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| Aug-21-13 | | M.Hassan: "Medium/Easy"
White to play 29.?
White has a (Rook+3pawns) for (Bishop+Knight)
OTB, I would play:
29.Rxe8+ Rxe8
30.Qxa4
White will be 3 pawns up now.
I also saw another variation that threatens mate:
29.Rxe8+ Rxe8
30.Rd7 threatening mate on g7
30..........Re1+
31.Kd2 Re2+
32.Kxe2 Qxc2+
33.Qd2 Qc4+
34.Kf2 Qc5+
35.Qe3 Qxe3
36.Kxe3
An interesting situation arises if Knight takes the pawn:
36...........Nxb2
37.Rd4 Kf7
38.Kd2 Ke6
39.Kc3
The Knight is trapped now and White will have a win beyond any doubt. |
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| Aug-21-13 | | Nick46: <Phony Benoni: Looking around 29.Rxe8+ Rxe8 30.Qxa4 looks good enough,>
This was my solution; I'll humbly claim the sacrosanct point and the resulting hat-trick. |
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| Aug-21-13 | | morfishine: Both (1) 29.Rxe8+ Rxe8 <30.Rd7> & (1a) <30.Qxa4> win ***** |
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| Aug-21-13 | | Doniez: My combo for today was Rxe8, Rxe8 and Qxa4. At this point the endgame is favourable for White, Q+R is equal but White has 6 pawns, 3 more than Black. But unfortunately my solution is correct only for move 29. :-((( |
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| Aug-21-13 | | LJLMETAL: I like the Steinitz Variation. It can get tricky, but it is fun |
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| Aug-21-13 | | Once: <Doniez> I would humbly suggest that your solution is fine. It may not be as decisive as the game continuation, but it still wins. And a win is a win is a win. |
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| Aug-21-13 | | TheaN: Wednesday 21 August 2013
<29.?>
Kind of straightforward: white has three pawns and rook for a knight and bishop. The position is open, so the white rook is equally strong as the pieces so already ahead, but this position suggests a finish, either by mate, material gain or simplification. Both pieces are en prise, both defended. Typical however, that one piece defends the other. We can take the defender out, suggesting to simply back to a 3-pawn gain. <29.Rxe8+ Rxe8> forced, due to Kf7 30.Rd7+  and a complete mess for black. Now, white may play 30.Qxa4  and win. But frankly, in the current position, it seems as if: <30.Rd7!> is much stronger. Threatening mate and the queen, black may only play: <30....Re1+ 31.Kd2 Qa5+ 32.b4 > and black cannot prevent either the queen loss or mate. I admit I missed Re2+ which is an interesting defense. However, any rook sac I considered (I did after b4) does create an exchange + multiple pawn advantage for white. In the text, white actually escapes the checks and mates after all. So I do consider this solved. |
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| Aug-21-13 | | TheaN: Interesting though, the final position is not mate. Regardless, white should end the charade with 33....Qxb2 34.Rxg7+ Kf8 35.Qxb2 Nxb2 36.Rxa7 Nc3 37.a4 etcetera. Just a matter of moves. |
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| Aug-21-13 | | zb2cr: Found this one quickly. I was helped by the obvious nature of 29. Rxe8+ (have to do something about the mate threat on c2), and the combination flowed from there. |
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| Aug-21-13 | | Alex56171: I saw the line 31...Rd1+ 32.Kxe1 Nxb2+ 33.Qxb2 Qf1+ 34.Rd1 but I forgot of 31...Re2+ |
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| Aug-21-13 | | beenthere240: When you replay the game, you see that the white queen had been dancing back and forth from the second rank (protecting the c pawn). Black probably hoped that white would again protect with Qd2 and the game might ultimately be drawn with a repetition. So 29. Rxe8+ was not at all forced, and must have been an unpleasant surprise for Black. |
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| Aug-21-13 | | beenthere240: On reflection, perhaps the best move in the combo was 33. Kf3! since the knee-jerk reaction to 32....Qxc2+ is 33. Qd2, which lets the checks go on a bit longer. The move played in the game forces immediate resignation, since black's only sensible to avoid mate on f7 is 33...Qc6+, which loses to Qd4+. |
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Aug-21-13
 | | gawain: I was considering 29 Rd7 until I noticed that Black would reply 29...Qxc2#. So I reconsidered and came up with 29 Rxe8+ Rxe8 30 Rd7. That seems to do the job. <beenthere240> thanks for pointing out what a good move 33 Kf3 was. A nice touch. |
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| Aug-21-13 | | Dr. Funkenstein: White to play down a rook for two minors but up overall thanks to 3 extra pawns 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 (Kf7 Rd7+) 30. Rd7 and the queen and g7 are both threatened. 30. …Re1+ 31. Kd2 just attacks another piece and 30. …Qa5+ 31. c3 doesn’t seem to lead anywhere so black will have to give up major material to avoid mate ---------------
Missed the best defense of Re1+ and then Re2+ to free the queen, but the white king reaches safety regardless |
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| Aug-21-13 | | kevin86: I was looking at taking two pieces for a rook by Rxe8+ Rxe8 Qxa4...missed Rd7! |
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| Aug-21-13 | | bachbeet: I got the first two moves because those are the best threats for white and avoid black's mate threat. The moves after could have gone differently depending upon black's responses but the first two moves are the key. |
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Aug-21-13
 | | chrisowen: If tear in evermore bus pipeline light rookrace up, 8e at swallow bishop then engage a4 o rats even bet, terminal decline after d5 ladder up to reckon d7 he, goofed c7 queen doddle as aced knight engage down,
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Aug-21-13
| | chrisowen: A release free iron I give spin elephant he back,
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| Aug-21-13 | | BOSTER: <Phony Benoni> <Looking around 29.Rxe8+ Rxe8 30.Qxa4 looks good enough>. I'd never look at this line, because of the strength <the rook on the 7 rank>. <Doniez> <My combo for today was Rxe8 Rxe8 and Qxa4>. I'd say this is not the solution to the puzzle, and I'd not use word <combo> for it. |
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| Aug-21-13 | | Kinghunt: <I'd say this is not the solution to the puzzle, and I'd not use word <combo> for it.> Yes, the game continuation was stronger, but I also went with Rxe8 and Qxa4. Why? Well, it was the first line I looked at, and I evaluate it as definitely winning, so I didn't bother looking any further. Houdini agrees with me, scoring it as +4. So I would say it can be called a combo, albeit a simple one, and is a valid solution to the puzzle, even if not the cleanest one. |
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| Aug-21-13 | | Doniez: <Once> your comment makes me feel better! Thanks. And I fully agree with you, a win is a win. Even thought I couldn't see the proper continuation to the win... |
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| Aug-21-13 | | Doniez: <Boster> sorry for my English, I use it only for business and my foreign teammates don't play chess! |
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| Aug-21-13 | | Doniez: <Kinghunt> good to know that the line evaluation is +4, which is very close to say "it's a win" |
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| Aug-21-13 | | BOSTER: <Doniez>.
Don't worry . I understand you. |
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Apr-26-21
 | | plang: In Wedberg's win over Gleizerov at Stockholm 2002 (game not included in this database) White had played 16 Bb5; 16 Bg2 was new. White's combination exchanging two minor pieces for a rook and two pawns gave him some edge which became decisive after Black's inexplicable decision to give up his b-pawn. Had Black played the stronger 25..Qc7 White would still have had a clear edge after 26 Rd1!..Nb6 27 Rd8..Rxd8 28 Qxd8..Qxd8 29 Rxd8..Kf7 30 Rd4..a5 31 Rd6..Nc4 32 Rd5. |
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