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| Jan-17-12 | | mohannagappan: 32.Qxc8+ Nxc8 Forced and no force can stop "d" pawn becoming queen |
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| Jan-17-12 | | stacase: Take the Rook! |
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| Jan-17-12 | | Dr. J: 32 Qxc8+ Rxc8 33 d7 is a well-known (and effective) combination, but it looks like 32 d7 Rd8 33 Bc7 Rxd7 34 Bxb6 Rxd1+ 35 Rxd1 is equally decisive. |
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| Jan-17-12 | | LoveThatJoker: I like the straightforward 32. Qxc8+ Nxc8 33. d7 which is winning for White. LTJ |
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Jan-17-12
 | | Phony Benoni: Well known indeed if you've seen 
click for larger viewfrom L Engels vs Maroczy, 1936: <28.Rxb2 Qxb2 29.Qxc8+ Nxc8 30.d7>. Saw that one first in "The Fireside Book of Chess" back in the late 1960s. |
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Jan-17-12
 | | dzechiel: White to move (32?). Material even. "Easy."
White picks up a rook after...
32 Qxc8+ Nxc8 33 d7
This theme is best exemplified in this classic game:
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922 |
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Jan-17-12
 | | gawain: Does 32 d7 do it? If 32... Rxc1 then 33 d8(Q) qf8 34 Bh6. |
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Jan-17-12
| | gawain: No, I guess not. |
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Jan-17-12
 | | waustad: Even after too many glasses of wine that was fairly quick. They aren't always that way. |
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Jan-17-12
 | | M.Hassan: "Easy" White to play 32.?
Forces are equal.
32.Qxc8+ Nxc8
33.d7 Ne7
34.d8=Q+ Qf8
35.Qxf8+ Kxf8
36.Rd8+ Kg7
37.Be5+ Kh6
38.Bxb2
White gains enormous material advantage |
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Jan-17-12
 | | lost in space: Easy. 32. Qxc8 Nxc8 33. d7 and the pawn is queening. More than enough to win this game. |
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Jan-17-12
 | | Jimfromprovidence: 32 d7 Rd8 33 Bc7 wins.
click for larger viewIf 33...Rxd7 34 Bxb6.
click for larger viewIf 34...Rxd1 35 Rxd1
click for larger viewWhite threatens both 36 Rd8+ and 36 Bd4. Black cannnot defend against both so black gives up major material. |
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Jan-17-12
 | | FSR: 32.Qxc8+! Nxc8 33.d7 threatens to queen on two different squares. |
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| Jan-17-12 | | TheBish: Epishin vs M Carrabeo Garcia, 2002 White to play (32.?) "Easy"
32. Qxc8+! Nxc8 33. d7, and the pawn will queen either by 34. dxc8=Q or 34. d8=Q. One of my favorite tactics, but don't think I've ever pulled it off, except maybe in a blitz game. |
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| Jan-17-12 | | Mendrys: My first thought was 32. d7 and I didn't go into Qxc8. While it is crushing in of itself it's not as strong as 32. Qxc8. |
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Jan-17-12
 | | Diademas: I ended up with d7 too and since I think its winning I didnt even look at Qxc8. |
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Jan-17-12
| | FSR: I played a tactic similar to this once in a correspondence game. I was up an exchange: I had a rook and pawns against his knight and pawns. He, as White, played Nc3 attacking my pawn on a4 and rook on b1. So I simply advanced the pawn (1...a3), intending on 2.Nxb1 to play 2...a2 and the knight can't stop the promotion on a1. He resigned.
click for larger view |
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| Jan-17-12 | | BadKnight: i have checked only 1.d7, and it looks winning. on 1....Rxc1, 2.d8Q+ wins a rook. 1...Nxd7, 2.Qxc8+. 1....Rd8, 2.Bc7 should be winning. |
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Jan-17-12
 | | sevenseaman: Balanced in material, but positionally its an acrobatic kind of balance; very dicey for Black. In this simplified ending, d6 is a kind of atomic trigger. It tilts the game decisively in White's favor. There can be many ways to win. 32. Qxc8 Nxc8 d7 looks elementary and a run away winner to 1-0 . (Could be a popular choice as it is the most intuitive and the first that comes to mind) Other complexer ways are;
32. d7
a) 32...Rxc1 33. d8=Q+ Qf8 34. Qxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rxc1 1-0 b) 32...Nxd7 33. Qxc8+ Qf8 34. Qxd7 1-0
C) 32...Rd8 (best) 33. Bc7 1-0 again
A very fluid position, I am sure there can be some more lines too. I always try and go with what appeals intuitively the most. Today if I were to make an esthetic choice I'd go with c) above. Perhaps some good solvers will choose this one. |
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Jan-17-12
 | | Once: Fritzie is happy with either 32. d7 (+8.8) or 32. Qxc8+ (+15). Both win because black cannot simultaneously protect his pieces and prevent the pawn from queening. |
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Jan-17-12
| | Diademas: Dont confuse us with facts <Once>. :) |
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Jan-17-12
 | | whiteshark: epi-morphysm |
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| Jan-17-12 | | KingV93: Saw this pretty quickly. The d6 is unstoppable whith the Black  out of position to guard d8 and d4 covered by the rook to eliminate any checks. |
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| Jan-17-12 | | SamAtoms1980: 32.d7 scores. After 32....Rxc1 33.d8=Q+ Qf8 34.Qxf8+ Kxf8 35.Rxc1, holy smokes, White is up a rook. 32....Rd8 33.Bc7 also wins. The text line 32.Qxc8+ is better hidden but allows White's passed pawn to turn into a two-headed hydra. |
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Jan-17-12
 | | morfishine: <32.Qxc8+> wins for White After <32...Nxc8 33.d7> Black can't stop the pawn from Queening. The attempt to limit the damage, get out of of way of Whites terrible DSB and preserve a little honor with <33...Rc2> is flattened with <34.Qd8+ Qf8 35.Rfe1> Of course, an immediate <33...Re2> is met by <33.dxc8+ Qf8 34.Rd8>. There is simply no hope for Black in this position |
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sac: 32.Qxc8+