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Jun-21-09
 | | Peligroso Patzer: An interesting idea for Black (found by Fritz) after 21.Bxe6 would have been 21...Rxf2! to expose the White King and to bring the a8-Rook into play with tempo. The plausible continuation 22.Kxf2 Rf8+ 23.Kg3 Qe1+ 24.Kh3 Kg7 25.Bc4 Qf2 is probably somewhat better for White (due to the strong e5-pawn), but (unlike the game) the Black pieces are comparably active to White's and, if Black can survive to a long endgame, he does have a 3-vs.-1 pawn majority on the Q-side. Note that in the line above, although the a1-Knight is hanging (after 25. ... Qf2), after 26. Bxa1 Rf5 27. e6+ Kh6 White will need to sacrifice one of his Bishops (28. Bf6 or 28. Be2) to avoid a perpetual or worse. |
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Jun-21-09
| | Peligroso Patzer: One other interesting tactical point in this game is that at White's 24th move, 24. exf7+ would have been another way to win, but 24.Qe5? would have been a blunder allowing Black to draw: 24. ... Rf3+ 25.gxf3 Qg1+ 26.Kh3 (certainly not 26.Kf4?? Rf8+  ) 26...Qf1+ =. |
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| Jun-21-09 | | D4n: Pretty interesting game. |
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| Jun-21-09 | | tivrfoa: Great!Great!Great!Great!Great!
xD
wow <RT> same variation!!! hehe
congratulations! amazing victory!!! |
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| Jun-21-09 | | Samagonka: This attack really backfired for Black. |
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Jun-21-09
 | | fm avari viraf: When one's belly is empty, brian ceases to think logically. Here, as if Atalik was treating hungry Sax with a delicious cusine in a Mediterranean Restaurant & when it came to pay bills Sax's wallet went empty. A very lively & enjoyable game. My pun would be "Poor Sex" |
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Jun-21-09
 | | playground player: "The Dangers of Unprotected Sax"? |
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| Jun-21-09 | | arnaud1959: If I remember well, this variation was Atalik's home preparation and it contains one of the best novelties (I don't know which move) of that time. |
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Jun-21-09
 | | DarthStapler: Mine would be "Gyula falls to sacks" |
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| Jun-21-09 | | remolino: Beautiful game. Sax fell pray to too many sacs. |
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| Jun-21-09 | | Sicilian Dragon: Atalik Sacs |
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| Jun-21-09 | | WhiteRook48: crazy sacrifices! |
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| Jun-21-09 | | Granny O Doul: I'll go along with pp, but "Unprotected Sax" is good enough. Don't be too wordy. |
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Jun-22-09
 | | kevin86: Greed does not succeed! Black cleaned out most of the back row but was unable to hold back the small,but effective attack by a small force of Atalik. Atalick! Atalick! toujours Atalick! |
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Oct-18-09
 | | whiteshark: Position after <18.Ng5> 
click for larger view In the game Pelletier-Solak, WchJM-U20 1995 followed: 18... f5 19.Qxe5 Bd7 20.Nf7+ Rxf7 21.Bxf7 f4+ 22.exf4 Qd1 23.f3 Nc2 24.Bc3 Qd3 25.d5 Rg8 26.Kf2 (26.Qxc7 Qf5 27.Bxg8 Kxg8 28.d6 h5 29.Qd8+ Kh7 30.Qe7 Qg6+ 31.Kf2 Bf5 32.h3 Nxa3 33.g4 hxg4 34.hxg4 Bxg4 35.Qh4+ Kg8 36.Qxg4 Qc2+ 37.Kg3 Qxc3 38.Qe6+ Kh7 39.d7 Qd2 40.Qe7 Qd1 41.Qh4+ Kg6 42.d8Q Qg1+ 43.Kh3 Qh1+ 44.Kg4 1–0 |
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Nov-22-10
 | | Albertan: This game performed a rare double, winning Chess Informant's prizes for both best game and best novelty in Informant #71. |
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Nov-22-10
| | Albertan: The novelty in this game occurred on move 17 when Atalik played 17.dxe5! |
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May-22-11
 | | dzechiel: White to move (20?). Black is up a rook, an exchange and a pawn. "Insane." Black is so far ahead in material (nearly a queen in terms of points) that only moves that give direct or indirect threats on the king can be considered forcing. I have been looking at this for about five minutes. Several candidate moves present themselves: - 20 Qh4
- 20 Nxe6
- 20 Bxe6
- 20 Nxh7
- 20 Nxf7+
- 20 Qf3
- 20 Qf4
I kind of like these last two:
20 Qf4
They threaten 21 Qf6+ Kg8 22 Nxe6 (followed by 23 Qg7#) 22...fxe6 23 Bxe6+ Rf7 24 Qxf7+ e6#. Black can't play 20...Bxc4 because of 21 Qf6+ Kg8 22 e6 followed by Qg7#. So, what CAN black do? Perhaps
20...f5, or
20...Rg8
I'm not even sure this is the correct line. I wish I had more time to work on it, but I have been very busy this week. I'm gonna check and see if I was on the right trail.
