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| Jul-19-04 | | Pall: This should be a chessgames.com puzzle. |
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Mar-03-06
 | | Chnebelgrind: Not too difficult for Friday |
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| Mar-03-06 | | Capa15: yep, too easy for Friday. |
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| Mar-03-06 | | makaveli52: was just wonderin... do u guys usually use a board to solve some of these fri-sun puzzles or do u still try to do em in ur head? |
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Mar-03-06
 | | al wazir: Hey, you guys who think this is so easy . . . Show us your analysis. For example, how does white win after 19...Bxh4 ? |
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| Mar-03-06 | | Cogano: Hello <makaveli52> & I sincerely hope this finds you well. Actually, even though I shouldn't, I try to do them in
my head, & that's true for all the puzzles (regardless of which weekday's
they happen to be!). It's just that I'm
too used to & dependent on visualizing & solving problems mentally before I can ever hope to solve them in the
"real world" (meaning on an actual board, paper & pen etc.) I say I shouldn't because all I've read thus far are books for beginners & except for a game I played about 2 months ago, the last games (only 2 really) were years ago. So I lack both knowledge & experience. So I should probably learn how to understand
positions & tactics well over the board before I graduate to doing them mentally. But, old habits die hard & I use that approach in every aspect of my
life. But I will try to make an exception here, for this habit seems to
interfere with my ability to learn (hence the reason I seem to always get puzzles composed by other kibitzers wrong, since I was trying to visualize all the possibilities & their variations mentally!) Anyway, enough of
my blabbering. Take very good care & have a great day & a great weekend. Cheers mate! :) |
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| Mar-03-06 | | Cogano: Oh, just for the record, I did NOT get this one! But I'm not too surprised, as
my understanding of tactics & positional analysis is still rather poor! :( Oh well. I can only hope & aim
for a brighter future! :) Take very good care all & have a great day & a great weekend! :) |
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| Mar-03-06 | | ckr: 18.Bxh7 Nxh7 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.f5 Bd7 21.Nxd5 cxd5 22.Qxc8+ Bxc8 23.Rxc8+ Qd8 24.Rxd8+ Kxd8 25.Nxf7+ Kd7 26.Nxh8 Well, my attempt - probably has a few holes in it.
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Mar-03-06
 | | Sneaky: It must be real easy... I got it! ;-) But I have to say, it would be real easy to miss this combination in a real game. The position doesn't scream out "White is winning!" like most of the puzzles do here. So the moral here is: be alert (the world needs more lerts.) |
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| Mar-03-06 | | RandomVisitor: Best for Black after 18.Bxh7 is:
18...g5
19.Bg3 Nxh7
20.f5 Bd7
21.Nxd5 Qd6
22.Nxe7 Qxe7
23.Nc4 when neither 23...0-0 24.Bd6 or 23...Nf6 24.Nd6+ works |
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| Mar-03-06 | | ckr: <al wazir> 19...Bxh4 20.fxe6
click for larger viewseems even worse for black
20....Nf6 21.exf7+ Kd8 22. |
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| Mar-03-06 | | patzer2: For today's puzzle solution, White begins with a decoy in 18. Bxh7!, and follows with a deflection and a second decoy to set up a winning Knight Fork and Pin combination. If White plays 19...Bxh4 or 19...0-0, then 20. fxe6 wins, while 19...Bxf5 loses to 20. Qxf5  . |
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| Mar-03-06 | | ckr: 22.Qg6 |
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| Mar-03-06 | | jmi: I got this wrong. I do not understand this because I initially saw one possible refutation until I saw it wrong now:
I calculated up till move 19 and I thought Black would have responded with Bxh4! So continuing from move 19.... Bxh4
20 fxe6 fxe6
21 Nf7 and Black can respond with either Rf8 or Qxf7 (trading K+R for Q) and then I realised that 20... fxe6 is wrong because of 21. Qg6+! and White is  . Note that Black must not respond on move 19 with Bxf5 (if you're thinking of winning the pawn) because it just invites the White Queen to the semi-open f-file to apply even more pressure on f7. |
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Mar-03-06
