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| Jun-18-21 | | WorstPlayerEver: Competely missed it. I'm such a dummy. |
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| Jun-18-21 | | sfm: Sour loss, so close, so many winning moves along the way, and finally, after 45.c7?? missing the draw after 45.-,Qf1 46.Qf1. That chess, (and life) at times. |
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| Jun-18-21 | | agb2002: Black has a bishop for a rook.
White threatens c8=Q.
Apparently, Black's only option is 45... Rxh3:
A) 46.Kxh3 Qh1+ 47.Qh2 Qxf3+ 48.Kxh4 Be7+ (48... g5+ 49.Kh5 Qf6 50.Rc6 looks problematic) A.1) 49.Kh5 g6+ 50.Kh6 Qe3+ and mate in two.
A.2) 49.g5 Bxg5+ 50.Kxg5 f6+ 51.Kh5 (51.Kg6 Qg4#) 51... g5#. B) 46.Qe2 Rg3+ 47.Kf(h)2 Qg1#.
C) 46.Qe3 Qg1+ 47.Kf2 Rh2#.
D) 46.Qd4(b6,a7,xh4) Qh1+ 47.Kf2 Rxf3+ 48.Ke2 Qf1#. |
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| Jun-18-21 | | Cellist: I saw the combination up to move 48 and expected 49.Kh5, which ends in mate, too. Failed to consider 49.g5, but when I followed the moves, I saw that the B sacrifice leads to mate, too. Nice combination, but it is indeed a seemingly hopeless position for Black where only the desprate moves promise something. |
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| Jun-18-21 | | mel gibson: The King can't take the Rook or it's mate in 6.
Otherwise it's draw. |
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| Jun-18-21 | | Socrates2: A perfect example of a swindled game. |
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Jun-18-21
 | | chrisowen: No it mean umbrage Rh3 no? |
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| Jun-18-21 | | awfulhangover: I was totally confused, black seemed totally lost, and I would have done the so called ultimate blunder: resigning in a won position. But, when I saw Rxh3 it was a ?Heureka? feeling. As white I would have vomitted in disgust! |
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| Jun-18-21 | | Brenin: <awfulhangover>: Take heart from the fact that you wouldn't have resigned in a won position, only a drawn one. After 45 ... Rxh3 White can avoid mate by giving up his Q with 46 Qf1 Rg3+ 47 Kf2 Rf3+ 48 Kxf3 Qxf1+ 44 Ke4. Black has Q+B+2P for 2R, but White's threat of c8=Q leaves him with nothing better than a draw. |
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Jun-18-21
 | | Jimfromprovidence: There are a lot of ways white could win on move 45. One subtle way to do so is by moving the d rook one square over with 45 Re2, below.
click for larger view
Now, if the same sequence as the text occurs through 48 Kxh4, then the e rook prevents 48 ?Be7+. |
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Jun-18-21
| | chrisowen: No huffle no? |
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| Jun-18-21 | | johnnydeep: This was beautiful. Sadly, I missed it. |
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| Jun-18-21 | | Refused: 45...Rxh3!! took me longer than it should have. You have to admire the geometry in the main line tho a) 46.Kxh3 Qh1+ 47.Qh2 Qf3+! 48.Kxh4 Be7+ 49.g5 Bxg5+ 50.Kxg5 f6+ and white is getting mated on the next move. Either with g5# or with Qg4# However, I am not entirely sure about the side line 46.Qf1 Rg3+ 47.Kf2 Rxf3+ (yes that thing is persistent) 48.Kxf3 Qxf1+ The white c-pawn is rather advanced. |
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| Jun-18-21 | | njchess: A fairly well known game from GM Tony Miles. I don't know if it won any brilliancy prize but it is amazing all the same. Still, the talk of the tournament was the resurgence of Tal, who scored 14 out of 17, with no losses against a pretty strong field. |
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Jun-18-21
 | | Breunor: Yes dead draw according to the Silicon monster. 1) =0.00 (38 ply) 45...Rxh3 46.Qf1 Rg3+ 47.Kf2 Rxf3+ 48.Kxf3 Qxf1+ 49.Ke4 Qe1+ 50.Kd4 Qa1+ 51.Kd3 Qf1+ 52.Ke4 After 46 Kxh3 white is lost
1) mate-in-6 (22 ply) 46...Qh1+ 47.Qh2 Qxf3+ 48.Kxh4 Be7+ 49.g5 Bxg5+ 50.Kxg5 f6+ 51.Kh4 g5# Game was easily won before 45 c7?
