Jun-19-04
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| Gypsy: A great punchline! |
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Jun-19-04
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| Doctor Who: Wow! |
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| Jun-19-04 |
| PinkPanther: I was thinking of rook takes instead of the knight check, but I guess some of the ideas are the same between the two. |
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Jun-19-04
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| Benzol: <Doctor Who> <Wow!> Yes it is a good game. Try this one which I feel is in a similar vein Vaganian vs G Forintos, 1975 |
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| Jun-19-04 |
| PinkPanther: If 33...Qc4 then 34.Qa3 is mate. |
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Jun-19-04
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| iron maiden: Darn it, I saw Ne5+ but missed 33. Qd3+. Oh, well, there's always tomorrow. Wait, never mind, tomorrow's the Sunday puzzle. |
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Jun-19-04
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| patzer2: Today's 29. Ne5+!! puzzle solution initiates a pretty four move deflection attack, involving two piece pseudo-sacrifices of a Knight and then a rook, before leading to mate. After 33. Qd3+!!, not even 33...Qc4 can delay a quick mate with 34. Qa3+#. |
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Jun-19-04
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| patzer2: Today's 29. Ne5+!! 6-move combination actually starts earlier as part of an 8-move combination beginning with 27. Qa3+! |
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Jun-19-04
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| midknightblue: <pinkpanther> I wanted 29 Rook x c5+ also. I missed the puzzle answer, and the forced mate, but I am sure rook x c5 is a big  anyway. |
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| Jun-19-04 |
| Minor Piece Activity: Dang I saw the potential of Ne5!! but missed 33. Qd3+! too. Was castling long a bad idea? |
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| Jun-19-04 |
| PinkPanther: I just looked it over and the move that initially considered is horrible. |
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Jun-19-04
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| cu8sfan: I can't believe it's Saturday and I got a puzzle right! This is going to be a good day! |
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Jun-19-04
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| kevin86: Black has three way to get out of check-but all yield to  a3, either mate on the spot or a move later |
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| Jun-19-04 |
| vangogh228: I got the idea, but could never have finished the guy off like this. I would have mucked this up but good, I am sure. I get really frustrated with these players who get one move away from being mated and then resign. Just let the guy finish you off for pete's sake. You wiggled your way through the last five moves, hoping he'd make a mistake and then resign just as the hammer is about to drop. What a bunch of wussies. Take your medicine and let the other player have the pleasure of the finish. ARGH!!! (Rant completed.) |
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| Jun-19-04 |
| jeffnool: a nice combination!!! |
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Jun-19-04
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| patzer2: Perhaps its a 9-move combination starting with 26. Rd4!! If now 26...R(h)d8, then 27. Ra4+ Kb8 (27...Kb7 28. Qa7#) 28. Rc3! wins. And if 26...Rb8, then 27. Ra4+ Kb7 28. Rb7+ wins. If 26...Kb7, then 27.
Qb3+ Qb6 28. Qxb6+ Kxb6 29. Rxd4 leaves White a piece up. |
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Jun-19-04
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| patzer2: <vangogh228> Resignations before mate used to bother me, but playing all the way to mate went out long ago. Some easily won endings can be played out meaninglessly for many moves and with much waste of time for those waiting to start the next round of a tournament. So, the practice of resigning in obviously lost positions does have some merit.
I have found that it is sometimes useful to try and analyze resigned positions that are not immediately clear. There is one game on this site where the human operators of a super computer resigned in a won position, mistakenly assuming their program was lost. |
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Jun-19-04
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| artemis: <Patzer2> I agree to an extent. If they have a long endgame ahead where it is obvious who has a winning advantage, then simply resigning is preferable. When the end is obvious, it is sometimes polite to allow your opponent the pleasure of seeing their combination completed to its final. |
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| Jun-19-04 |
| Poohavez: 14...Qc7 was a HUGE blunder, after that Black has no chance!!! If, however, straightforward 14...Rd7 is played, it seems that the Black's position is good.
Here is the interesting continuation: 14...Rd7 15.Nxf7 (15.Bf4 Nxd5 and Black is better) 15...Nb4! 16.Qe2 Rxf7 17.de Re7 and Black is also fine. |
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Jun-19-04
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| patzer2: <Poohavez> I like your recommendation of 14...Rd7!? After 14...Rd7 15.Nxf7 Nb4!? I initially thought 16. Qc4+?! Rc7 17. Qxc7+ might make things a bit messy for Black (with White gaining two rooks and a pawn for the Queen). However, in this line, after 17...Qxc7 18. Nxh1 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 it appears that Black should be able to followup with a timely ...g6 to trap and capture the White Knight on h8 for a winning material advantage. |
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+ sac: 29.Ne5+
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