| Aug-25-03 |
| jaime gallegos: The Bishop´s attack Bxh7! is very common to destroy a castled king but Ba3!!! is beyond my imagination.. |
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| May-13-04 |
| Whitehat1963: Nicely done! |
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| May-13-04 |
| poktirity: Yes that a nice move. |
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Jun-26-04
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| patzer2: If 10...Kg6, then 11. a4! is winning (with the threat of 12. a5+ Kh6 13. Nf7+  ). |
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Jun-26-04
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| patzer2: 13. Ba3! illustrates that a pin can and should be used for more than winning material. In this case it immobilizes the Knight as part of a mating attack to prevent it from blocking the intended 14. Qh8# (since the pin prevents 14...Ng8). |
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| Mar-04-05 |
| aw1988: I assume a4 means h4? |
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| Mar-04-05 |
| Saruman: <aw1988> The same can of course be said about 12.a5+, <patzer2> must be very busy all the time! |
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| Aug-01-05 |
| Averageguy: The move Ba3 is very original and shows a crucial new maneuvre in th greek gift sac. |
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Jan-15-06
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| chessgames.com: A rejected Wednesday puzzle.
13.Ba3! is beautiful but not necessary. The standard approach also works: 13.Qh8+ Ng8 14.Nh7+ Ke7 15.Bg5+ |
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| Jan-15-06 |
| syracrophy: Sacrificing all the pieces is NOT ENOUGH STILL to avoid the mate: 13...Nb4 14.Bxb4 Bc5 15.Bxc5 Qe6 16.Bxe6 and there's no way to avoid 17.Qh8++ This proves that there was no way to avoid the mate |
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| Jan-16-06 |
| morpstau: Sacrificing all the pieces is NOT ENOUGH STILL to avoid the mate:
13...Nb4 14.Bxb4 Bc5 15.Bxc5 Qe6 16.Bxe6 and there's no way to avoid 17.Qh8++ This proves that there was no way to avoid the mate
Marshall was wild!!! |
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| Apr-10-08 |
| pavi: not to get off topic , but
Isn't the sicilian the oldest opening?
Or is it the Ruy Lopez? |
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| Jun-02-08 |
| Morphyisgod: <chessgames.com> You say Ba3 is beautiful but not neccisary, but it is the quickest path to mate, and therefore the best move, the standard approach as you say, (13.Qh8+ Ng8 14.Nh7+ Ke7 15.Bg5+) is winning, but not the best move, and is'nt the point of a puzzle o find the best move? |
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| Jul-04-09 |
| Gouvaneur: Totally agree with Morphy.
The line with Bg5 is fine, but Ba3 usually doesn't work in those French-Games, because there is a pawn on b2.
Therefore Ba3 deserves to be the best move, since it wins quickest. |
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Oct-11-09
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| hedgeh0g: A nice little miniature by Marshall, but it has a very "blitz-like" feel to it. |
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sac: 9.Bxh7+
