Jul-03-04
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| iron maiden: 20...Qb5!! is a brilliant queen sac by Shaba. Taking the queen with either the bishop or knight results in mate with 21...Nb3 (in the latter case because the bishop on c4 becomes pinned). |
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| Jul-03-04 |
| xu fei: 20...Qb5 21.Nxa4 Qxc4+ 22.Qxc4 Nb3# is beautiful as well. |
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| Jul-03-04 |
| ConspTheory06: xu fei you missed a very easy move. after 20...Qb5 21. Nxa4 Nb3# the queen takes bishop isnt needed. Further more the black bishop cutting directly at the king is the soul of the attack and then with the pin theory on the white bishop just makes for a beautiful combination! |
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| Jul-03-04 |
| xu fei: <ConspTheory06> You're right, I forgot about the latent pin on c-file, thanks ;-) |
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| Jul-03-04 |
| likestofork: On White's 15th move.....why not 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 ... Now what does black do? Gotta get the Q over there, so 16.... f6 17. exf6 Qh7 18. Qf4 Bg6 19. Ng5 Qh6 20. Bf4, and at least you've quelled black's attack on the queenside. Or do you forgo taking the pawn on f6 at move 17, and instead push to e6? Now you've got connected passed pawns in the middle of the board that are either going to be crammed down black's throat, or up his....no, wait, that way they might wind up meeting in the small intestine. Not very appetizing for black, and if nothing else, at least better than what white wound up doing. |
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| Jul-03-04 |
| HailM0rphy: Doesn't Nxc3 also win? Qxc3 wins the queen or eventual mate via Nb3+. ..And if bxc3 Qa4 threating mate on c2. and if c2 guarded Qxa3 with eventual mate. I Missing somthing? all lines seem to work |
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| Jul-03-04 |
| chessfritz1: <HailM0rphy> after bxc3 Qa4 Kb2 and then Qc2+ Ka1 and now white is threatening d6 |
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| Jul-03-04 |
| HailM0rphy: Bah Kb2 works thx m8 |
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Jul-03-04
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| kevin86: Here is an excellent example of a chess-problem tactic:the half pin. When a player forces an opponent to move a piece that creates a pin on another,it is called a half pin. If white takes the queen on move 21-the knight mate becomes possible as the bishop is now pinned. |
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| Jul-03-04 |
| Karlo Santos: I didn't see 20...Qb5. I was looking at 20...Nxc3 and either 21.bxc3 Qa4 or 21.Qxc3 Na4 followed by 22...b5, but 20...Qb5 is obviously more to the point ;) |
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| Jul-03-04 |
| uponthehill: Very difficuilt puzzle, I suppose about 500 rtg pts above me. |
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| Jul-03-04 |
| caballos2: Why 10.a3? Is the pin on the knight (Bb4) so irritating? It looks like 10.Nf3 is possible (completing the development). After Bb4, white may try d6 I guess, though it's true that Bxc3 (followed by f6) leaves white with a less attractive pawn structure. Some comments? |
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| Jul-03-04 |
| bob725: Excellent puzzle and I got it!!! |
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Jul-03-04
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| LIFE Master AJ: What a smoking game!!!
(I had seen it somewhere before, but it was nice to see it again.) |
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| Jul-03-04 |
| ughaibu: LIFE Master AJ: I think I'm the only member who hasn't got you on "ignore", unfortunately your posts dont inspire me to reply. |
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| Jul-03-04 |
| erikcu: Funny thing happened today. I did not even bother to look if it was black or white to play, and started trying to find a white to win puzzle. The more I looked the better black's position seemed. A rook in line with the king, the bishop holding off two of the king's escape squares, and 2 more blocked by whites own rook and pawn, with the kings back to the wall, and the knights threatening a fork with the queen and king... Man I wished todays puzzle was 20 black to play and win... Then I looked up and chuckled. |
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Jul-03-04
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| iron maiden: The exact same thing happened to me. I was sitting there for about five minutes trying to find a move for White. |
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| Feb-11-05 |
| aw1988: <ughaibu> Actually, I do not have him on ignore either. Since you wish to violate kibitzing rule number 3, merely attack him without him abusing you, perhaps you are the one who should put him on ignore. |
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Feb-11-05
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| iron maiden: Hate to go back to something that happened over half a year ago, but how was his post an attack. |
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| Feb-11-05 |
| aw1988: You may have a specific definition, but in my view "I think I'm the only member who hasn't got you on "ignore", unfortunately your posts dont inspire me to reply." on a perfectly harmless comment such as a smoking game is an attack on another user. Provoking without reason. |
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| Feb-11-05 |
| samvega: Let me see if I've got it: "Your posts don't inspire me to reply, but they do inspire me just enough to reply that your posts don't inspire me to reply. Your posts are so uninspiring that I'd put you on my ignore list, but then I couldn't read your posts and reply to them to tell you that they are too uninspiring to reply to." |
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Feb-11-05
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| Albertan: The move 16...Bf2!? looks interesting (with the threat of 17...Nc5! looming.) So after 16...Bf2!? 17.Be3 seems forced after which play might have continued: 17...Nc5 18.Bxc5 Bxc5 19.Rhf1 Bh7 with an equal game. It is hard to believe that a move like 17.h3?! could be the beginning of the end in this game. 17.Rhf1 looked okay for White ie.17...Nc7 18.Nh4 Bh7 19.h3 Nbxd5 20.Bg4 Qc6  |
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