| | al wazir: <ckr>: At least you thought about it, unlike those fakers. In the diagrammed position black can play 20...O-O, Nf6, or Bf6. After 20...O-O 21. exf7+ Kh8 22. Nxd5, black is in desperate straits, but not yet dead. After 20...Nf6 21. exf7+ Kf8 22. Nb5 Qb7 23. Ng6+ Kxf7 24. Nxh8 Rxh8, white is up an exchange and black is holding on by the skin of his teeth. After 20...Bf6 21. Nxd5 (or 21. exf7+ Kd8 22. Ng6) Qd8 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. exf7+ Kf8 24. Ng6 again wins the exchange. |
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| Mar-03-06 | | Kola: Wow! I got this in the kind of positions I usually don't like. Chessgames.com is kicking ass. |
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| Mar-03-06 | | Fezzik: Ya know, I agree with the people who said this was a bit too straight-forward for a Friday puzzle. I sloshed down a few beers before logging on, so my puzzle-solving elo should be around 1700 right now. Yet, I was able to see the Nxe5 idea instantly, the f5 idea next, and then only a few more moments to realise that shoving the B to d7 *after* taking on h7 (the only surprising move in the combination) gives White the win fairly easily. BTW, just for the record, I don't recommend handicapping one's ability via alcohol or other drugs, I'm simply pointing out that this game would have made a good Wednesday puzzle rather than a Frida one. |
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| Mar-03-06 | | dzechiel: Got it completely! It took me just over five minutes (my screen saver kicked in), but I found the entire line. I will say that this position had a cornucopia of candidate moves in the initial position. I first looked briefly at 18 ♗xh7 or 18 ♗xf6, but didn't see anything immediate. I then considered 18 ♘b5 but had no good follow up after 18...♕b6. Then I started considering 18 f5, and, while this was forcing, it blocked my light squared bishop from the game. I also took a long look at both 18 ♗g6 (but black could just castle) and 18 ♘g6 (but black can take it and weather a couple of checks). Finally I spotted the idea of taking on d5 with the knight, but it was well protected. However, if I captured on h7 with the bishop, black must recapture with the knight (otherwise 19 ♗xf6 would leave the rook hanging), THEN 19 f5! removes the second defender from d5 AND has the nice side effect of taking the black queen off of e7. After 20 ♗xe7 I expected black to resign, but one more move put the icing on the cake. I enjoyed all of the possible initial moves in this position. |
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| Mar-03-06 | | Fezzik: Oh yeah, as someone else pointed out, 19...Bxh4 is even easier to figure out than the game continuation. One of the keys to the position is the weakened light squares, so seeing 21.Qg6+ wasn't so hard. Besides, I considered it to be winning rather than simply better for White. |
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| Mar-03-06 | | RandomVisitor: <dzechiel><black must recapture with the knight (otherwise 19 Bxf6 would leave the rook hanging), >18.Bxh7 g5!? what then? |
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| Mar-03-06 | | dzechiel: <al wazir> After 19...♗xh4 I would expect white to play 20 fxe6 and now black has a real conundrum. White is threatening 21 exf7+ which can't be pleasant. What should black try? If 20...fxe6 or 20...f6 then 21 ♕g6+ looks decisive. If 20...♔d8 then 21 ♘xf7+ followed by ♕g6 is pretty ugly. And if 20...O-O, then 21 exf7+ and you can give up the rook or be smother-mated in the corner. |
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| Mar-03-06 | | durnstein: <RandomVisitor> I meant,
18. Bxh7 g5
19. f5 gxh4
20. fxe6
and Black remains in serious trouble. |
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| Mar-03-06 | | RandomVisitor: <durnstein>after 18.Bxh7 g5 19.f5 best is Bd7 20.Bg6 now there is 0-0 or fxg6 |
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| Mar-03-06 | | dzechiel: <RandomVisitor> Well, I don't know, after 18...g5 can we still play 19 f5 and after 19...gxh5 20 fxe6 looking at ♕g6, or 19...♗d7 20 ♗g6, does that work? I'm still playing out of my head here. |
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| Mar-03-06 | | RandomVisitor: <dzechiel>after 18.Bxh7 g5 19.f5 Bd7 20.Bg6 Rybka gives a tossup between fxg6 and 0-0, scoring the position +2.50. Rybka sees the following line at +3.45
18...g5
19.Bg3 Nxh7
20.f5 Bd7
21.Nxd5 Qd6
22.Nxe7 Qxe7
23.Nc4 when neither 23...0-0 24.Bd6 or 23...Nf6 24.Nd6+ works |
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