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| Oct-26-04 |
| TheWhiteRider: Why would NN take the black Bishop with the Rook? I would take it with the Queen. 9.Qxc2 even if I lose the Queen right after. At least the game would go one and black wouldn’t win in 9! |
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| Oct-26-04 |
| f1list: The annotation after 8... Bxc2 should read "The white lady will either die
or be widowed" |
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| Oct-26-04 |
| BadTemper: This was a little too easy.... I like chess puzzles but this barely was one. As whatever his name says "I solved it in .84 seconds" |
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| Oct-26-04 |
| aw1988: Bit stumped on this one... let me take a closer look... |
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| Oct-26-04 |
| aw1988: Wow, I'm thinking a weakness with c2... |
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| Oct-26-04 |
| aw1988: I give up. |
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| Oct-26-04 |
| aw1988: GAH! Missed smothered mate entirely! I was thinking "after the double recapture on c2"... :(. |
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| Oct-26-04 |
| EyesofBlue: The rare, but always fun... "smother mate." |
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| kevin86: It looked like Canal was "in the Zone" in this one! Queen saved but king lost. |
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| Oct-26-04 |
| Saruman: arggh a bit slower today 3 seconds... |
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| ChessPraxis: Remember - let your king BREATHE! |
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| Oct-26-04 |
| Calculon: Is Ne2 the losing move or just one in a series of bad moves? It seems to serve no purpose; it costs a tempo to free the King's bishop. |
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| Oct-26-04 |
| Shah Mat: ahh smothered mate puzzles. how i love them!
for a nice little database of smothered mates (with java!) check out this site. http://www.academicchess.com/Games/... |
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| beenthere240: People who don't see smothered mate opportunities or threats in their actual games probably aren't looking for and miss them. The famous Fischer D. Byrne "immortal" game incorporates smothered mate threats, for example. |
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| Oct-26-04 |
| azaris: <People who don't see smothered mate opportunities or threats in their actual games probably aren't looking for and miss them.> To be fair, if the other side can play a smothered mate they're usually winning anyway so missing it isn't that big a deal. |
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| Oct-26-04 |
| dac1990: You really have to start feeling sorry for poor NN. |
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| Oct-26-04 |
| GoodKnight: <Shah Mat>
Thanks for that website - I enjoyed looking through the games. |
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| Knight13: Good shot. NN is always busted anyway. |
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| Knight13: I think this puzzle is in the book "More Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps 2" by Bruce Pandolfini. I've seen this game or puzzle somewhere. |
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| beenthere240: Broke down and looked it up:
Nomen Nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person. The literal translation is "I don't know (his) name". |
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| Oct-26-04 |
| Stonewaller2: <Calculon> I wouldn't be as down on 2.  e2, meant to support  d4-d5, as I would be on 7.  d2?. In the event, 7. g3, preventing ... f5 (though I wonder how many of us would have found Black's 7th instead of his 8th, and/or how fast) and intending fe4, looks better. |
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| Oct-26-04 |
| rover: I've always thought this was a Capablanca combination. Maybe it's the same pattern but a different position? |
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| Oct-26-04 |
| BluE DicE: A very pretty mate. I got this one pretty fast, because it reminded me of some positions I studied when I was learning. I'll find myself looking for that elusive Smothered Mate, but the oppurtunity rarely occurs in my games. |
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| Jul-30-09 |
| jsheedy: Has NN ever won a game? |
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| tpstar: Game Collection: N N's best games |
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