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Feb-25-06
 | | patzer2: The position after 37...Rf6, as noted by <dzechiel> makes for an interesting variation in today's puzzle:
click for larger view[After 37...Rf6, find White's winning (38. ?) move(s)?] Solution: 37... Rf6 38. Rg7+! Kh6 (38... Kh8 39. Rg8+ Kh7 40. R1g7+ Kh6 41. Rxe7 Bc6 42. Rh8+ Kg6 43. Bxh5#) 39. Rg8! Rf7 40. R8g5 Bc6 41. Rxh5#. |
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| Feb-25-06 | | Ashram64: 34. Nf7+ Rxf7 35. Rg5 and black is pretty much need to give all the materials back right away. Very nice puzzle for saturday |
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Feb-25-06
 | | Richard Taylor: I found 34 Nf7+ !! Rxf7 35. Rg5! Ng6 36. Rxg6+ Kh7 37. Rg5 when I thought Black only had Rf6 when I thought that 38. a3 forces a win if 38....Nc2 39. Nd5..38. ...Bc6 is another try but White still wins I missed the defence d5 - but I got the main idea of the attack |
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| Feb-25-06 | | ice lemon tea: yay! i got the answer (34.Nf7+ is pretty obvious though and rest of combo is quite easy to see). btw, i must say, the ending is very beautiful :) |
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| Feb-25-06 | | djmercury: Nice to find a match played at Lugano, where I live, and it's even a match of the chess olympiad. It's a pity that they don't organize anymore an high-level international chess tournament here around, although it's fair to say that only two years ago there was the Kramnik-Leko match at Brissago.
About the puzzle, I saw the first two white moves, but unfortunately my calculation skills are not trained enough to see all the variations that could have followed. |
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Feb-25-06
| | Richard Taylor: In the game if 39....Rff6 40. Rg7+ Kh6 41. Bg8 or 40. ... Kh8 41. Rxe7 wins |
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Feb-25-06
 | | OhioChessFan: First move was pretty easy to find. I didn't expect d5 from Black. In replaying the game, h5 looks terrible. It creates the eventual weakness on g5 and the use of the g file for White's winning attack. |
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Feb-25-06
 | | dakgootje: Dont know whether everyone was honest about that they got the puzzle, no i dont blame anyone but suspect that not everyone was honest, but i missed the puzzle, only having the idea of the attack. I only got the 3 first half moves, missing after that the defence of Ng6 (how could i miss it???), and after that just clicked on the puzzle, expecting there was no real defence nor suspicious that it would be too easy for a saturday as yesterdays was imho much to easy too. So i clicked on the game, quickly skipped through the first half until i recognised the position i remembered for the puzzle (i always look this way instead of only looking at the solution), and thought how on earth did i miss that defence when i saw Ng6. After that i began calculating the moves i would have made when i would have seen Ng6 until black resigned and got at least most of the moves which followed correctly, so i wasnt entirely disappointed about my puzzle-performance ;-) |
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Feb-25-06
 | | WarmasterKron: I saw the first move, but not the continuation. I thought about checking with the rook on g6 and so went about trying to deflect the black knight. I didn't find one. |
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| Feb-25-06 | | EmperorAtahualpa: This week I only saw Monday's puzzle so far, but I found the first few moves of today's puzzle!! Well, most of it anyways... I saw 34.Nf7+ Rxf7 35.Rg5 and the basic mating threats after that... I didn't see the possibility of 35...Ng6! which was a nice defensive move I thought. And I should compliment Smyslov on the great finish 41.Bg8+! (41...Rxg8 42.Rxg8 Kxg8 43.Rxh6 leading to material advantage) All in all, a great puzzle! |
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| Feb-25-06 | | PinkPanther: Why 38.Nxd5, isn't 38.Rxh5 just mate straight away? |
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| Feb-25-06 | | EmperorAtahualpa: <Why 38.Nxd5, isn't 38.Rxh5 just mate straight away?> <PinkPanther> Don't forget about 38...Rh6! |
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Feb-25-06
| | patzer2: The final combination with 41. Bg8+! Rxg8 42. Rxh6+ Kxh6 43. Rxg8 wins the exchange and the game. It is a good example of combining the decoy and deflection tactics to remove the guard of an overworked King. |
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Feb-25-06
 | | kevin86: A series of veiled threats,actual threats,and sacs sprinkle this one. Black is doomed from the beginning-or so it seems. |
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Feb-25-06
| | patzer2: Another interesting side variation puzzle, leading to a winning skewer combination, is the position after 39...Rff6:
click for larger view[After 39...Rff6, find White's winning (41. ?) move(s).] Solution: 39... Rff6 40. Rg7+ Kh8 (40...Kh6? 41. Bg8  ) 41. Rg8+ Kh7 42. R1g7+ Kh6 43. Rxe7 Bc6 44. Rgg7 Rf8 45. Rh7+ Kg6 46. Reg7+ Kf6 47. Rg5 Bxd5 48. Rh6+ Kf7 49. Rxb6 Be4 50. Rxh5 (+6.16 @ 15 depth, Fritz 8). |
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Feb-25-06
 | | al wazir: I had 36. Bxh5 Kg7 37. Rxg6+, with mate or mayhem to follow. I did not consider 36...Nxf4+ 37. exf4 Rf6. Now white plays 38. Bg6+ Rxg6 (38...Kg7 39. Be8+ wins the  ) 39. Rxg6+, winning the exchange and leaving the black  helpless. |
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| Feb-25-06 | | Youjoin: vanish vanish
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Feb-25-06
 | | Jack Kerouac: Been Playing through some Steinitz the last week, and this ending struck me as very Steinitz-ian. |
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| Feb-25-06 | | McCool: Was black throwing the game or something. 35. Ng6? What the. |
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Feb-25-06
 | | ganstaman: <McCool: Was black throwing the game or something. 35. Ng6? What the.> How else can you prevent 36.Rxh5++? |
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| Feb-25-06 | | blingice: Omg, I saw a double exclamation point move on a Saturday. I'm God. |
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| Feb-25-06 | | McCool: I think he should of just resigned. Nice match between two no-names though. |
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| Feb-25-06 | | blingice: <McCool> Smyslov was World Champion. |
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Feb-25-06
 | | Ken MacGillivray: <Pinkpanther> If 38.Rxh5+ Rh6. |
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| Feb-26-06 | | PinkPanther: Whoops, didn't see the rook all the way over there. |
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