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| Feb-24-06 | | Mating Net: I didn't get 38.Nh7! To me, it is a super sharp move. It combines two tactical themes. Thedeflection of the Black King, and if the King doesn't capture the beast, an intermezzo via 39.Nxf6+. Pretty cool. |
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| Feb-24-06 | | JustAFish: I followed Starkidaway's line as well... Rg6 was hard to see, though. |
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| Feb-24-06 | | pwrstick: Hello again all,
Would someone kindly suggest the final end game sequence? I'm having difficulty seeing why black resigned (other than being down a rook). |
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Feb-24-06
 | | tpstar: <pwrstick> After 44. g4 Black's endgame is very hard to hold, like 44 ... Nd8 45. Rd7 Nb7 (45 ... Nc6?? 46. Rd6+; 45 ... Ne6?? 46. Rd6) 46. Rff7 and the Pg7 falls. But 44 ... Rb2?? was fatal due to 45. Ra6 winning the Ne6 next move. |
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| Feb-24-06 | | pwrstick: I suppose Ra6 to threaten the knight is rather devastating as it pins it to the king. And there's no way to defend its eventual capture... |
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| Feb-24-06 | | VinnyRoo2002: To answer Life Master AJ's question, I found an alternative solution with 38. Ne6 Rxc8 39. Rc8 Kh7 40. Nf8+ Kg8 41. Nd7+ winning the exchange also. Not sure if this end position is superior or inferior to the one in the game though. |
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| Feb-24-06 | | VinnyRoo2002: Sorry, I overlooked 39... Kf7 when white doesn't win any material. I did see the Nh7 line though. |
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| Feb-24-06 | | c o r e: I soved today's puzzle on intuition alone- then spent five times as long trying to disprove it. I kept thinking to myself 'I must have missed something in this line...' I find that I all too often underestimate my opponent's counterplay in these situations, but today's puzzle position would have had me nearly throwing the win away if controls were at 40. |
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Feb-26-06
 | | LIFE Master AJ: My alternate solution involved 37.Rcc7, Rg6; 38.Ne6, which I originally thought won ... and better than the game. (But apprently not.) |
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| Oct-13-21 | | Brenin: The N fork 38 Nh7 was not immediately obvious (not to me, anyway), but it works because 38 ... Rxc8 39 Nxf6+ is check, so Black must play 39 ... gxf6 and then 40 Rxc8+ wins the exchange. Of course, 38 ... Kxh7 loses to 39 Rxf8. At the end, 45 Ra6 wins the N. |
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| Oct-13-21 | | drollere: this was easy. 38. Nh7 Rxc8, 39. Nxf6+ gxf6, 40. Rxc8+ or 38. Nh7 Kxh7, 39. Rxf8 Rxf8, 40. Rxf8 |
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Oct-13-21
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: That ranks among the funniest winning moves I have ever seen. Actually laughed upon solving this one. |
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| Oct-13-21 | | TheBish: White to play (38.?) "Medium/Easy"
White wins an exchange with 38. Nh7!, i.e. 38...Kxh7 39. Rxf8 or 38...Rxc8 39. Nxf6+ (zwichenzug!) gxf6 40. Rxc8 with an elementary win. An oldie but a goodie! Not sure if I've seen this particular game position before, or just one from a similar game. |
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| Oct-13-21 | | stacase: Somewhat similar to yesterday's opus, only this time I got it right. Yesterday was a real "DOH!" experience. |
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| Oct-13-21 | | saturn2: 38.Nh7 and black can choose between R+N vs 2R or alternatively N vs R |
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| Oct-13-21 | | mel gibson: I saw that.
Stockfish 14 says:
38. Nh7
(38. Nh7 (♘g5-h7 ♔g8xh7 ♖c8xf8 ♔h7-g6 g2-g3 ♘d3-e1 ♖f8-e8 ♘e1-d3 ♖a8-a2
♖f6-b6 ♔g1-h2 h6-h5 h3-h4 ♔g6-f6 ♖a2-e2 ♖b6-e6 ♖e8-h8 g7-g6 ♖h8-d8 e5-e4
♔h2-g2 ♖e6-e5 ♔g2-f1 ♘d3-c5 ♖d8-f8+ ♔f6-g7 ♖f8-f4 ♖e5-f5 ♖f4xf5 g6xf5
♖e2-a2 ♔g7-f6 ♖a2-a5 ♘c5-d3 ♖a5-a6+ ♔f6-g7 ♖a6-a7+ ♔g7-g6) +4.17/33 186) score for White +4.17 depth 33. |
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| Oct-13-21 | | agb2002: Black threatens hxg5.
The black king protects the rook on f8. Therefore, 38.Nh7: A) 38... Kxh7 39.Rxf8 wins the exchange.
B) 38... Rxc8 39.Nxf6+ gxf6 40.Rxc8+ wins the exchange. C) 38... Rxf2 39.Nxf8 wins a rook for a pawn.
D) 38... Nxf2 39.Nxf6+ and Black will lose all the pieces. |
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| Oct-13-21 | | raymondhow: After winning the exchange, the 40th move appears a matter of positional taste. I went with 40.g3. |
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Oct-13-21
 | | FSR: 38.Nh7! is hilarious. |
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| Oct-13-21 | | goldfarbdj: My choice was 38. Ne7+, which has the disadvantage of not actually being a legal move. |
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| Oct-13-21 | | Once: Ha ha!
This is another of those moves to file under "surely that can't work, can it?" I'm with FSR and an Englishman. Astonishing move. |
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Oct-13-21
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| Oct-13-21 | | awfulhangover: That was easy. |
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| Oct-13-21 | | TheaN: <38.Nh7 +-> was actually pretty apparent to me, I just spend a bit too long checking possible answers. Tl;dr, Black's always a tempo short given Nxf6 or Rxf8. Black chooses the 'most material' endgame, but it's rather trivial because the White rooks are simply much better. |
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| Oct-13-21 | | AlicesKnight: I found Nh7, and the win of the exchange comes in various options. A 'matter of technique' after that, meaning it takes a while. |
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