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Feb-27-12
 | | sevenseaman: <viking78> Its great. Anyone not familiar with the pattern solving it is really something. I didn't solve it the first time I came across it. I remember
3. Nd5# escaped me. |
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| Feb-27-12 | | zb2cr: 7, Nxe5! If 7. ... Bxd1, then Legal's mate follows with 8. Bxf7, Ke7; 9. Nd5. If 7. ... dxe5; 8. Qxg4 and White remains a piece up. If 7. ... Qh4+; 8. g3, Bxd1; 9. gxh4, Bh5. White must extricate his Knight from e5 but he is still a piece up. I didn't bother to work out the win after 7. ... d5, but I'm sure it's there. |
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Feb-27-12
 | | Memethecat: This is only easy because we've all seen it so many times, but its no less beautiful for that. Is it Legals mate?
After <7Nxe5> black should accept the loss of a piece with <7...dxe5> otherwise......<7Nxe5 Bxd1 8Bxf7+ Ke7 9Nd5#> ***
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Feb-27-12
 | | OhioChessFan: <FSR: Is that Legal?> I don't care, so long as you help me beat the charges. |
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Feb-27-12
 | | Patriot: A famous mate that I recognized instantly. 7.Nxe5! and you know the rest. I would say the best "human move" would be 7...d5 just to make white think a little--after all, black is lost anyway! An easy response would be 8.Nxg4 or 8.Qxg4, but 8.Bxd5 also looks good. On 8...Qxd5 9.Nxd5 Bxd1 10.Nxc7+  . The best "computer move" is probably 7...dxe5 8.Qxg4 . |
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Feb-27-12
| | Patriot: Actually 8.Bxd5 is terrible, proving my point that 7...d5 is not a bad human move to give white a chance to go wrong! But I missed the 7...Qh4+ 8.g3 line. I guess pattern recognition got the better of my senses. |
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| Feb-27-12 | | newton296: solved it in 3.24 seconds!
legals mate! |
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Feb-27-12
 | | chrisowen: <Patriot> It yeah in entree the centre I scotched in e5 too let us see what fate, has in store for us nect ar ne5 allowing blackburnes mat ala legale go ahead in nxe5 bd1 bxf7+ ke7 nd5# agreed pxe5 giving enact in exactly it fish in bg4? Assume it her purpose in compute really it twin slow and being facetious light off affable ne5 bxd1 it's not best booking stint oh in nut ease eminate what you see actually it peach in nxe5 black crowing for space but bishop un-guarded I have now posted in a few times on your page but little thought a quest to find the miser can you install it me think in reply appreciate your willingness to mean what in low mood it patience for summon in bxf7. |
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Feb-27-12
| | Memethecat: <viking78> You are so lucky, you got the chance to work out this beautiful combo. Most people here, as in 90% plus, read about it in books. Congrats for solving, bit difficult for a Monday.
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| Feb-27-12 | | Limpin Kt: Simple enough, but not simple enough for monday. If memory serves right, its something similar to legal mate- but original legal mate wasn't tactically failsafe it seems. |
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| Feb-27-12 | | CHESSTTCAMPS: In this opening trap position, material is even, but white's extra developed piece makes a huge difference. Black's Ne5 looks so perfectly placed - attacking Bc4, reinforcing the pin on Nf3, and (apparently) protecting f7. But it ain't so: 7.Nxe5! Bxd1 (dxe5 8.Qxg4 wins) 8.Bxf7+ Ke7 9.Nd5#
This is known as Legal's Mate, and can arise from various opening sequences, so Pillsbury, for all his accomplishments, was not the originator. |
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| Feb-27-12 | | Hevelius: I am quite relieved to read that I'm not the only one to have taken more than a minute to solve this Monday riddle. A fascinating combination, doubtlessly. |
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| Feb-27-12 | | srag: I love Mondays! Now, <LoveThatJoker, Memethecat and Scormus>, would you please write to me? I'd like to discuss some books by and about Keres with you. My address is gustavoarsilva@yahoo.com.br. Thanks a lot. |
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| Feb-27-12 | | LoveThatJoker: <srag> Why the need for e-mail, bro? Just swing by my forum and talk Keres. I would enjoy hearing what your recommendations on books and opinions on the great Estonian GM are! This is the link to LoveThatForum: User: LoveThatJoker LTJ |
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Feb-27-12
 | | Bobby Fiske: I guess this is the third most well known mate by white in the opening. |
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| Feb-27-12 | | TheTamale: <amaurobius>: Yes, if you weren't familiar with the theme this would certainly be hard for a Monday. It used to amaze me--still does--that masters are so able to exploit weak opening play, whereas hacks like me content ourselves to proceed with slight positional advantage. |
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| Feb-27-12 | | Apoline48: Just want to point out that even if black position is a lost one, it's not yet a forced mate with 7...Be6
instead of comiting suicide with BxQ .
Even a bad player can ask himself why his oponent leaves his Queen en prise ! The real question is how to go on playing after this bad opening. |
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Feb-27-12
 | | kevin86: Monday's puzzle:the Legal mate:queen sac followed by mate with the trio of minor pieces (poetically,equal to a queen) |
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Feb-27-12
| | kevin86: An addendum:reverse the white king and queen in the position and the move:Nxe5 would not be Legal,but ILLegal. |
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Feb-27-12
 | | Robin01: Bravo, good puzzle. When Pillsbury was not baking, he was mating!:) |
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Feb-27-12
| | Memethecat: <srag> that's the 2nd time you've offered me, <LTJ> & <scromus> your email, I'm fairly new to the world of communication via a keyboard but if you are already talking to someone why would you offer to go somewhere to talk to someone?. <srag> if your listening speak up, this is a safe place to air your thoughts about Keres. Or <LTJ>s forum as its a bit off topic here. ^.^ |
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| Feb-27-12 | | geeker: Good to se the hoary Legal's mate in a famous player's game.
To my amazement, I once (at the local chess club) was able to execute precisely this combination! |
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| Feb-27-12 | | MichaelJHuman: What happens with 6...dxe? 7. Nxe5 Nxe5
Isn't 8. Qxe5 suicide?
Having troubles seeing that line |
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Feb-27-12
 | | Garech: Nice and easy one today, although tougher than a lot of the "queen sac mondays". I play the Vienna myself and 3.f4 after Nc6 is not advisable. After Nf6 it's fine but black can equalise quickly with correct play. -Garech |
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| Feb-27-12 | | Crispy Seagull: I'm thinking 7. Nxe5. If the bishop takes Q on d1, then 8. Bxf7+ Ke7 9. Nd5#. |
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