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| Jan-22-07 |
| NotABanker: Monday always easy.
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| Jan-22-07 |
| Richerby: <laskereshevsky: ".. HEY! ITS MONDAY!!..." And then i saw immediatly QF7+> I used exactly the opposite reasoning: I immediately saw  f7+ and then thought, ``Oh, it must be Monday.'' :-) |
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Jan-22-07
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| karnak64: Clearly the "improved" Steinitz defense hasn't improved quite enough ... |
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| Jan-22-07 |
| Rubenus: <DuaneTiemann>
At move 6: not because of Nxc6
At move 9: I think it has something to do with either Nxg7+ or Re1. At move 10: Because of Bxe7, winning an entire rook.
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| Jan-22-07 |
| Stellar King: Mmm...let's see 23.Qf7+!! (?) Oh yeah it is Monday |
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Jan-22-07
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| gerpm: I always enjoy Monday! |
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Jan-22-07
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| gawain: Did not see Qf7+ (I am ashamed!) but did see Qf8 which is (if I say so myself) also a pretty clever move. |
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Jan-22-07
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| kevin86: A simple but very sharp two move mate-in fact the gotd has a three move mate-maybe that could have been a puzzle for Tuesday or Wednesday. If black had retreated the queen to d7 instead of d8,white would have lent his queen to black-at shark rates as the windmill following would have gobbled up the knight and bishop in addition to the queen. 22....d7 23 f6!  xf6 24 xf6+  g7 (or h8) 25 xd7+ g7 26 f6+ moves 27 xe8+ etc... |
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Jan-22-07
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| Slink: Who is Asfary? I wonder how (s)he felt after this. |
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Jan-22-07
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| YouRang: My experience was similar to <dzechiel>s, except that for some reason, I wanted in the worst way to deliver mate with the knight. Then, after slapping myself a couple times and reminding myself that it was Monday, I solved it pretty quickly. |
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| Jan-22-07 |
| JustAFish: I didn't get this instantaneously, but did figure it out in quite a bit less than a minute. I suspect the very mild difficulty of this puzzle stems from the fact that the initial queen sac is not a capture, and the final mating pattern is somewhat unusual. |
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| Jan-22-07 |
| thegoodanarchist: Seems too easy for even a Monday puzzle. |
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| Jan-22-07 |
| Themofro: Elegant if simple mate, good Monday puzzle. |
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| Jan-22-07 |
| chessdummy123: To easy, i got it in less than 10 seconds. |
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Jan-22-07
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| playground player: No, no, Qf8 won't do. Black counters with Qd7 and the matter gets complicated--too many chances for Black to wriggle off the hook. Qf7+ signs, seals, and delivers! Besides, it's a Monday puzzle, so we know there's gotta be a Queen sacrifice somewhere. |
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| Jan-22-07 |
| Major Dude: When it is this easy, it isn't worth leaving a comment. |
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| Jan-22-07 |
| Stonewaller2: but, <playground player>, after 23. f8?! d7 surely White still has 24. f6 with the windmill <kevin86> pointed out picking up + + for , yes? |
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Jan-22-07
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| wals: however simple it may be, it is still satisfying to have solved it. |
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| Jan-22-07 |
| Stonewaller2: ... or 23. f8?! d7 24. f6 g5 25. h8+ g6 26. xg8+ h5 27. f6+ forking Black's ... |
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| Jan-22-07 |
| Mountainman1: It was extremely easy today. Interesting mate, though. |
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| Jan-22-07 |
| unferth: <DuaneTiemann: White's e pawn seems to lead a charmed life. Why doesn't black ever take it? And white doesn't defend it. What do they see that I don't? Is it just that it shields black's king? Is that worth a pawn's life?>
after move 7, white's e-pawn is never undefended; taking it would cost black a piece. before that, if Nxe4 (the Open Defense), either d4 or Re1 recovers the pawn. |
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| Jan-22-07 |
| vibes43: The easy ones will help draw new players. I didn't feel like taxing my brain tonight anyway. |
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| Jan-23-07 |
| Rubenus: <unferth> Indeed, I agree with you. |
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| Aug-28-08 |
| dwavechess: Matulovic concur with rybka 2.3.2 at 14 ply in 20/24 moves |
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| Sep-10-08 |
| dwavechess: Identical 20/24 for Matulovic with Rybka 3 w32 3 minutes per move. |
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