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| Oct-20-12 | | BlackSheep: Magnifique . |
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| Oct-20-12 | | holly does hollywood: I'm glad i saw black moves included 24... Bh3, but then i did not know what to do. I feel i did not entirely succeed this POTD because I totally missed the a1-h8 diagonal and 27... e4 ! Would definitely not see all these moves OTB, but pretty combination by Adamski ! |
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| Oct-20-12 | | Robin Gitte: Wonderful puzzle, CG. I can only look on in awe as events unfold. |
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| Oct-20-12 | | James D Flynn: Chessgames, I don't speak Czech but I know enough Serbo-Croat to say that "i crni dobiva!" means "and Black is better" |
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| Oct-20-12 | | Abdel Irada: <King Sacrificer: <Phony Benoni: The bishop moves to h1... WAIT A MINUTE! The king is on h1; 22...f3 traps the bishop and gives Black a real material edge.> That's what i forgot and stopped calculating. The king was still on g1 in my head.> Here's a question to ponder: Supposing for a moment that the king really is on g1, and the bishop able to retreat to h1 ... what of it? Whether a buried bishop on h1 confronted by a protected pawn on f3 is better than a trapped and lost bishop is a nice question. In the former case, the bishop is still on the board, but its presence is more in the realm of potential than of actuality; unless Black releases it, the bishop remains imprisoned forever. |
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| Oct-20-12 | | Abdel Irada: <James D Flynn: Chessgames, I don't speak Czech but I know enough Serbo-Croat to say that "i crni dobiva!" means "and Black is better"> Informative. The "i" is recognizable as "and" by analogy with the Spanish "y" and related forms. The "crni" is a bit more challenging until one recognizes its close kinship to the Russian "cherno." And that leaves "dobiva," whose etymology I don't know Slavic languages well enough to trace, but now by elimination I know it means "better." |
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Oct-20-12
 | | Phony Benoni: <Abdel Irada> "Dobiva", or "better", derives from the name of former U.S. President George Dobiva Bush. (Unpaid non-political pun.) |
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| Oct-20-12 | | Abdel Irada: <Phony Benoni: <Abdel Irada> "Dobiva", or "better", derives from the name of former U.S. President George Dobiva Bush. (Unpaid non-political pun.)>
That's it. Off to the PUNitentiary with you. |
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| Oct-20-12 | | ajax333221: Thanks, I learned a lot from this puzzle! I knew sooner or later I would find a life-changing masterpiece in this site. Also, 29...Rd1 looks like another puzzle.
:) |
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| Oct-21-12 | | FlashinthePan: I saw 18...Qb3 with virtually the same continuation as in game, but thought I was missing something better as it was unclear to me that the ending game was won for Black. BTW, if White had played 24.Nc2, protecting the a1 square and clearing the way for his rook on the 1st rank instead of blocking his king with Rg1, I still don't see how the game is easily won for Black. |
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| Oct-22-14 | | sls: <Abdel Irada: <James D Flynn: Chessgames, I don't speak Czech but I know enough Serbo-Croat to say that "i crni dobiva!" means "and Black is better">>
No, it means "and Black wins!". |
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Jul-27-25
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Solved the puzzle in 2004 (see pg. 1), flubbed it in 2025. Interesting measure of cognitive decline. |
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| Jul-27-25 | | mel gibson: I didn't see that.
I picked another line.
18. .. Nxe2+
Stockfish 17 follows the game line:
18. .. Qxc3
(18. .. Qxc3 (1. ... Qxc3 2.Bxc3 Nxe2+ 3.Kh1 Nxc3 4.Qb3 Nxb1 5.Qxb1 f3 6.Qb3 fxg2+ 7.Nxg2 Nf6
8.Ne3 Bd7 9.Kg1 h6 10.b5 Ra5 11.Qb4 Rxb5 12.Qd6 Bc6 13.Rc1 Nh7 14.Rxc6 bxc6 )
+2.84/42 329)
score for Black +2.84 depth 42.
if I force SF to play my move - it's slightly weaker: 18. .. Nxe2+
(18. .. Nxe2+ 19. Nxe2 (1.Nxe2 f3 2.Nxf3 gxf3 3.Bxf3 Nf6 4.Qb5 Bh3 5.Bg2 Bxg2 6.Kxg2 Ra2 7.Rbd1
h5 8.Ng1 Qf7 9.Qc4 Nd5 10.Kh1 Rb2 11.Qc1 Rb3 12.Bh6 Re8 13.Bxg7+ Kxg7
14.Rfe1 Nc3 ) +2.27/45 429)
score for Black +2.27 depth 45. |
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| Jul-27-25 | | BxChess: <An Englishman Solved the puzzle in 2004...Interesting measure of cognitive decline.> A 21 year period of solving puzzles is pretty good. I am frequently in awe of your memory for puzzles that you have previously solved. |
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| Jul-27-25 | | Walter Glattke: Didn't see that. |
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| Jul-27-25 | | Walter Glattke: b) 19.-Rd8 20.Qc5 Qxc5 21.dxc5 Nf6 22.Bc1 Bf5 23.Rb2 (Bxb7 Rb8 Rb1 Rxb7) Rd7 24.e3 Ne6 instand pressure, but no real advantage |
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| Jul-27-25 | | vajeer: It's a good puzzle, but not sure it is really insane level. It's only a pseudo sacrifice as all moves till 22...f3 are forced and black quickly wins more material than he is sacrificing. By the way black has some more work to do to pull off a win from here. Hopefully I will get some time today to play on from move 23 against computer. Won't be easy to not falter, I am sure! |
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Jul-27-25
 | | chrisowen: I q buggy it's of it's we it's c it's v it's z Qxc3 abled it's axled it's fa about lo it's at bug farm Qxc3 dug x |
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| Jul-27-25 | | Pyrandus: Bravour-Stück. |
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Jul-27-25
| | chrisowen: Choose in it x |
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Jul-27-25
 | | playground player: (How close he came to being Jerry Lewis!) |
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Jul-27-25
 | | Breunor: Beyond my pay grade! |
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| Jul-27-25 | | Saniyat24: Extraordinary insight from Jan Adamski...! |
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Jul-28-25
| | An Englishman: Good Evening: Thank you, <BxChess>, for the kind words, but the old memory has also declined. Simply scrolled back through all the comments to seek any of mine. |
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| Jul-28-25 | | FM David H. Levin: No better (than 18. Qd5) seems 18. Qd1 because of 18...f3 
click for larger view<If now 19. exf3, then 19...gxf3, intending 20. Nxf3 Bg4 or 20. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Bg4.> 19. Bh1 Qxc3! 20. Bxc3 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 fxe2. 
click for larger viewSo, it seems that Black's c-pawn was poisoned. Taking into account that Black
presumably determined this before offering the pawn, I'd say that Black's combination might qualify as "insane." |
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