves a certain problem.... ∞ |
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| Oct-25-16 | | thegoodanarchist: IMO this should have been yesterday's puzzle, and yesterday's should have been today's |
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| Oct-25-16 | | SimonWebbsTiger: @<patzer2>
There's nothing particularly wrong with 8. a4. e.g
Korchnoi vs Zhu Chen, 2001 |
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| Oct-25-16 | | newzild: <Once>. Yes, I spotted 43...Qa8 immediately and went with that as it's obvious that White has no viable defence against a queen check on g2 . I didn't even look at 43...Rxh2+ |
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| Oct-25-16 | | awfulhangover: 43.-Rxh2+ was obvious, but the final trick 45.-Qe1+ took me a minute. I see that some asks why not 45.-Qf3+? Hehe, that is the ultimate blunder! |
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Oct-25-16
 | | gawain: I solved this one much more quickly than yesterday's puzzle. There is only one forcing move with any promise at all--and then everything follows nicely. Just a little thought needed to find 45 ...Qe1+ to end it. That was a nice touch. |
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| Oct-25-16 | | kevin86: Black's rook and queen round up the adverse king. |
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| Oct-25-16 | | patzer2: <SimonWebbsTiger> <There's nothing particularly wrong with 8. a4> Only problem I see is it allows Black equality too easily. After only three more Black moves with 10...Be3 in the mainline or 10...Bg5 as in this game, Black is fully equal. The won/loss/draw results for this line in the Opening Explorer support this conclusion. Perhaps that's why our Opening Explorer shows 8. a3, keeping the tension in the position and covering the hole on b4, is far more popular at Master level than 8. a4. |
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| Oct-25-16 | | Pinkerton: < Oct-25-16 Pinkerton: 45...Qe1+
Or
45...Qf3+
leads to # >
Wrong
Wrong- Donald Trump |
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| Oct-25-16 | | Pinkerton: This puzzle can start with White to move and still lose. |
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| Oct-25-16 | | Howard: This is one of the best POTD that I've seen in awhile. |
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| Oct-25-16 | | BOSTER: < Pinkerton: 45...Qf3+>.
exf3 |
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| Oct-25-16 | | Pinkerton: Black is quality up anyway. Early in the week is looking for a sac and mate. Come Saturday and Sunday is just try to come up with subtle moves that ends in a winning position. Sometimes. |
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| Oct-25-16 | | swclark25: <awfulhangover 45..Qf3+? is the ultimate blunder!> right, but I was tempted to match it with 45..Qf1+? |
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| Oct-25-16 | | Pinkerton: < BOSTER > you're right. Thank you. |
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| Oct-25-16 | | Gilmoy: Saw the sac immediately, and Qg1# after ~1 minute. White should play <1.e4> for a flight square at e2! |
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Oct-25-16
 | | Bubo bubo: The white king is poorly defended: 43...Rxh2+ 44.Kxh2 Qf2+ 45.Kh1 (or 45.Kh3 Qxg3#) Qe1+ and mate after either 46.Kg2/h2 Qxg3+ 47.K~ Qg1# or 46.Nf1 Qxf1+ 47.Kh2 Qg2# |
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| Oct-25-16 | | PJs Studio: Funny... but without the excellent 45...Qe1+! 45... Qxg3?? it's curtains for black if he doesn't accept the perpetual. 45...Qxg3?? 46. Rd8+ Kh7 47. Qg8+ Kg6
48.Qe8+ Kf6 49. Qc6+ Kf5?? (Kf7 is still drawn) 50. Qe4+ Kf6 51. Rf8# So 45...Qe1+! is the finishing touch |
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| Oct-26-16 | | Nova: I agree with <patzer2> that 8. a4 looks a bit peculiar in this Reverse Dragon. After 8…a5 Black has a super nice hold on b4, and White has effectively given up on the queenside minority attack. Maybe White in this setup plans for piece play on c5 and b5 (as in the game), but Black has b4 for his knight, and this makes it awkward for White to generate play on the queenside. At the very least, Fedorowicz shows that Black gets a comfortable game, and his free reign in the center eventually allows for the provocation of weakness and a kingside attack. |
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| Oct-26-16 | | Abdel Irada: ∞
<BOSTER: < Pinkerton: 45...Qf3+>. exf3> That would be the "certain problem" I mentioned. :-D ∞ |
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| Oct-26-16 | | Abdel Irada: ∞
<At the very least, Fedorowicz shows that Black gets a comfortable game, and his free reign in the center eventually allows for the provocation of weakness and a kingside attack.> "Rein."
∞ |
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Oct-26-16
 | | perfidious: <Abdel Irada> In mitigation of that error, I see it in print constantly--so much so that one can be forgiven for believing that 'free reign' is correct. |
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| Oct-26-16 | | Abdel Irada: ∞
And that — without imputing any blame to its countless victims — is precisely why it is imperative to correct this error whenever possible. Otherwise, it will simply spread unchecked until it becomes accepted as "educated usage" because putatively "educated" people in positions of authority fall prey to it. Remember when Bill Clinton told the country, "Give Al and I a chance"? This is the kind of universalization of illiteracy that I would like to stop. ∞ |
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Nov-25-18
 | | Retireborn: In Informator Fedorowicz attaches "only move" to 27.f3 - this seems not to be entirely true, although the alternative 27.Qb3 c5 is no better. After 21...Nd4! Black is better, perhaps winning, because of the weakness of e2 (Fedorowicz) - this suggests that Alburt's mistake was 21.Ne4 and he should have played 21.Nb3 Qd7 22.Rc4 to keep a grip on that d4 square. It's fair to say that White's opening was not a success though. |
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