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| Sep-30-04 | | offramp: Another windmill-effect. Very good! |
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| Sep-30-04 | | Nickisimo: Yeah, my gut feeling was Qxh8+, and after a minute of quick confirmation, this one was a slam dunk. "If I only had a brain..." |
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| Sep-30-04 | | erikcu: Another round of the "too easy" kibitzes I am sure; perhaps its just me, but I think the puzzles this week have had aesthetically pleasing endings. Be they are easy or not. |
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| Sep-30-04 | | mrvocab: How is this the Old Indian? It looks like the King's Indian, fianchetto variation. |
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| Sep-30-04 | | Rank Amateur: Well, it was easy, cause I don't usually solve it on Thursday. But I always like a windmill. And I did look at a lot of other stuff before throwing away the queen. |
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| Sep-30-04 | | themindset: 42. to play and win would have been quit tough, tho. |
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| Sep-30-04 | | themindset: ps - this is not an old indian, it's a King's Indian Fiachetto. |
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| Sep-30-04 | | themindset: i meant to say 43. to play and win |
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| Sep-30-04 | | themindset: although fritz finds 45...Qd8, which seems to hold, with a slight edge to white. |
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Sep-30-04
 | | Gypsy: Interposition <46...Qh7> would have been a better defense. Because of that, the quiet <46.h4>, with subsequent <Re7> and/or <Qg5+>, may be preferable to <46.Qh8>. Black is so tied up that he has no adequate retort. |
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| Sep-30-04 | | clocked: <Gypsy> 46.h4?? |
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Sep-30-04
 | | Willem Wallekers: And another defender bites the dust. |
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Sep-30-04
 | | Benzol: <Gypsy> That's an interesting defence. Does white have a win in the pawn ending after 46... h7 47.xg8 xg8 48. xg6+ xg6 49. xg6  xg6? |
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Sep-30-04
| | Gypsy: < clocked: <Gypsy> 46.h4??> Did I missed something embarasing after h4? White can get an extra tempo for that pawn endgame <Benzol>; eg, <46.Qxh8+ Qh7 47.Qxh7 Kxh7 48.Rxg6 Rxg6> and, say, <49.Kf3 K~ 50.Bxg6 Kxg6 ...> I do believe it is a win for White. |
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Sep-30-04
| | Benzol: <Gypsy> Yes, that does seem a better way to do it. |
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Sep-30-04
| | Benzol: <clocked> Are you suggesting 47.f6 keeping black tied up in knots? |
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| Sep-30-04 | | clocked: 46.Qxh8+ Qh7 47.Qf6 Qd7 (else mate) 48.Qxg6+ Rxg6 49.Rxg6+ Kh7 50.Rxd6+ etc. want to see a mate? 47... Qg7 48.Qf5 d5 49.g4 hxg4 50.hxg4 Kh7 51.Qh5+ Qh6 52.Re7+ Rg7 53.Bxg6+ Kh8 54.Qxh6+ Kg8 55.Re8# |
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Sep-30-04
| | Gypsy: Lol, I have a soft spot for pawn endgames <clocked>! But we a have a bit of a miscom here: I see 46.h4 as the best way to press the White positional dominance (provided I am not missing something tactical, I am geting close to a zombie state). In contrast, after 46.Qxh8 Qh7 some sort of liquidation may realy be in order. One can try 47.Qf6, but after 47...Qg7 I'd probably head for the pawn endgame. |
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Sep-30-04
| | Willem Wallekers: This discussion on 46 ... Qh7 is silly and pointless. The endgame after 47. Qxh7+ Kxh7 48.Rxd6 is elementary. |
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| Sep-30-04 | | sandyobrien: too easy for a thursday!!! |
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Sep-30-04
| | Willem Wallekers: <clocked>
Do you ever play otb chess? |
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| Sep-30-04 | | SamuelS: If I were a computer, I would play the line suggested by <clocked> (46. Qxh8+ Qh7 47. Qf6! etc), but because it is difficult to calculate ten moves ahead accurately, I would simplify to the pawn endgame, which should give White very good winning chances. |
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Sep-30-04
| | Willem Wallekers: The pawn endgame is a deadsure win. |
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Sep-30-04
 | | patzer2: While 43. Nxg6!? is interesting, it seems to fizzle out to a drawish ending after <themindset>'s suggestion of 45...Qd8! Play might continue 45...Qd8! 46. Qf4+ Qg4! 47. Qxg4+ Kxg4 48. f4+! Nxf4 49. gxf4 Kxf4  with good drawing chances for Black. |
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| Sep-30-04 | | ChessPraxis: I totally agree with Willem. |
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