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Oct-25-04
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| Knight13: I've seen this game before. And I would say this is a nice puzzle. Solved in 4.3 seconds. |
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| Oct-25-04 |
| Franz the Stampede: nice one but I went for the rook capture via
13 Nf7+, Ke8
14 Nxh8+, Kd8
15 Nf7+, Ke8
16 Nd6+ and then mate |
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Oct-25-04
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| meloncio: Just for the record: I see you call in English this peculiar and brilliant mate (a knight against a locked king) "smothered mate". In Spanish we call it "mate de la coz" (kick's mate), because the figure is named horse instead of knight. |
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| Oct-25-04 |
| xiaolin: hmm nice, saw the winning the rook first then philidors mate |
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Oct-25-04
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| tpstar: 13. Nf7+!? Ke8 14. Nxh8+?? Nxh5 and Black wins. The double check with 12. Nd6+ was critical. |
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| Oct-25-04 |
| Marco65: I wonder whether the enormous lead in development is really enough for the loss of a rook. Black should have played <9...d6> in my opinion. If White retreats the knight Black has some time to develop. Other aggressive lines don't go anywhere in my opinion (but of course I'm not Bird!), for instance: 10. h5 dxe5 11.xe5+  e7 12.d5 (12.xh8  h3  ) c6 13.xc7+ (13.f6+  d8 and now what?) d8 14.d6+ (14.xh8?  xc7 15.xf8? xf1+! 16.xf1 h3+ 17.f2 xf8) d7 15.g5 xe4+ 16.e2 (otherwise xd4+ exchanges queens) xd4 I'm sure someone else will find improvements for White here, but I'm done with my effort of visualization for today! |
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| Oct-25-04 |
| Apocalypse79: This puzzle was amazing and easy to me.. Finally, I succeeded in solving a puzzle problem at first since entering this site!! |
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| Oct-25-04 |
| Mistereous1: Easy puzzle, saw it immediately (typical for Monday's puzzles). Lots of gutsy moves by white. There is a lot of risk invloved with almost everything. |
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| Oct-25-04 |
| cheski: <Larsker>So THAT is what a 'smothered mate' is. Somehow I had a totally different mental picture:-) |
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| Oct-25-04 |
| Saruman: I solved this one in 0.5 secs, but hey its monday...
This weekend I tried Fred Renifeld's Win At Chess, 18/20 problems solved completly correct should indicate master strength. What a joke I solved like 25 of them in 5 minutes. BTW and Im no master... |
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Oct-25-04
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| patzer2: <Marco65> Sorry for the earlier confusion. I had set the position up incorrectly on my analysis board (left off the Knight on c3). After your 9...d6! White seems to be able to force a draw with 10. Nxf7! (with lots of mating possibilities if Black makes a mistake): 9...d6! 10. xf7! xf7
[10...Be7 11. Qh5 Nf6 12. Nxd6+ Kd8 (not 12...Kd7?? 13. Qf5+ Kc6 14. d5+ Kb6 (14...Kxd6 15. Nb5+ Kc5 16. Be3+ Kb4 17. Bd2+ Kc5 18. Qf2#) 15. Na4+ Ka5 16. Bd2+ Kxa4 17. b3+ Ka3 18. Nc4#) 13. Nf7+ Ke8 14. Nd6+ Kd8 = with a draw by repetition] 9...d6! 10. xf7! xf7 11. h5+ g7
[11...Ke6?? 12. Qf5+! Ke7 13. Nd5+  ; 11...Kf6?? 12. Kf2! Be6 (12...Qxf1+ 13. Kxf1 ) 13. Be3 Be7 14. Bc4 Qxa1 15. Bxe6 Kxe6 16. Qf5#; 11...Ke7?? 12. Bg5+ Kd7 13. Qh3+ Kc6 14. d5+ Kb6 15. Na4+ Ka5 16. Qc3+ Kxa4 17. Qa3#] 9...d6! 10. xf7! xf7 11. h5+ g7 12. g5+ f7 13. h5+ g7 [13...Kf6 14. Kf2 ] 14. g5+ f7 = with a draw by repetition. |
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| Oct-25-04 |
| Nickisimo: I like it when they have easy ones like this that even I can get. :) I hope this is smothered mate week. I love 'em! |
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| Oct-25-04 |
| Uchechi: Black should have played 10...Nf6 instead of Nc6! It was quite unfortunate. |
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| Oct-25-04 |
| Marco65: <patzer2> I couldn't find any improvement for Black in your lines. I get the impression that as soon as White can bring another piece into the attack Black is over. I wonder if Bird played that more based on calculation or intuition. |
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Oct-25-04
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| patzer2: <Uchechi> Your 10...Nf6! is a strong move, which should at least equalize. It is certainly better than 10...Nc6?? 11. Nxf7! . Fritz 8 gives the following line, which, though full of pitfalls for both sides, apparently leads to a favorable ending for Black: 10...f6 11. xf7+ d8 12. g5 f8 13. g7 e8 14. 0-0-0 xh2 15. c4 d5 16. xd5 c6 17. b3 bd7 18. xd7 xd7 19. e5 d5 20. xd5 xg5+ 21. xg5 f4+ 22. xf4 xf4 23. e6 cxd5 24. xd5 f8 25. c7+ e7 26. d5 xe6 27. xf8  (-0.53 @ 16 depth) |
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Oct-25-04
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| patzer2: <Marco 65> I suspect Bird saw some equalizing possibilities for Black (e.g. 10...Nf6! instead of 10...Nc6??), but figured NN wouldn't see his way through the traps and pitfalls. |
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Oct-25-04
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| who: Amazing that till move 10, every move NN plays is Fritz's top choice. |
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Oct-25-04
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| midknightblue: NN really needs to stop getting smothered so often. He seems to fall for it a lot! |
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| Oct-25-04 |
| aw1988: I saw this instantly. Qe8+ followed by smothered mate. Good Monday puzzle. |
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| Oct-25-04 |
| dac1990: Same here. |
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Oct-25-04
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| Knight13: I didn't really solve this problem. I know the answer because I've seen this game few times and I though it was interesting. Good game, though. |
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Oct-25-04
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| tpstar: Note the nearly exact duplicate of this win 17 years later = Bird vs NN, 1886 which indicates Bird knew this line thoroughly. |
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| Oct-26-04 |
| Marco65: <tpstar> That game has been removed. Maybe it was a mistake |
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| Jan-18-09 |
| WhiteRook48: Supposedly NN originally gave his name, but took it back after losing spectacularly. He's not called "NN" for nothing. |
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| Feb-24-09 |
| WhiteRook48: shot down by a Bird |
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