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| Dec-23-04 |
| white pawn: Got it :-D. Piece of cake |
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| Dec-23-04 |
| Nickisimo: Well I saw it in about 15 seconds. So I guess I'm a lot dumber than most on here. |
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Dec-23-04
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| ChessPraxis: <DWINS> I can understand playing a game out to its conclusion. There is also a case to be made in favour of resigning when all variations are decisive. So, in this game, Samisch could have resigned before playing his 20th move because no matter what he did he was going to get mated in one. |
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| Dec-23-04 |
| rover: What I don't understand is why didn't black play f6. Of course white is still much better but there is no clear win. |
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| Dec-23-04 |
| Dick Brain: <rover> He didn't play f6 because he wanted to end his misery more quickly. It's no fun after ...f6 with White coninuing, for instance, with Qh7+ and Qxh5+ and further harassment coming soon with the white rook on the third rank and a possible 0-0-0. |
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| Dec-23-04 |
| DanielBryant: I remember this from somewhere.
Was Qh6 on Tim Krabbe's list of best moves? |
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| Dec-23-04 |
| morphy234: I got it. it was kind of eezy |
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| Dec-23-04 |
| jeremykelly2000: I just want to say to Chessgames that I have appreciated the puns this week. All to often we forget that it's Christmas time because we feel the need to be Politcally Correct. This is Christmas time, and I am thankful that you have made puns reflecting that. Thank you! |
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| Dec-23-04 |
| chessowl: Right! saw this one straight away for a change! |
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| Dec-23-04 |
| chessowl: Just played through this game, it is really a beauty, must keep it! beautiful the way he gets into position here. |
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| Dec-23-04 |
| larryslade: Is there an archive of the home page puzzles? |
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| Dec-23-04 |
| erikcu: I was with you <rover> in trying to figure out the implications of 20.Qh6 f6. Great for those that saw the game as played in zero point whatever seconds, but if you do not figure out the implications of a possible king escape you might find yourself way over extended and 0-1 opposed to 1-0. |
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Dec-23-04
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| tpstar: There is a post from 4/4/04 giving two specific lines after 20 ... f6 instead of the game continuation allowing mate. |
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Dec-23-04
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| kevin86: This is a two-four problem. Too easy for Thursday-i guess to make up for the rock crushers last week. |
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| May-04-05 |
| DWINS: There is another explanation for why Samisch allowed himself to get mated. Maybe he didn't! In "The World's Great Chess Games" by Reuben Fine, the game score has Samisch resigning after 20.Qh6 Who is correct? Fine or Chessgames.com? |
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Mar-01-06
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| notyetagm: 20  h6!! |
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| Mar-27-06 |
| MorphyMatt: <DWINS> I think Fine is right, the score of this game is wrong. |
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Mar-27-06
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| Pawn and Two: <MorphyMatt> You are correct. The tournament book for Marienbad 1925, by Bernard Kagan, Berlin 1925, confirms that Samisch resigned after 20.Qh6!. |
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| May-07-06 |
| CapablancaFan: 20.Qh6!! Wow. No defence to this! |
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Oct-20-07
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| I3illieJoe: Samisch resigned after 20.Qh6. He did not get mated. |
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Jun-03-08
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| notyetagm: White to play: 20 ?
click for larger viewThe key tactical point noticed by Janowski (White) here is that the Black g8-king would be both
<STALEMATED> and <EXPOSED> to a mating check if only the Black g7-pawn did not <BLOCK> the
g-file to the Black g8-king.
But if the Black g7-pawn is <SHIELDING> the Black g8-king along the g-file, meeting the threat of  h3-g3# by
<BLOCKING> the g-file, then which Black piece is <DEFENDING> the h6-square to keep the White e3-queen out? No Black piece <DEFENDS> the h6-square! So Janowski played the thunderbolt 20 e3-h6!! Position after 20 e3-h6!! 1-0
click for larger viewBlack resigned because he is dead lost in all variations, the thematic line being 20 ... g7xh6 21 h3-g3#. (VAR) Position after 20 ... g7xh6 21 h3-g3#.
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| Apr-25-09 |
| WhiteRook48: 20 Qh6!! |
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Oct-27-09
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| Phony Benoni: This was apparently the Game of the Day for Oct-22-04. Does anyone happen to recall what the pun was? |
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Oct-27-09
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| tpstar: <Phony Benoni> I believe they used "The Masterpiece of Marienbad" to follow that week's theme of famously titled games; "The Sac of Rome" "The Pearl of Wijk aan Zee" and "The Jewel of Oropesa" were the three preceding GOTD. There is a kibitzing comment on 10/22/04 about this game being a "masterpiece" and another comment about how the pun is lacking. ;>D |
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Oct-27-09
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| Phony Benoni: <tpstar> Thanks. There's also a collection using that, so I think it could be right. I'll go with it for now, and let someone have the thrill of correcting me. |
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