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Aug-24-16
 | | Penguincw: Hmm, after missing Monday's puzzle, can I get the Tuesday and Wednesday puzzle? And well, I did, sort of. I treated this puzzle as a mid/late week puzzle (so aim to find the first move), which I got 44...Nfg4+ 45.hxg4 Nxg4+, but wasn't sure what to play next. However, since that was all that was played in the game, I technically got this puzzle right. After looking at the position for a bit, I do see now that wherever white's king goes, it's going to be a fork. The remaining endgame is a queen vs. bishop and 2 pawns. I think black can win this. 2/3 this week. |
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| Aug-24-16 | | plumbst: Medium/Easy. Black is up a piece for 3 pawns.
The Knights provide the answer:
44...Nfg4+!
45.hxg4 Nxg4+
White loses his Queen to a fork on e3 or f2. |
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| Aug-24-16 | | patzer2: The exchange of two Knights for a Pawn and Queen via a Knight fork combination is the result of our Wednesday puzzle solution 44...Nfg4+  .White's game goes down hill after 36. f5?, allowing 36...Bd6  . Instead, 36. Rc7 = holds it level. |
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| Aug-24-16 | | iking: 44... Nfg4 ... boom! |
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| Aug-24-16 | | agb2002: Black has two knights for a bishop and three pawns.
A knight check from g4 would force the white king to a light square making possible a subsequent knight fork, that is to say, 44... Nfg4+ 45.hxg4 (45.Kh1 Nf2+ wins; 45.Kg2 Ne3+ wins) 45... Nxg4+ wins. For example, 46.Kh3 Nf2+ 47.Kh2 (47.Kh4 Qd8+ and mate in two) 47... Nxd1 etc. |
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| Aug-24-16 | | et1: very beautiful...almost magical. |
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| Aug-24-16 | | Abdel Irada: ∞
An embarrassment of forks.
∞ |
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| Aug-24-16 | | YouRang: Wednesday 44...?
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I (black) have a knight for three pawns and I have some attacking potential, but other than that I kinda struggled with this. With great uncertainty, I settled on <44...Ne4>
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The idea being to pile up on Pg3. I figured white would try <45.Bxe5 Bxe5>
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So my N, R and B are all hitting Pg3, while my Q hits Ba4 and Pd5. The Pg3 is attacked 3 times and defended 3 times, but white's problem is that two of its defenders are the queen and king, so it's really inadequate. White has to let the pawn go. I figured perhaps <46.Bb3> to at least get the bishop out of take and defend Pd5, but then <46...Nxg3>
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...and without calculating further, I think black's in deep trouble. ~~~~~
Checking with the computer, I see that white could have better defended against 44...Ne4 with 45.Bd7! (of course, the engine knows that ...Ng5 is black's best move). Humanly, I would answer with 45...Rxd7 46.Bxe5 Bxe5 47.Qg4+ to win back a piece. Black ends up just a bit better. |
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| Aug-24-16 | | AlicesKnight: I spent a while trying to work out how to bring the Black Q into it, but it seems she is not needed for the key parts! 44. Ng4+ (does it matter which N? - if White moves the K instead then the fork happens anyway);
45.hxg4 Nxg4+;
If 46. Kh1 or Kh3, then Nf2+ wins the Q.
If 46.Kg2, Ne3+ wins the Q (White can short-circuit with Qxg4 allowing Rxg4 of course).
White has 47.Bxg7 Kxg7, 48.Rxd1 but at last the Black Q enters with Qxa4 leaving Q and B vs. R - adequate. |
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| Aug-24-16 | | cocker: 44 Bxa4 was suicide. |
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| Aug-24-16 | | mel gibson: Wow - 5 pieces bearing down on the white King.
That made it easy today. |
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| Aug-24-16 | | Razgriz: What a Godly fork |
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| Aug-24-16 | | MaczynskiPratten: Another position with lots of possibilities but when you see Ng4+ it's all over. Black was already a piece up but this is a very effective way to simplify and gain further material. I like all the different Knight fork patterns for all White's different King moves - with his own pieces stopping it going on to a black square to save the day ... |
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| Aug-24-16 | | thegoodanarchist: When you see a fork in the road, take it |
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| Aug-24-16 | | weary willy: Easier for me than Monday and Tuesday |
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| Aug-24-16 | | WorstPlayerEver: Hmm.. not sure. At first sight it seems mate in 18 moves. |
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| Aug-24-16 | | saturn2: Got it after some minutes. The knights can explore the weak squares f2 or e3 to give family check for king and queen. |
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| Aug-24-16 | | Diademas: Cute combination.
Probably the first puzzle were the winning combination contains four consecutive knight moves. |
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| Aug-24-16 | | kevin86: A cute horse rodeo; black wins the queen regardless of where white moves the king. |
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| Aug-24-16 | | YouRang: *sigh* Now that I've had my morning coffee, it seems so simple. I shouldn't try to solve puzzles right before bedtime... |
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Aug-24-16
 | | Fusilli: <weary willy: Easier for me than Monday and Tuesday> Possibly because once you know it's "black to play and win" there is no other candidate move than the knight check. Still, I think it's appropriate for a Wednesday. |
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Aug-24-16
 | | Dionysius1: Very pretty. What took me longest was checking White hadn't enough compensation for the Queen at the end of the combination, what with the Black Rook under attack at g7. |
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| Aug-24-16 | | morfishine: Double-Bubble
***** |
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| Aug-24-16 | | thegoodanarchist: <YouRang: *sigh* Now that I've had my morning coffee, it seems so simple. I shouldn't try to solve puzzles right before bedtime...> Ah, yes, a good <knight>'s sleep cures what ails ya. |
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| Aug-24-16 | | Olsonist: Fork you very much. |
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