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| Dec-21-12 | | mistreaver: White to play. Saturday. Difficult.
It sure is a mess on the board. I would say there are 3 tempting continuations : Nxe6, Bxe6 and gxh7+.
a)Let's try the most primitive one:
29 Nxe6 Bxe6 (else black loses the exchange) 30 Bxe6+ Kh8 and i can't find anything promising.
b) 29 Bxe6 Bxe6 and white is in trouble
c)29 gxh7+ Kh8 and again nothing
While i was considering these continuations, i stumbled upon a fourth candidate move:
d) 29 Rxe5, the idea is to divert the black dark squared bishop.Black has 2 alternatives
d1)29... Bxe5 30 Qh6 (threatening mate) hxg6 31 Qxg6+ Bg7 (Kh8 32 Rh3+ is curtains)
32 Rf7 and white wins
d2)29...exd5 seems like a better try. I can't find promising continuation for white.
This one is too much for me. Time to check |
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| Dec-21-12 | | JG27Pyth: Oh sure make fun of the prophecy, but look around you: The Mayan civilization is gone! Eerie isn't it? Speaking of doomed, my attempts at solving this position... |
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| Dec-21-12 | | morfishine: <Shams> On your question <Is White not just better on 29.Bxe6+ Bxe6 30.Nxe6 Rxd2 31.Nxc5> Thats the first continuation I looked at, but thought it was not very convincing 31...Rxa2 |
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| Dec-21-12 | | Abdel Irada: In my analysis-such-as-it-is, I don't think the first move (29. gxh7†) can be considered the key move, since it involves no risk or real complications: Black can either take or not take. It is the continuation (30. Qg5) that does deserve an exclamation mark — assuming it holds up — since it offers Black his choice of two pieces and only *threatens* to threaten. Unfortunately, <al wazir> used more than his fair share of exclams today on the <Kenneth Rogoff> page, so I'm completely out of them. |
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| Dec-21-12 | | morfishine: I started out guessing, made my guess by guessing, and I'm still guessing. It looks like White played a head game move 29.Bxe6, which psyched-out Black into not accepting, when he should have. I guess |
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| Dec-21-12 | | Patriot: White is up a pawn for the bishop pair. White's bishop and knight are hanging. 29.Nxe6 Rxd5 is not good.
29.Bxe6+ Bxe6 30.Nxe6 Rxd2 31.Nxc5 Rxa2 is bad for white. 29.Nf5 Rxd5 30.Nh6+
A) 30...Bxh6 31.Qxh6
A.1) 31...Rd7 32.gxh7+ Rxh7 (32...Kh8 33.Rg3 may be winning) 33.Qg6+ Rg7 34.Qxe8+  A.2) 31...Re7 32.Rf8#
A.3) 31...Qe7 32.Rf7
B) 30...Kh8 31.Nf7+ Kg8 32.gxh7+ Kf8 looks like it may be winning; white certainly has the option of going for a draw with 32.Nh6+. 29.Nf5 exd5 doesn't seem to change anything.
I think 29.Nf5 is white's only chance. |
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Dec-21-12
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Dec-21-12
| | chrisowen: 29.bd5e6+ instead gxh7+ allow ground for pacing kh8 when ever f7 in
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bishop light it task simple horse ahead plus 3 pawn piranha snapping. |
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| Dec-21-12 | | Patriot: <<morfishine>: <Shams> On your question <Is White not just better on 29.Bxe6+ Bxe6 30.Nxe6 Rxd2 31.Nxc5> Thats the first continuation I looked at, but thought it was not very convincing 31...Rxa2> For some reason, I thought it was bad for white. I'm not so sure why I evaluated it that way. |
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Dec-21-12
 | | playground player: Mayan civilization may be gone, but the Mayans are still here. |
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| Dec-21-12 | | morfishine: <Patriot> On your comment <For some reason, I thought it was bad for white. I'm not so sure why I evaluated it that way> I figured its not bad, but its not very winning looking, so thats why I moved on... |
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| Dec-21-12 | | dfcx: Got this one! not bad for the last puzzle before you know what. 29. Bxe6!
Black can't take the white Q. The best black can do is
29...Bxe6
30.gxh7+ Kxh7
31.Qd3+ Kg8
Now white can take the B back with
32.Nxe6 Rxd3 (best defense, other moves white can play 33 Nxd8.)