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Totally different. <sigh> |
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May-22-11
 | | Phony Benoni: 
click for larger view<20.?>
If White is going to win this, it's not going to be on material. Down at least two exchanges, he needs to open up some lines. He has to be quick, though. His king is safe for the moment, but any dilly-dallying will allow Black to start using his extra firepower. Also, Black has enough material to consider counter-sacrifices. At first, there are some resemblances to yesterday's puzzle. Black has the f7/g6/h7 kingside pawn formation, so undermining might be in order. However, what White needs more than anything is that a1-h8 diagonal. Taking on e6 is possible, but not forcing; Black has a number of choices after 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Bxe6; an attack on f2 might even work. And 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Nxe6 gives up what could be a powerful bishop. With that in mind, <20.Nxf7+ Rxf7 21.Bxe6> attacking the rook seems a better order of moves. Black decides on <21...Rg7>, apparently trying to gain a little time by blocking the diagonal. Giving up the exchange is OK if White's attack stalls. The first key move is <22.Bf7>. This blocks the Black's other rook from coming into play effectively, but more importantly keeps the bishop in play after the upcoming 23.e6. Black has little choice (or does he?) besides <22...Rxf7 23.e6+ Kg8> and now <24.Qd4> is the second key move. Black can't do anything with the rook anyway due to the mate threats, and a nice finish occurs after <24...Kf8 25.exf7 Kxf7 26.Qd7+>. Now 26...Kf8 27.Bf6 is another deadly quiet move to force mate. A rather relaxing Sunday puzzle. Not easy to solve, and with a number of variations to investigate, but not particularly mindbreaking. White's elegant play and use of quiet moves should make for some enjoyable analysis. |
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May-22-11
| | Phony Benoni: By the way, let me clarify that I didn't find the entire continuation, just the first couple of moves. |
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| May-22-11 | | bengalcat47: At the end of the game, if 26...Kf8 then 27.Qg7+,Ke8; 28.Bf6 and there is no way Black can prevent 29.Qe7# next. |
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| May-22-11 | | Don Quijote: this puzzle is very insane!
more insane than saving Dulcinea from this puzzle (Black Queen in this case):Black to play And save Dulcinea
click for larger viewSol: http://tinyurl.com/3hkkzss |
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May-22-11
 | | scormus: Not quite as I had it. I thought 20 Qh4 h5 21 Bxe6 fxe6 22 Nxe6 Rf7 23 Ng4. W's winning sequence is more decisive but was B's play the best. 21 ... Rg7 was a bit of a surprise to me. Still, I think this was easier than Friday |
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May-22-11
 | | sevenseaman: 20 Q h4 is hardly a candidate as it elicits curtains via h6. Plus we
owe ourselves the urgency not to allow any tempi for activation of
Black Q and vaguely perhaps, even the N.
If we view action along the the a1-h8 diagonal 20. Nxe6 or Bxe6 will
be self-inficted injury as the reply fxe6 will kill the diagonal.
The only serious candidate is therefore 20 Nxf7+. Black will be fairly
obliging us if he recaptures with the B as that will allow e5, opening
the diagonal. He should not be shy of using the R.
Having considered the wastages and taking the best defensive responses,
it goes like this.
<20. Nxf7 Rxf7>
<21. Bxe6 Rg7>
<22. Bf7 (Another bite at the cherry) Rxf7>
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Black can hardly delay as e6 looms.
<23. e6+ Kg8>
<24. Qd4 Kf8> the k is forced to move West, else Qg8# <25. exf7 Kxf7>
Now the most economical move to tie down the K is not Qg7+ but Qd7+ as
it restricts the K's escape Southward into the open plains. <26. Qd7+> And it decides the tug-of-war as the K can only go to g8 and Qg7#looms. One of the more beautiful of Sunday puzzles. It has a logical flow. 'Insane' was a bit scary. |
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May-22-11
 | | Jimfromprovidence: 21...Rxf2 appears to be a very good move as pointed out by <Peligroso Patzer> in 2009. It was an oversight by black.
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It threatens 22... Rxb2 or 22...Raf8, so 22 Kxf2 appears necessary. If play continues 22...Rf8+ 23.Kg3 Qe1+ 24.Kh3, then 24...Kg7 is a nice response, to escape the potential damage of a discovered check and go to h6 once the e6 bishop moves.
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I like 25 Bd7 here, to protect the advance of the e pawn and also to prevent the possibility of ...Rf5, seeing ...Rh5+.
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I think white has an edge, but I don't know if it's good enough to get him over the hump. |
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sac: 18.Nf3