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| Jun-18-06 |
| makaveli52: <Tarigov> Ne7+ followed by Nxf5 with a strong attack, not sure if its good enough though |
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Jun-18-06
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| dzechiel: Not even close. Great combination! |
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| Jun-18-06 |
| Tariqov: <makaveli52>i don't think it's enough,There not much of an attack to the King ,and the Queen can easily run.Black has 4defenders in the kingside,the king is safe,the sacrife should not be enough. |
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| Jun-18-06 |
| Tariqov: sacrifice* |
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| Jun-18-06 |
| makaveli52: <Tarigov> ur right, fritz gave it as -.8 or so at best |
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| Jun-18-06 |
| United33: to be honest, this puzzle is very hard. U need to play a lot of blind chess to solve such a puzzle. U have to plan, calculate and remember at least 20 moves (10 yours, and 10 moves from your opponent) before u move your pieces,and those complicated positions are not easy to remember. |
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| Jun-18-06 |
| Demostenes: I found a different solution:
White could have trapped the black queen (Bg5 and Be2), but at first he has to get rid of the knight on e6 (the defender of the g5 sqare): 19.Nc7!? g5 (the only way to save the queen)
20.Nxa8 and white wins the rook.
I have to admit anyway that Kavalek's solution was much more forcing. |
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| Jun-18-06 |
| HelaNubo: To be honest, I saw (I never check OTB) all this until 20... g3, but I missed 21.Bc3 - however, the white's position at that point is perhaps so superior that giving back a piece must lead to white's victory. So I guess I got it.
<Demostenes: 19.Nc7!? g5 (the only way to save the queen)> I considered too that way to decoy the knight, but after 19...Ng4 black wins, and anyway Black could also take the knight by 19... Nxc7 20. Bg5 Bh6!. |
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Jun-18-06
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| LIFE Master AJ: I actually got it - and pretty quickly too. (Weird.) I just figured it was Sunday, and came up with the most outrageous sequence I could think of. |
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Jun-18-06
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| dakgootje: Came close, thats to say i did get the first 5 halfmoves, but only considered 21. ...Qh5, ...Qh3 and ...Qg4. Missed blacks defensive Bc3 and therefore missed the puzzle. Then again, for a sunday i was quite close. |
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| Jun-18-06 |
| lentil: <demosthenes> unfortunately for your beautiful attempt, 19 Nc7? Nxc7! frees up an escape square for the Q 20 Bg5 Qg4! 21 Be2 Qe6  |
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| Jun-18-06 |
| EmperorAtahualpa: Missed it... :(
What's the purpose of 21...Bc3? |
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| Jun-18-06 |
| harcee sarmiento: 10... Nd4 is useless. 10... a6 is a must. |
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| Jun-18-06 |
| harcee sarmiento: 12...Qh4? pawn grabbing with the Queen is a suicidal. |
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Jun-18-06
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| al wazir: <Demostenes>: I also was sure that the point was to trap the  , but I tried a different approach: 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nef5 gxf5 21. exf5, with the threat of 22. Rf4 if the  on e6 moves, say, to c7. If the doesn't move, what does black do instead? I can't think of anything very useful. In that case I plan to play 22. fxe6, getting my piece back. But the trouble with this line is that, although the is trapped, I can't see any way to win it. Maybe someone else can. |
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| Jun-18-06 |
| monad: Apparently this Lubomir was quite a character: Larry Evans wrote: <Gufeld's soccer team had beaten Kavalek's the day before, and Kavalek vowed to get revenge:> One way to win the Fifa world cup for some countries ;-) Never even got a sniff of today's puzzle. Still wouldn't have seen 20.Nf5 and would not have been able to keep my hands off of 20.Nxf6+. |
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Jun-18-06
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| cu8sfan: <What's the purpose of 21...Bc3?> I think it's to clear the way for the retreat of the Black . |
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| Jun-18-06 |
| Fezzik: I missed 21...Bc3. I got the idea of trapping the queen, but I would have been rattled by 21...Bc3. I think White's already winning there though. |
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| Jun-18-06 |
| Tariqov: <al wazir>19Ne7+Kh8 20Nef5gxf5 21.exf5 fails to Ng4. |
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| Jun-18-06 |
| itz2000: I was trying to queen trap with Nf5 :S |
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Jun-18-06
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| kevin86: I missed this by a mile-I tried Nc7,hoping for a queen trap after Nxc7. |
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| Jun-18-06 |
| Shinidoki: Indeed. Nc7 was the Idea i had, followed by Bg5 and Be2....Pity it fails really. |
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| Jun-19-06 |
| TrueBlue: 19 Nf5 also works! |
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| Jun-22-06 |
| harce sarmiento: 19. Be2-Nxd5 20. Bg5-Bd4+, then white's attack is lost. |
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Jun-23-06
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| LIFE Master AJ: This is such a cool little problem, I have got to add it to my page. |
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sac: 19.Rxf6