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| Jun-27-12 | | SimonWebbsTiger: @<sevenseaman>
<And who is this Bologan? The name sounds as if he could be from the 19th century.> Blimey.... Victor Bologan is a pretty strong Moldovan GM who has victories at Dortmund and Aeroflot under his belt. He has written some highly acclaimed books: a selection of his best games, a book on the King's Indian and <the> guide to the 4...a6 Slav "the Chebanenko Slav According to Bologan" (New in Chess, 2008). |
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| Jun-27-12 | | psmith: <Patriot> I had exactly your lines. |
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| Jun-27-12 | | LIFE Master AJ: 28.Qh8!+, (then  x+ and  e5+)  |
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Jun-27-12
 | | sevenseaman: <SimonWebbsTiger> Thanks. I googled him later and saw the Wiki entry on him. Winning the Dortmund is no joke, there is always a classy field. Somehow the coin did not drop into the slot. I kept thinking of Boguljubov and old times. Thanks for a very desirable correction in the matter. |
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Jun-27-12
 | | jonnyjack: Wow! I think this puzzle could've even started at "White to Move 26. ?" "26. Rxd8" is a splindid move with no out for black. Great sacrifice, allowing black to go up material for an unstoppable mate. |
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Jun-27-12
 | | paulalbert: Seemed too straightforward and forced for Wednesday, but a very pretty combination. |
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Jun-27-12
 | | Machado: Bologan comments this game in his DVD guide about the Caro Kann. He says that he had a nice position before the critical positional mistake ...18.dxe4, opening the position for white bishops. |
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Jun-27-12
 | | gawain: 28 Qh8+ Kxh8 29 Rxf8+ followed by 30 Be5+ as the coup de grace. What a finish! |
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| Jun-27-12 | | pericles of athens: <Beancounter> I agree! Can't explain how, but found it very very quickly. |
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Jun-27-12
 | | Eyal: <I think this puzzle could've even started at "White to Move 26. ?"> Or even move 24, which is where the forcing combination that wins this game begins (though that, of course, would be a puzzle for a different day): 
click for larger view<24.Rxd4!! Qxh1+ 25.Ka2 Qxh3> 25...Rxd4 26.Bxe6+ Kh8 27.Qxd4 with a mating attack, e.g. 27...Nf5 28.Bxf5 Qb7 29.hxg7+ Qxg7 30.Be5. <26.Rxd8 gxh6>
The main alternative, defending against the mate threat on g7, is 26...Nf5 - and now White can win "simply" by 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.hxg7+ Nxg7 (28...Kg8 29.Qf6 Nxg7 leads to the same thing) 29.Qf6+ Kg8 30.Be5 Ne8 31.Qh8+ Kf7 32.g6+! Kxg6 33.Qxe8+ Kf5 34.Qxb5; or more spectacularly with 27.Qe5 Qh5 (27...Rxd8 28.Qxe6+ Kh8/f8 29.hxg7+ Kxg7 [29...Nxg7 30.Qxh3] 30.Qf6+ Kg8 31.Qxd8+ Kf7 32.Qd7+ Kf8 33.Bd6+ and Black has either to give up the queen with 33...Nxd6, or to allow mate: 33..Kg8 34.Qe8+ Kg7 35.Be5#) 28.Qxe6+ Qf7 29.Qxf7+ Kxf7 30.g6+!! and Black has to lose at least a rook with 30...Kxg6, since after 30...hxg6 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.h7 he can't stop the h-pawn from queening. <27.gxh6 Qg4 28.Qh8+!!> |
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Jun-27-12
 | | kevin86: This one is easy:
1. give up the queen at h8
2. Take the rook at f8
3 Move bishop to e5 and capture the queen with pawn at g7: 28  h8+  xh8 29 xf8+  g8 30 e5+ g7 31 hxg7# or 29...g8 30 e5# |
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Jun-27-12
 | | Alex56171: <JimNorCal> 28. Qf6 Rxd8 29. Bg5 and black must give up the Q. But no mate in two. |
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| Jun-27-12 | | Djoker: 28. Qh8+ ...Kf7 (Kxh8 29. Rxf8+...Ng8 30.Be5+ ...Qg7 31. Bxg7#)
29. Qxh7+ .... Kf6
30. Rxf8# |
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| Jun-27-12 | | Mudphudder: That is one pretty ending! |
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| Jun-27-12 | | romni: Must admit I missed it..Took a quick look and thought '28.Rxf8+,Kxf8 29.Qf6+ Ke8 30.Bd6'..This wins also, but 28.Qh8+ is much more aesthetic! |
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| Jun-27-12 | | MarkFinan: I haven't really been looking at the POTD for a month or two now, but I did find this one easy, and saw the Qh8+ shot straight away.
Surely the pun belongs with those CG are currently posting on there main page, because It's gone straight over my head.. Don't get It!! |
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Jun-27-12
 | | Once: Surely we have to deliver the final mate with the pawn and not the bishop?
click for larger viewSo much more artistic, ironic, sardonic, carbolic, alcoholic. I wandered lonely as a pawn, that mates on g7 like a ... like a ... mating thing. Oh, I don't know. Death by teddy bear, perhaps. |
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Jun-27-12
 | | SuperPatzer77: <romni: Must admit I missed it..Took a quick look and thought '28.Rxf8+,Kxf8 29.Qf6+ Ke8 30.Bd6'..This wins also, but 28.Qh8+ is much more aesthetic! > <romni> 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8, 29. Qf6+ Kg8 (better than 29...Ke8). Like you said, 28 Qh8+!! is the best because it can lead to quick mate. SuperPatzer77 |
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Jun-27-12
 | | chrisowen: Quicketh queen in the major to dandy cull i on hone feed 28.qh8+ lacky for queen in atmospheric h8 too plutarch extri-cate drop rook also bishop het up the grateful crumble in load 24.Rxd4 Qh1+ 25.Ka2 Qh3 party for AM it once in g7h6 a vindicate lay it fowl in gq4 mate in for won i blue profess hind remark in d4 coming to back in g4 er bill to rights as in escry am rub in g4 rookd8 in back hi neat! |
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| Jun-27-12 | | Dr. J: <Eyal> Thank you for a really fine analysis! |
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| Jun-27-12 | | Dr. J: Hmm. After 24 Rxd4: 
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Can't Black play 24... Rxd4 25 Qxd4 Qxh1+ 26 Kh2 Kf7? |
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Jun-27-12
 | | Richard Taylor: Droll! (I nano second too slow for this one?) You can see Bologan pointing to h8 hoping for Morozevich to play the sac!! Together they getting each others Q sac collection up to...x. If he missed it you would have to take his move back and play it for him and then go for a coffee or whatever and a good laugh... Needless to say it is "obvious" but only if you are on the lookout! |
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Jun-27-12
| | Eyal: <Dr. J: Can't Black play 24... Rxd4 25 Qxd4 Qxh1+ 26 Kh[a]2 Kf7?> That would work only if White plays 27.Qxg7+(??) Ke8 28.Bd6 Rf7; but after 27.hxg7 followed by Qf6+, Bd6 and/or Bxe6, White has a mating attack. |
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| Jul-25-12 | | fisayo123: Incredible!! |
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Jan-17-13
 | | Cemoblanca: Petrosian would be proud of Qh8+. :) Beautiful game. It has so much creativity in it. That's the reason why I love chess & especially the games of Moro. Congrats! :) |
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