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| Mar-30-20 | | stacase: I was thinking, "He's not going to take the Bishop with the Rook or the Queen because the g Pawn will just take it." So when he went ahead with the Rook capture I thought I missed something, but OK, I'll take the Rook and ...... Monday puzzle? Coulda been a Tuesday. |
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Mar-30-20
 | | al wazir: I got it, but this isn't my idea of "very easy." |
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| Mar-30-20 | | RandomVisitor: After 17.Rd2 black can likely equal things up with 17...Qb6.
click for larger viewStockfish_20032617_x64_modern:
<39/53 05:01 +0.25 17...Qb6 18.Rb1 Qb3> 19.Qxb3 Nxb3 20.Rd3 Be6 21.Nd5 Nc5 22.Bxc5 dxc5 23.Nc7 Red8 24.Rf3 Rac8 25.Nxe6 fxe6 26.h4 Rd4 27.Rc1 Bd6 28.Bh3 Re8 29.Rb3 Re7 30.e5 Bxe5 31.Re1 Bf6 32.Rxe6 Kf7 33.Rxe7+ Bxe7 34.Bf1 Rd7 35.Kg2 Bf6 36.Kf3 Kg6 39/53 05:01 +0.43 17...Be6 18.b3 g6 19.Rad1 Qb6 20.Rb1 Rad8 21.Ne2 Bc8 22.g4 Qc7 23.Bg5 Be7 24.Bf4 Bf6 25.Rbd1 Be5 26.Bg5 Rd7 27.Be3 b6 28.f4 Bg7 29.Bf3 Rdd8 30.Bf2 Bb7 31.Bh4 Rd7 32.Kg2 h6 33.Bf2 Rdd8 34.Bxc5 bxc5 35.Rd3 d5 36.Qd2 Kh7 |
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| Mar-30-20 | | Walter Glattke: 31.-Nxd5 32.Bxc5 Re8 33.cxd5 |
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| Mar-30-20 | | saturn2: The first idea is the double attack 31 Bd5 pinning the queen and attacking the bishop on c5. All the answers
31...Nxd5 32 Bxc5
31...Rxd5 32 cxd5
31...Be6 32 Bxc5
cost material. |
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| Mar-30-20 | | Brenin: 26 ... d5 was courageous, as in "Yes, Prime Minister, the carbon tax is a very courageous decision". More like a Tuesday than a Monday puzzle. |
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Mar-30-20
 | | Caissalove: The first move I looked at was 31.Bxc5 which also seems to win |
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Mar-30-20
 | | scormus: CG,is that it? I was expecting something a bit more positive on a Monday. Perhaps I was asking too much :
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| Mar-30-20 | | saturn2: <Cassialove> I dont think so. 31. Bxc5 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Bd7 stops the danger.For example 33. Bxb4 axb4 34. Bd5 Be6 35. Bxe6 Qxe6 6. Rd8+ -
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| Mar-30-20 | | Damenlaeuferbauer: After long pondering (as always), the immortal Viktor "the Terrible" Kortchnoi, two/three times vice world champion ([1974,] 1978 and 1981), finally grabs material (as very often) with 31.Bd5!: a) 31.-,Rxd5 32.cxd5; b) 31.-,Nxd5 32.Bxc5; c) 31.-,Be6 32.Bxc5. I had the great pleasure to meet him 22 years ago, when I visited the grandmaster tournament 1998 in Bad Homburg (near Frankfurt/Main), which he won unbeaten ahead of Peter Svidler and Artur Yusupov. The day I saw him, he drew easily with the black pieces against the immortal Bent Larsen. |
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Mar-30-20
 | | FSR: <al wazir: I got it, but this isn't my idea of "very easy."> I agree. Had 31.Bxc5 worked, that would have been very easy. It doesn't. It took me a few minutes to find the solution. |
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| Mar-30-20 | | thegoodanarchist: <FSR: <al wazir: I got it, but this isn't my idea of "very easy."> I agree. Had 31.Bxc5 worked, that would have been very easy. It doesn't. It took me a few minutes to find the solution.> Me too, because after 32.cxd5 Black can fight on. All of my tournament opponents would have. |
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| Mar-30-20 | | TheaN: Ugh. Been a while since I botched up a Monday. Or well, 'Monday'. After 31.Bxc5 (which is the obvious Monday move) Rxd2 32.Rxd2 Qe8! Black just holds (anything else loses, ie 32....Bd7 33.Bxb4 axb4 34.Bxb7 +- is probably the principle variation why Black's in trouble). After 33.Bb6, basically the only real threat White has left, Black has time for 33....Nc6! as now the queen's defending c6 as well. Black's position isn't easy but it's drawn. |
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Mar-30-20
| | scormus: <TheaN> Yes, my first thought was 31 Bd5, my second was it's a bit poor for a Monday, my third was it ought to be 31 Bxc5. All that in a few seconds. My fourth, after a few minutes, was .... I can't make Bxc5 work, what am I missing? Eventually, it must be Bd5 after all :( |
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Mar-30-20
 | | chrisowen: 1 peter 4:5? |
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| Mar-30-20 | | agb2002: White has an extra pawn.
Black's rook and dark square bishop are defenseless. This suggests 31.Bd5: A) 31... Nxd5 32.Bxc5 Qc7 33.Ba3 wins a piece.
B) 31... Be6 32.Bxc5
B.1) 32... Cxd5 33.cxd5 Rxd5 34.Qc1 Rxd1+ 35.Qxd1 + - [N] (35... Bxb2 36.Qd8+ and mate next). B.2) 32... Bxd5 33.Bxb4 axb4 34.cxd5 as above.
B.3) 32... Na6 33.Bb6 Rf6 34.Bxa5 wins decisive material. C) 31... Rxd5 32.cxd5 wins an exchange at least. |
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Mar-30-20
| | chrisowen: No 2 timothy 4:1? |
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| Mar-30-20 | | belgradegambit: Agree with everyone. Hard Monday. Almost gave up then I saw it. |
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Mar-30-20
 | | paulalbert: I finally decided that Bd5 was the best I could find, but thought I must have missed something else of a spectacular nature. Glad I did not spend more time agonizing over why I was so inept and failing to solve a "very easy " puzzle ! |
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Mar-30-20
| | chrisowen: Judges 7 gideon no? |
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Mar-30-20
| | chrisowen: What does a raven do when praying? |
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Mar-30-20
| | chrisowen: Crow shine now? |
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| Mar-30-20 | | Mendrys: The move, 31. Bd5 isn't hard to find. The hardest thing is showing that it is the best move. OTB most of us would have played this without a second thought. But when we're told that it is a puzzle, a Monday puzzle at that, we look for crushing queen sacs or an overwhelming loss of material that would force immediate resignation. This brings to mind the old saying "If you find a good move, look for a better one." Most of us found the good move but spent a lot of time trying to find the better one. My problem has too often been that the "better" move was a complete dud and either lost or led to an equal game. |
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Mar-30-20
 | | steinitzfan: 31. Bd5 is actually very subtle. It breaks a pin and enables one. |
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Mar-30-20
| | steinitzfan: Correction. It enables a pin only if Black captures at d5 with the knight. The unplayability of this variation is what makes Black accept an immediate loss by taking with the rook. |
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sac: 31.Bd5