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| Feb-24-06 | | 64 Squares: Nice unusual attacking move, at least for my patzer eyes, 38. Nh7!, |
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Feb-24-06
 | | Chnebelgrind: Doesn't 37.Rcc7 work too? |
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| Feb-24-06 | | you vs yourself: I didn't see 37.Raa8. If I had reached the positon after 36...Rf8 OTB, I might've considered Raa8. But when I was computing it in my mind, I didn't think of that move. I just exchanged 37.Rxf8 and found nothing. |
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| Feb-24-06 | | crafty: 37. ♖cc7 ♖g6 38. ♘e6 ♖xf2 39. ♖a8+ ♔h7 40. ♘f8+  (eval 0.60; depth 16 ply; 250M nodes) |
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Feb-24-06
 | | Sneaky: This should have been easy since the critical line is entirely forced moves, but I didn't see Nh7 (and I'm sure I'm not alone here). |
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| Feb-24-06 | | aazqua: exactly what sneaky said except that nh7 wasn't that hard because it was clear that that was the forcing line. one of a million puzzles that you wouldn't see over the board but that once you know it's there it isn't that hard to find. |
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| Feb-24-06 | | patzer2: For today's Friday puzzle solution, White takes advantage of a weakened back rank, starting with 36. Rc8+! to force 36...Rf8 37. Raa8! Rdf6 38. Nh7!, which uses a Knight Fork as a deflection to force either 38...Kxh7 39. Rxf8  or 38...Rxc8 39. Nxf6+ using a neat in between move (a.k.a. intermezzo or zwischenzug) to win decisive material. |
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Feb-24-06
 | | WannaBe: Yes, what <patzer2> said!! Yes... Now, give me a few years to figure out what exactly that means... =) |
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| Feb-24-06 | | Ashram64: I saw 37. Rcc7 Rxf2 38. Rxg7+ Kf8 39. Nh7+ Ke8 40. Rg8+ Rf8 41. Rxf8# |
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| Feb-24-06 | | chesstoplay: patzer2... you are always so instructive and straight forward with your comments. I enjoy your commentary ever day because you teach without being rude toward those of us that love the game, but are still just starting out. I am too new and green to have anything to say, yet, but give me another year or so. Thanks and keep it up. |
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| Feb-24-06 | | makaveli52: I spent very little time on figuring it out, but decided on 38. Nd6, seeing as 38...Kh7 39.Nf8+ 40.Kg8 Nd7+ wins the exchange, i missed the move 38...Kf7 however :/. I did look at the Nh7 line, but failed to recognize that Nxf6 is a check, so I decided Rxc8 is a counter. |
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| Feb-24-06 | | MrsMurdstone: white wins by the simplest of means. I guess the theme this week is open board rook moves,seems to be a trend. Can't black keep playing, with his two pieces, and hope for a miracle? |
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| Feb-24-06 | | ckr: <37. ♖cc7> hxg5 38.♖xg7+ leads nowhere. |
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| Feb-24-06 | | dzechiel: Woah! Saw this one pretty quickly (less than a minute) which is pertty good for me on a Friday. Of course either rook can administer the initial check. |
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| Feb-24-06 | | VargPOD: Saw 37.Rcc7 hxg5 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39.Rh7+ Kg8 40.Rag7# instantly and then got the same line as Ashram64, so I didn't consider 37.Raa8. Bad week continues. |
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Feb-24-06
 | | al wazir: <ckr: 37. Rcc7 hxg5 38.Rxg7+ leads nowhere.> 38...Kh8 39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. Rag7#. Crafty's line is black's best, but white looks good. Why does it evaluate to only +0.60? This is one position where white's best strategy is to attack on the eighth rank instead of the usual seventh. |
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| Feb-24-06 | | Fezzik: This was a nice one. I saw all the elements but failed to place it in the right order. A great combo by Razuvaev, and a nice puzzle. White has many attractive ideas, but it seems that only Razuvaev's moves are best. |
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| Feb-24-06 | | Richos: At last I solved a Friday puzzle, moreover in a quite short time. I thought to myself today "OK, let me see what is the today puzzle, but I will not try anything too complicated!" :-) Not a genious, here is the example how even a weak player as me can solve it. if you like to, follow my thinking:
1. Its immediate mate!
2. No, its not, theres the rook, Rf8
3. So lets double the rooks on 8. raw? Black cannot cover the f8 rook with Rd8. The mate must come in the next two moves!
4. Oh, black has Rdf6. Hmmm, what about Nh7 to exchange the rook for the knight?
5. Let me see the solution
6. Wow, its correct! :-)
Silly way, isnt it? |
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| Feb-24-06 | | mbt123au: I saw the first 3 moves almost straight away, but with my skills, it was still anybody's game after that |
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Feb-24-06
 | | OhioChessFan: I saw it immediately, which is unusual for a Friday. <dzechiel> yes, either Rook first ends up the same position. |
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| Feb-24-06 | | little fluffy: I missed 38.Nh7. This is a long sequence for a puzzle. |
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| Feb-24-06 | | Marco65: <al wazir> <Why does it evaluate to only +0.60?> Crafty has been even too generous IMHO. After 37. Rcc7 Rg6 38. Ne6 Rxf2 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. Nf8+ Rxf8 41.Rxf8 Nf4 I think White can't avoid losing another pawn. I think it's White who is going to propose a draw there. |
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| Feb-24-06 | | VOK: I didn't see Nh7 because I didn't even see Rf6 defence ;). Just pushed the rooks to the backrank and started to think of how comes a new Monday came and I haven't noticed. |
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| Feb-24-06 | | NotABanker: It was a good puzzle. But I did not see Rf8 leading to Rdf6. Not too hard, maybe for a Friday. |
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Feb-24-06
 | | LIFE Master AJ: Hmmm. I got the first move. (Got to come back and look at this one after I do some computer analysis.) Did anyone find an alternate solution?
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