33.Nxc5 Rxf3
34.gxf3
Now white is ahead by two pawns, not an easy win yet. |
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| Dec-21-12 | | kevin86: is white's next move the simple SxQ? |
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| Dec-21-12 | | abuzic: 29.Nf5 Rxd5 30.Nh6+ Kh8 31.Nf7+ Kg8 32.gxh7+ Kxh7 33.Qc2+ e4 34.Qxe4+ Kg8 35.Nh6+ Kh8 36.Nf5 Rxf5 37.Rxf5
click for larger viewa possible cont. to this: 37...Qe7 38.Rh5+ Kg8 39.Re3 Bb7 40.Qg6 Kf8 41.Rh7 Rf7 42.Qg5 Re7 43.Rg3 e5 44.Qh4 Qf6 45.Qc4 Qd7 46.Rgxg7 Rxg7 47.Rh8+ Ke7 48.Qb4+ Ke6 49.Qb6+ Kf5 50.Rh5+ Rg5 51.g4+ Kxg4 52.Qxf6 Kxh5+ 53.Kf1 winning endgame
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| Dec-21-12 | | James D Flynn: White is a pawn up but 2 of his pieces are under attack. The White K is safe for the moment but the Black K’s last pawn cover can be removed on the next move by 29.gxh7+ : Black can answer that By Kh8 using the White pawn as cover. White may be able to avoid the loss of a piece by creating threats against the Black K. There are tactical shots based on the B on d5 pinning the pawn on e6. The e6 pawn can be take By Bxe6+ for instance 29.Be6+ Bxe6 30.Nxe6 the N cannot be taken because after RxN Qxd8= wins . That position leaves both Qs under attack., but the N also attacks the R on d8 so Black has no choice but to exchange Qs 30……Rxd2 31.Nxc5 or 31.gxh7+ followed by 32.Nxc5, the difference is that Black has only one way to recover a pawn after 31.gxh7+ Kxh7 32.Nxc5 Rxa2 and White is a pawn up but with a Black R on the 2nd rank and the passed Black a pawn a win is far away. Taking the h7 pawn appears more promising on move 29: 29.gxh7+ Kh8(If Kxh7 30.Rh3+ Kg8 31.Qc2 and White cannot prevent Qh7+ when fi Black takes either piece White will win the B on g with a K chase) 30.Qg5 (threats Rf7 and Nxe6 ) Re7(if Qe7 31.Qxe7 Rxe7 32.Nc6 Re8 33.Nxd8 exd5 34.Nf7+ Kxh7 35.Nd6 Rd8 36.Nxc8 Rxc8 and White is a pawn and the exchange up in the endgame) 31.Nxe6 Bxe6 32.Bxe6 White is now 3 pawns up and threatens to simplify by 33.Rf7 Rxf7 34.Bxf7 after which the slow plan of Rg3 or if the B on f7 is attacked Qg6 followed by Rg3 leaves Black completely tied to the defense of his K while White advances his c pawn supported by the R on the Ist rank. |
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| Dec-21-12 | | abuzic: 29.Nf5
if 29...exd5 30.gxh7+ Kh8 31.Nxg7 Rf8 32.Rxe5 Rxf3 33.gxf3 Qc7 34.Rg5 black is under siege now and cannot even capture h7. |
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| Dec-21-12 | | Kikoman: A very tricky puzzle for Friday, <Nxe6, Bxe6> and <gxh7+> are my candidates. :)x |
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| Dec-21-12 | | morfishine: <dfcx> Very nice post! Cuts right through the confusion |
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| Dec-21-12 | | chesscheater: Can someone explain clue 52 to me? It's driving me crazy. I don't see how you "index" the names into the answer. |
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Dec-21-12
 | | WannaBe: <chesscheater> Maybe it's because it's not this game. =) |
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| Dec-21-12 | | morfishine: Since the position is quite intriguing, I decided to take another look starting with <29.Nf5>: 29.Nf5 exd5 30.gxh7 Kxh7 31.Nxg7 Re7 32.Nh5 Rd6 33.Qg5 Rg6 34.Qh4 Rh6 35.Rf6 Rxf6 36.Nxf6+ Kg7 37.Nxd5 Rf7 38.Qg5+ Kf8 39.Qd8+ Kg7 40.Re3
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I have the distinct impression that White has the advantage here due to open position of the Black King |
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| Dec-21-12 | | lajube: Why is the final position 1-0? |
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| Dec-21-12 | | Manic: <lajube> Confused me at first as well. The queen will be taken next move and white will be a piece and a few pawns up. |
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| Dec-22-12 | | JohnAnthony: I liked Nf5, Qg5, etc. With Rook on 3rd and option to open g and h files the general threats are palpable there. would not have played Bxe6, the B is already so well placed! |
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| Dec-24-12 | | LIzzard: I'm new to the site and not very experienced, so might be missing something obvious. Could someone explain why on 30 Black went Kh8? Bxe6 would set up an exchange with a net loss of a pawn and control of the only open file, as opposed to giving White time to position his rook. Might anyone be kind enough to let me know what am I missing? THANKS |
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