1) +17.89 (24 ply) 45.g5 Rc1 46.c7 Rxc2 47.Rxc2 Qa1 48.c8=Q g6 49.Qxh4 Qg7 50.Qxa6 Qe5 51.Qac4 Qe8 52.Qc8 Qe7 53.Qf4 b3 54.axb3 Qa3 55.Qcc4 Qe7 56.Qa6 Qd7 57.Qh4 Qd8 58.Qac4 Qd6 59.Qcd4 |
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| Jun-18-21 | | awfulhangover: <Brenin> Thanks! The engine gives you right! |
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Jun-18-21
 | | FSR: One of the great swindles of all time, analyzed in my Wikipedia article on the subject: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swind... |
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| Apr-30-23 | | N.O.F. NAJDORF: What is wrong with
42. c7 Rxh3 43. Kxh3 Qh1+ 44. Qh2 Qxf3+ 45. Kxh4 Qxd5 46. c8=Q ? |
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Jun-29-23
 | | sleepyirv: <Slim Pickings> |
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Mar-03-25
 | | offramp: My son and I have played <GTA> for a generation. We have a feel of kinship with GTA: I've always consider the game to be Scottish. Did you know that? During the game, my son does all the shootin and fightin. I do the "admin", that's the boring interludes between mission, like upgrades. There is a mission with that title (as above). It didn't register with me immediately. <I> thought it was the Rod Stewart song, <"The Killing of Georgie parts I, II, III, IV, V and after that I lost track of the roman numerals">. Odd that there was that Scottish connection. |
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| Mar-03-25 | | Allderdice83: < Jimfromprovidence: There are a lot of ways white could win on move 45. One subtle way to do so is by moving the d rook one square over with 45 Re2, below. click for larger view
Now, if the same sequence as the text occurs through 48 Kxh4, then the e rook prevents 48 ?Be7+.> 45. Re2 allows 45 ... Bd6, threatening 46 ... Rh2#. Looks like the best way to deal with that is 46. f4 Rxh3 47. Kxh3 Qh1+ 48. Qh2 Qf3+ 49. Kxh4 Bxf4 50. c7 g5+ 51. Kh5 Bxh2 52. c8=Q+ Kg7 53. Rxh2 Qf6 54. Rc6 Qf4 55. Qc7 Qe3 56. Rc5 Kh8 57. Qd8+ Kh7 58. Rxg5. Alternatively, Black can try 49 ... g5+, but I think White wins on 50. Kh5 Bxf4 51. c7 Bxh2 52. c8=Q+ Kg7 53. Rxh2, or in this line, 50 ... Qd5 51. c7 gxf4+ 52. g5 f3 53. c8=Q+ Kg7 54. Red2. White can also play 45. f4 (instead of 45. Re2). Now on 45. f4 Rxh3 46. Kxh3 Qh1+ 47. Qh2 Qf3+ 48. Kxh4 Be7+, White has 49. g5 f6 50. c7 fxg5+ 51. fxg5 Qe4+ 52. Kh3 Qf3+ 53. Qg3 Qf1+ 54. Kg4, winning |
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| Mar-03-25 | | Nosnibor: Instead of 38.Rd5 maybe 38.Kg2 which may hold out longer. |
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| Mar-04-25 | | areknames: A superb swindle and a worthy GOTD for sure, but I don't get the pun. Anyone? |
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Mar-04-25
 | | tamar: I suspect the pun was written by a Grand Theft Auto fan. |
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| Mar-04-25 | | areknames: Thanks <tamar>. Makes sense, grand theft=swindle. Should have thought of it myself. Actually, not a bad pun at all. |
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