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| Mar-21-06 | | notyetagm: What a beautiful mating combination, 31 ... ♘d7 32 ♕f6+!! ♘xf6 33 ♗c5+! ♗xc5 34 gxf6+ ♔f8 35 ♖h8#. The <f6-knight sacrifice> to get a <killer f6-pawn> is a common theme in the KIA. Here Vladimirov takes this tactical idea to its extreme with 32 ♕f6+!!, exchanging his queen(!) for a <killer f6-pawn>. Such is the power of <killer pawns>, friendly pawns in the vicinity of the enemy king. Here it is worth sacrificing a whole queen(!) just to get a <killer pawn> on f6, covering the e7- and g7-squares, to create a back rank mate. |
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| Mar-21-06 | | notyetagm: I am just amazed at the 32 ♕f6+!! queen-for-killer-pawn swap. |
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| Mar-31-06 | | notsodeepthought: The sac order is important - if 32 Bc5+ then Kd8 (not ... B:c5 which tranposes into the game continuation)and black is still alive, though of course still in a bad position. |
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| Mar-31-06 | | lentil: the queen sac is fairly obvious... it's just screaming 'play me play me'! it's the first move i looked at, but the immediate ef+ allows the K to escape across the d-file. the the difficult part is the subsequent line-clearing B sac which restricts the K's retreat after ef+ |
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| Mar-31-06 | | Mating Net: After 31...Nd7, the Black King is surrounded by occupied light squares. That makes the Queen sac at f6 easier to spot. |
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| Mar-31-06 | | chesstoplay: Easier than yesterday. The Queen sac was asking to be played and proved to be the key clue, but as too often is the case, move order makes all the difference! |
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| Mar-31-06 | | notyetagm: <lentil: the queen sac is fairly obvious... > You 3000-rated?
Yes, you can find it by examining all checks but to say that sac'ing your queen for a pawn in this position is obvious is ridiculously dishonest, else the GM playing Black would not have allowed it. |
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| Mar-31-06 | | chesstoplay: White really makes up his mind on the 24th move with N e4. Black seems to still be on a tangent of his own plan and does not see the depth of White's series of moves until far too late. White's shift back to the King side is perfectly timed as Black expects Queen side action to stay focused on c4. A lovely and deadly finish. |
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| Mar-31-06 | | lentil: <notyetagm> i only report my instincts... i reiterate: it was the first move i looked at! (maybe channelling the ghost of Tal?) it took me longer to find the follow-up. as for the GM 'allow[ing] it', i had the obvious advantage of having been told that there was a quick win. |
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| Mar-31-06 | | blingice: Hmm, I was thinking
32. ♗b6
If 32..♘xb6, then 33. ♕f6 ♔f8 34. ♖h8#
If 32..♕xb6, then 33. ♕f6 ♘xf6 34. gxf6 ♔f8 35. ♖h8# If 32..♔f8, then 33. ♖xd7 (there may be a mate, I just can't see it right now) That's basically all the moves I can see. I suppose since the move 32..Kf8 loses only a knight, whereas the combonation here wins the game, my move may only be a ! rather than the !! of 32. ♕f6. Corrections or additions/things to point out to me? |
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| Mar-31-06 | | chesstoplay: lentil really does hit the nail on the head... I doubt my ability to find many of these "puzzles" over the board. We all really do have the advantage to know to look for something with real immediacy. |
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| Mar-31-06 | | notyetagm: <blingice: Hmm, I was thinking ...> Wow, an honest answer.
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| Mar-31-06 | | you vs yourself: "First, how to sac my Queen,then Rook, then Bishop, then Knight, then Pawns" -Tal (on what he thinks about after his opponent moves.) I considered queen sac as my first move too. For experienced cg.com puzzle solvers, the first move is not that hard, as most of the puzzles start with a sac; the follow-up is the most difficult part. |
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| Mar-31-06 | | blingice: <notyetagm> That seems like an ominous and mysterious answer. Would you clarify? I played a 1800 on ICC once, and I saw a combonation that was about 10 ply deep. My 15 min rating was awful, probably about 1000 (after 8 games at 2 AM). After I made that move, my opponent says "Hmm, something is fishy...", and he continued "1000 players don't see moves like that". My response was "I think harder when I play against better players." His response which I didn't understand until after the game was "Who's doing the thinking?" |
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| Mar-31-06 | | Touch of Knight: What a beautiful combination! Very nice puzzle. Thanks, Chessgames and Vladimirov. |
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Mar-31-06
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: 32.c3 seems to win a pair of pawns, and I settled for that, thinking, there has to be something spectacular in here. Indeed there was. Makes my "best" 32.c3,c5; 33.cxb4,cxd5; 34.Qxd4 followed by b4-b5 and bxc4 look rather puny, wouldn't you say? |
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Mar-31-06
 | | Sneaky: Very easy first move, very difficult follow-up. I kept trying to force the king to the d-file and then use my revealed check to get him. Yeah, right. Not easy to do when the opponent has put all of his goodies on dark squares. |
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 | | offramp: An incredible and imaginative combination. If I'd been black I'd have been thinking, What's he playing all this rubbish for? Why is he giving me all this material for nothing? |
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| Mar-31-06 | | yataturk: <offramp: An incredible and imaginative combination. If I'd been black I'd have been thinking, What's he playing all this rubbish for? Why is he giving me all this material for nothing?> If I was black I'd resign after Qf6 |
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| Mar-31-06 | | pwrstick: Hmm, I was thinking:
32. Bc5+ Bxc5 (if knight takes, Qf6+ = bad)
33. Qf6+ Nxf6
34. gxf6 Kf8
35. Rh8#
Would someone with greater knowledge please point out my flaw? Thanks! |
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| Mar-31-06 | | Mating Net: 32.Bc5+ Kd8! and he escapes. |
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| Mar-31-06 | | dzechiel: Took me around two minutes to suss this one out. The 32 Qf6+ was a natural first move, but after ...Nxf6 33 gxf6+ the king escapes to d8. I tried to make 32 Bc5+ work or 32 Bb6 to cut off the flight square. After going around and around on this with no luck, I finally noticed the zwischenzug of 33 Bc5+ and the solution jumped out at me. A great combination by Vladimirov! He must have been delighted to get it off. <pwrstick> After 32 Bc5+, black simply plays ...Kd8 and runs for the hills. |
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| Mar-31-06 | | Necessary Truths: <blingice> They were implying that you were using a computer or were consulting a higher rated player. To be frank, that thought would occur to me as well if I were defeated by a forced 5-move combo by a 1000 rated player in G/15. |
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| Mar-31-06 | | pwrstick: <Mating Net> and <dzechiel>: of course! Thank you. |
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| Mar-31-06 | | Rookinstein: Took me less than 10 mins to figure out this combo. I played an almost similar game with my father yesterday and he was just stunned. Here the line is
32.♕f6+!! ♘xf6 33. ♗c5+! ♗xc5 34.gxf6+ ♔f8 35. ♖h8# |
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sac: 32.Qf6+