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| Dec-25-06 |
| GazoGypsy: <syracrophy>Thank You for our Christmas treats! |
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| Dec-25-06 |
| thedoyle: 34. Kxa2 Bc2+ 35. Ba5 Rxa5#
34. Kc1 Qa1# |
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| Dec-25-06 |
| slowcrawl: Merry Christmas all! For a second I thought that today was Sunday, and I was amazed that I got it so quickly! Haha. Then I remembered it was Christmas and Chrismas was going to be on a Monday this year. |
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| Dec-25-06 |
| nimzo knight: A Monday Puzzle it was. Queen was a 'greek' christmas gift :). |
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Dec-25-06
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| patzer2: Today's Christmas present from <chessgames.com> is the Queen sacrfice 33...Qa2+!, which decoys the White King into a three move mate after 34. Kxa2 Bc2+ Ba5 Rxa5# (as noted by <thedoyle> above). |
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| Dec-25-06 |
| ALEXIN: simple and very esthetic "discovered checkmate". |
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| notyetagm: 33 ...  a2+! is a lovely <DECOY> into a <DISCOVERED CHECK>. White is mated whether he takes the Black a2-queen (34  xa2  c2+ 35 a5  xa5#) or not (34 c1 a1#).A <DISCOVERED CHECK> is like getting a move for free: the masking piece (Black a4-bishop) can move anywhere and do anything. Here the <DISCOVERED CHECK> 34 ... a4-c2+ allows the Black light-squared bishop to cover the b3- and b1-flight squares of the White king with tempo, creating a <GRECO MATE>. |
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Dec-25-06
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| kevin86: Merry Christmas! This was a garden variety Monday puzzle-the simple queen sac and mate. Today's game was spiced with good esthetics also. |
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Dec-25-06
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| akatombo: 
click for larger viewWHITE TO PLAY |
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| Dec-25-06 |
| syracrophy: 
click for larger viewWHITE TO PLAY |
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| Dec-25-06 |
| syracrophy: <akatombo> 1. d3+ a2 2.g8= a1 3.g1+ a2 4.b1#Or if 2...b5 3.g1 b4 4.a7# |
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Dec-25-06
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| notyetagm: A very well played game by Edward Lasker.
I particularly like the rook lift sequence 25 ... fc8, 26 ... c5, 27 ... b5, 28 ... b3. This rook is then sacrificed so that Black can open the a-file for his a8-rook (29 ... xa3 30 xb3 xb3), which results in Black's attack on the castled king being miles ahead of White's. |
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Dec-25-06
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| akatombo: <Syracrophy> There is a mate in 3. |
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| Dec-25-06 |
| syracrophy: <akatombo> You should have said that before |
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| Dec-25-06 |
| chessmoron: <akatombo> 1. g8=N b6 2. Ne7!! Kxb4 3. Nc6# |
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| YouRang: A nifty queen-sac Monday puzzle, making nice use of discovered check and mate. |
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| Dec-25-06 |
| echo unlucky: <Syracrophy> What's the solution to the last puzzle? The best I had was 1. Qc4 d5 2. Qxc8 Qxc8 3. Rxc8 etc. Couldn't find a forced mate. |
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| Dec-25-06 |
| syracrophy: <echo unlucky> But white has enormous material advantage, my friend :-)
click for larger viewWHITE TO PLAY AND DRAW |
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| Dec-25-06 |
| DeepThought: New Year Resolution:
Spot Monday Queen sacs on Chessgames.com eventually, please! |
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| Dec-25-06 |
| Grumpi: Bf2 e3 Bxe3 Qxe3 Qf2 Qxf2 a5+ and stalemate
If Qc5 (after Qf2)then a5+ winning |
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| Dec-25-06 |
| trumbull0042: This is no Christmas present... |
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| Dec-25-06 |
| syracrophy: Now here's a puzzle that is somewhat similar to today's puzzle:
click for larger viewBLACK TO PLAY |
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| Dec-25-06 |
| diemjay: <33...Qa2+ kind of jumps of the board at you.>
<dzechiel>
Agreed. |
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| Dec-26-06 |
| Grumpi: Rxh2+ Bxh2 (if Kxh2, then Qh8+ and mate in two) Ng3+ Bxg3 Qh8+ Bh2 Qxh2+ Kxh2 Rh8+ Qh5 Rxh5# |
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| Dec-28-06 |
| JYMMI: Too easy for a Thursday puzzle. |
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sac: 29...Qxa3