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| Jun-20-05 |
| maoam: 39.Qxh5?? gxh5 40.Rxh5 Rxf4 and Black wins. |
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| Jun-20-05 |
| Shokwave: I got the first few moves no problem, and, even if I didn't look 14 moves deep, think that the basic idea is pretty obvious. There's no *immediate* black mates hanging around to stop the basic theme of R for N and P, then winning the black R on the back rank. If the white Rh2 was at h1 instead, THEN there would have been some heavy thinking to do. |
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| Jun-20-05 |
| aw1988: Ah! Rxf4. Nasty for a Monday. |
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| Jun-20-05 |
| Clutch: cAN i BORROW YOUR Spare Knight And Spare rook please? |
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Jun-20-05
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| kevin86: As brutal as it is simple-why did black play on? Was he afraid to go home to his wife? lol. |
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Jun-20-05
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| WannaBe: Fun stuff, this was an NATO event, and the opening was Yugo-Attack. :-) Maybe the loser didn't want to go back to the barrack and face his CO. |
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| Jun-20-05 |
| themightysalmon: Is there a puzzle archive? I appreciate the game of the day archive since I some days I forget to visit the site, but I'd like to be able to do the puzzles, too. |
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| Jun-20-05 |
| aw1988: <kevin86> That's the exact reason. *shudder* |
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| Jun-20-05 |
| mymt: theres a book out about his travels in the FIDE presidents home country and his attempt to become the 1st black GM ,but maurice ashley beat him to it .but the book gives a good in sight into the presidents homeland & its people .Ive forgotten the name of the book but will post it when I remember. |
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Jun-20-05
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| acirce: <Ah! Rxf4. Nasty for a Monday.> What do you mean? 39.Qxh5?? gxh5 40.Rxh5 doesn't even threaten anything. |
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Jun-20-05
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| YouRang: I got it, I think. Usually Monday puzzles are bang-bang-win. But this one involved several bangs before the win was clear. |
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| Jun-20-05 |
| aw1988: Well, the idea was to invade with the rooks. |
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| Jun-20-05 |
| Harpo: I don't think the rook invasion works with 39. Qxh5, but unless I am wrong, black still has to play 40...Rg8, and keeps the queen and wins, but if 39. Qxh5, gxh5 40. Rxh5 Rxf4?? then 41. Rh7+ Kf8 (or Kg8)42. Rh8+ Kf7 (or Kg7)43. Rh2-h7 mate.
Maybe I am wrong, though--it wouldn't be the first time today! |
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| Jun-20-05 |
| DanielBryant: This is the sort of combo that can be played intuitively without analyzing more than three or four moves ahead. |
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| Jun-20-05 |
| Frankly: mymt - I think you are referring to The Chess Artist, by JC Hallman, about Glenn Umstead and his travels in Kalmykia. I enjoyed the book. It got some reviews on chess sites of the 'clearly not by a chess player's player' variety. Much more fun was Bobby Fischer Goes to War, which I read a few weeks ago. |
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| Jun-20-05 |
| zb2cr: Hmmm. Why does Black play 50 ... exf5, costing him a Rook? What's wrong with 50 ... Qc6, anyway? |
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Jun-20-05
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| YouRang: <zb2cr><What's wrong with 50... Qc6, anyway?> Unless I'm missing something, I believe that after 50... Qc6, then 51. f6 (threatening to promote the f-pawn). If 51... exf6, then Rg7#. |
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| Jun-20-05 |
| khalidkhan: What's wrong with 45. Rg2 threatening mate with Qh5 ? Black either loses the rook or is mated in short order. |
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| Jun-20-05 |
| bugsy: good one, khalid |
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| Jun-21-05 |
| mymt: thanks <Frankly> yes thats the one,I havent read Bobby Fischer Goes to War yet but have it on reserve at the library. |
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Jun-21-05
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| WannaBe: <mymt> You'll like it, (I think.) I know I enjoyed it a lot. |
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| Jun-22-05 |
| bomb the bishop: <Khalidkhan> Yes, I also saw your line.. seems like black loses his rook, however white's postition seems better after the  h5+ line since it carries blacks forces into a more vulnerable situation, than  g2 |
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Jul-11-05
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| Caissanist: After 45.Rg2 black can play 45...Qe3+ 46.Ke1 Qf3+. I don't see how white can avoid the draw by perpetual check after 47.Re2 Qf1+ 48.Re1 Qf3+. |
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Jul-11-05
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| Caissanist: Ouch, please ignore my previous "analysis". That's what I get for posting last thing before I go to bed, sheesh. |
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| Oct-05-05 |
| DanRoss53: Disconnecting the Rooks on the 8th rank (on move 38) was the losing move for Black. If Black had played something else, say, 38... b7, then 39. xh5 gxh5 40. xh5 looks drawish. |
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