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| Apr-22-03 | | ZScore: What about 23...b3? |
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| Apr-22-03 | | Rookpawn: After 34... Kd7, White may play 35. Nc5+ and the Knight attacks every Black piece in sight! |
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| Apr-22-03 | | MorphyFan: Is it really safe to say that Tal won this game after 23. Bxf5? I must say that he is certainly winning, expecially after regaining the dead rook on f8 (beautiful forsight on Tal's part). But it still seems black had at least some fighting chess to play after the bishop sac. I guess I'm probably looking at it from an ametuers perspective, and Tal had the game well won after move 23, but for a guy like me, I still would have a lot of work to do after 23. Bxf5. |
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| Jul-16-04 | | Jesuitic Calvinist: MorphyFan, I think most people would have had a lot to do after the bishop sac. I expect that Tal saw up to the point he regained the rook and realised that he would be 2 pawns up with the black king still on the run. Spectacular game, though, but then so many of Tal's games are, of course. |
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| Feb-06-05 | | ThomYorke: I think 27)Qh6 was the hardest move to figure out. But the combination was really impressive. |
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| Feb-06-05 | | peyote: without even looking at the problem...any fans of the pixies. How better to find a solution than help from creative brilliance |
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| Feb-06-05 | | mdz: White is already better after 20.Qxh7, but decisive error is 22...f5 (better 22...Qc5) and esp. 23...ef (again better 23...Qc5). On 23...b3, 24. Qg7 bxa2 25. Bg4 Rb8 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27.Nxe6 Bxe6 28. Rxe6 Rf7 29. Qg6  . |
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| Feb-06-05 | | maxundmoritz: <ZScore> asked the question on 4/22/03: What about 23...b3? I would like to pose it differently: What about pushing the pawns on the queenside (e.g. 23...a5 or 23...b3)? I'm curious to hear your opinions. |
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| Feb-06-05 | | prs: Interesting. I saw the main line down to 27.Qh6 very quickly, but had the problem with the other line, namely 25... Be6 26.R:e6+ Kd8 and there wasn't any forced win as far as I can see. However, much later I realized that 26.N:e6 would have won the game for Tal in this case. |
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| Feb-06-05 | | actinia: my solution started the same but continued 26. Qg7 instead, which doesn't win the f-pawn but seems to still leave white winning |
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| Feb-06-05 | | ice lemon tea: <prs> can u please explain to me why 26.Ne6 would be the winning move for Tal?... |
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| Feb-06-05 | | crafty: 26. ♕g7 ♕a5 27. ♘b3 ♕d5 28. ♕xf8+ ♔c7 29. ♕g7 ♔b6  (eval 1.60; depth 14 ply; 750M nodes) |
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| Feb-06-05 | | jkiipli: at some moment a glimpse of thought went right along the solution path: sac to open e-file, sac rook and check with another rook, but somehow I got distracted by other lines like 23.Bh5 |
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| Feb-06-05 | | cade: After 34... Kd7 the Knight can make a massive quad fork! Nice way to win a game. |
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| Feb-06-05 | | patzer2: <ice lemon tea> After <prs>'s 25...Be6 26. Nxe6! White wins back the exchange, and with Black's messed up pawn structure (all isolated and doubled pawns) and pawn deficit, will win the endgame. Note that after 25...Be6 26. Nxe6! Qxc2?? 27. Nd4+ , Black can resign. |
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| Feb-06-05 | | patzer2: Since Informant doesn't offer demolition of pawn structure on f5 as a possible classification, I'll just have to call 23. Bxf5!! an astounding "deflection" move. |
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| Feb-06-05 | | patzer2: The followup move 27. Qh6! initiates a decisive double attack combination. |
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| Feb-06-05 | | InfinityCircuit: This is a great deflection sacrifice. Thanks for the little analysis Patzer2. Out of curiosity, does anyone know of a similar game with this theme? I would have sworn I've seen his game before, but I know that I don't recognize the year or opponents. Thanksin advance. |
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| Feb-06-05 | | Everett: by move 27...Qa5, the game is a technical win, but I believe black would offer more resistance with 27 ...Qc4, keeping pressure on the c-file, hitting the knight, and not losing a tempo after 28 Nb3 |
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| Feb-06-05 | | chopbox: Is not the less astounding move 23.Bh5 just as effective? There are all sorts of possibilities; would somebody with a chess engine (or a better brain than mine) take a look at it, and let us know? |
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| Feb-06-05 | | DP12: 23.Bh5 is well intentioned(to take on e6 but from my perspective 23...Qc4 or 23... e5 both seem like reasonable responses to keep black alive |
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| Feb-06-05 | | independentthinker: Guys - I don't understand the move 28. Nb3. Why can't Tal have played 28. Qxf8+ and then the knight move afterwards? |
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| Feb-06-05 | | Infohunter: <InfinityCircuit> if this game looks familiar, it is possibly because the position just before the last move (34 Qc4+) is given as the very first entry in Irving Chernev's 1960 book, _Combinations: The Heart of Chess_. It is classed in that book as an "easy" combination--which it is, IF one takes it from that point. It certainly is not "easy" if taken from the position at White's 23rd turn, as given in today's puzzle. |
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| Feb-06-05 | | MarchingPawn: I also want to have a picture next to my name... |
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| Feb-06-05 | | kevin86: Tal again? It seems that many of the Sunday puzzles are Tal's. The dual sac to start the ball running is impressive-the rest goes on wheels. |
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sac: 24.Rxe7+