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Sep-25-05
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| suenteus po 147: I'm wondering if I've seen this puzzle before, or if I'm in some kind of chess intuition zone. The sequence "29...Rxe4 30.fxe4 Qd2" came to me almost instantly with the idea that the king is trapped in the corner, but I couldn't make it work after that. Imagine my surprise when I saw it was the solution! |
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Sep-25-05
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| iron maiden: <I'm wondering if I've seen this puzzle before, or if I'm in some kind of chess intuition zone.> Maybe you were remembering V Malakhov vs Zvjaginsev, 2004? |
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| Sep-25-05 |
| KnottyQueen: Please someone tell me it really is Sunday! I didn't get it completely but since I rarely make it past wednesday, I'm proud of seeing 29...Rxe4 (had to pin that rook) *and* 30..Q2d (gotta push the pawns). I then spent time proving that the queen was safe. I was almost sure 31. Qg1 wasn't good enough for white but didn't think of 31.Re2. In any case, 33...e2 was just too deep for me. |
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| Sep-25-05 |
| HelaNubo: I got it. At a first look I was wondering if an immediate 29.... Qd2 could also work, but after 30.Rxd2, cxd2 (30...exd2?; 31. Rd1, Rxe4; 32. Kc2!) 31. Qg1! it is difficult for Black to overcome. (E.g.: 32....Rxe4 33. fxe4, Bd3+ 34. Kb2, Be5+ 35. Ka3 and so on). 29....Rxe4 and 30....Qd2 has the advantage that after 31.Rxd2 Black can play 31...exd2! and then Bd3+, because Kc2 is now impossible. Very nice and subtle. |
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| Sep-25-05 |
| Granite: I looked at the 29. ... Bd3 because of the pin of the rook, and kept thinking "pesky bishop" and so I then saw Rxe4. I did think about Qd1 tactics including the one used but couldn't figure out how to get that rook off the back rank. I did not however consider Qd2 which seems to have been the missing piece of the puzzle for me. I think I was looking for a back rank theme to the week which helped me see that part of it. The puzzles are helping! |
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Sep-25-05
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| who: What happens after 31.Rxd2 cxd2 32.Qg1 |
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Sep-25-05
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| suenteus po 147: <iron maiden> Actually, I've never seen that game before. It's pretty cool though :) |
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Sep-25-05
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| al wazir: <who: What happens after 31.Rxd2 cxd2 32.Qg1>. 31. Rxd2 exd2 32. Qg1 (or Qf2) Bd3+ 33. Ka1 Ba3, to be followed by Bb2#. |
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Sep-25-05
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| who: thanks |
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Sep-25-05
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| al wazir: <Madman99X: 31. Qxd2 may be a slightly better move than the text, but white is sunk in any case.> It's a lot better: 31. Qxd2 exd2 32. Rxd2 cxd2 33. Rd1 Bb4 34. Kc2. White has R + P vs B + B. Black can force the win of the exchange or a pawn with 34...Be2, but I don't think that's grounds for white's resignation. |
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Sep-25-05
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| who: 31.Qxd2 exd2 32.Rd1 and white is definitely in the game. Much better is 31.Qxd2 cxd2 32.Rxd2 exd2 33.Rd1 Bd3+! 34.Kb2 Be5+ 35.Ka3 Bc3 and black plays Bc2 and white needs to give up his rook for a pawn - leaving black up two pieces. |
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| Sep-25-05 |
| The beginner: Dident get it eather.
I saw Rxe4, then i keep on focusing on some variations with Bd3 trying to find a way to exploit the pinned rook. <Madman99x al wazir> Some analys with help from fritz.
31 Qxd2 ..exd2 ??
32 Rd1 ..Be2
33 Rdxd2 ..cxd2
34 Rxd2 ..Bxg4
Eval Fritz 8. -0,40 (13 Ply)
Much better is
32 Qxd2 ..cxd2
The c pawn need to go away from the a1-h8 diagonal so the Bishop can take part in the action. 33 Rxd2 ..exd2
White can just as well resing here.
No way to prevent the pawn from promoting now. Bishops are going to force the king on a3, then force the rook away from e1 and the pawn Queens. |
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| Sep-25-05 |
| Shyielle: Put Login then let player choose their opponient. |
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| Sep-25-05 |
| Raskolnikov: The first move is obvious: the bishop e4 is the nail that keeps the white position together. 30... d2 is very speculative but strangely enough I saw it almost instantly. |
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| Sep-25-05 |
| rya: Omg, I got a sunday. I didn't see past Rf2, but it seems like a simple defender removal to me. Cheers all and happy week. |
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Sep-25-05
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| Benzol: <rya> Good on you! I missed 30...d2 I'm afraid. Oh well, back to Monday tomorrow. |
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| Sep-25-05 |
| Koster: I saw both key moves also, but couldn't calculate it to the end. Have to work on that if I ever want to play serious chess again, which I probably won't. They all seem simple in hindsight. |
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Sep-25-05
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| An Englishman: Good Morning: How embarrassing--I was congratulating myself for getting this one, and then I realized that I was the person who discovered the game. |
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Sep-25-05
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| kevin86: Queen and rooks can be given away due to the pirana pawns and shark bishops. CHOMP,CHOMP,CHOMP!!! |
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| Sep-25-05 |
| TheSlid: <An Englishman> Nice one! If it had been me, I would still have wanted to play 30...Bd3, so don't worry about it : ) |
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| Sep-25-05 |
| tolow4y: This was all possible because black gained a few tempos that started with sacing a pawn in the beggining, and turning that into a spacial advantage. |
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| Sep-25-05 |
| Happypuppet: <aw> The wolf's back! :D In this puzzle, Rxe4 was something I knew was probably in the answer. I had trouble making it work though, and I definitely wasn't going to see Qd2. |
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Sep-25-05
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| patzer2: Today's Sunday puzzle solution involves a passed pawn combination, which begins with the deflection 29...Rxe4!! However, much more more surprising than this exchange pseudo-sacrifice is the followup 30...Qd2! offering up the Queen to set up the decisive passer. My thanks to <who> and others for sharing Black's followup to White's best defense (apparently 31. Qxd2 cxd2! etc.). |
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| Jan-16-06 |
| itz2000: Can someone explain me please why not 12 Qxe4? free Knight in first look...
what is the catch? |
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Jan-16-06
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| Gregor Samsa Mendel: <itz2000> 12...Re8 pinning the queen. |
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