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| Once: Now that is so beautiful that we just have to see the finish: 20.Nd5 (all other moves allow the same finish or 21. Nxc7 and white is up a piece) exd5 21.Nf5+ Kg8 22.Nh6#
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click for larger viewBehold the power of the double check. Deeply deeply scary. |
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| MostlyAverageJoe: <Once ... 21. Nxc7 and white is up a piece> Actually, it is only gaining an exchange, not a full piece, at least not immediately. For example: 20.Nd5 e5 21.Nxc7 exd4 recovers the minor piece: 
click for larger viewbut will lose an exchange after Nxe5. And some pawns soon thereafter. The line above was verified with Hiarcs. |
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| Nf3em: IMO, it's more like a Tal's game!!! ... btw, it is GM Rogelio Antonio, Jr. -- for a GM like him, such combination is not so hard to find -- a move with "brute force"!!! ... |
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| Once: <MAJ> You are quite right. In your line (which is probably the best) White wins the exchange plus two pawns. This is approximately worth a piece, but is not, strictly speaking, a piece. Well, not a whole piece. Just a piece of a piece. Or two. I stand corrected, abased, put in my place. Pies made from umbles (without the "h") will be duly eaten :-) |
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| whiteshark: <19.Qxg7+> was like a bolt from the blue. |
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| Jun-29-09 |
| gofer: Hi <MostlyAverageJoe>, I agree! After 22 Nxa6, 22 ... e5 does cause some issues. So probably 22 Nxa6 is a little premature and white should wait until the knight is actually in trouble... But do you think that perhaps black was a little premature in resigning or do you think that 19 Qxg7 left them a bit shell-shocked and not really wanting to risk being beaten up even more! :-) |
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| Jun-29-09 |
| newzild: A pretty finish, but not too difficult to spot for players familiar with the mating pattern involving a bishop on the long dark diagonal and a knight on h6. An experienced player familiar with this pattern would automatically ponder the queen sacrifice, given the latent firepower emanating from b2. From there, most would see the possibility of a Nf5 double-check and start looking for a line-clearing sacrifice of the Nd4. |
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| Jun-29-09 |
| Notagm: Newzild: You say 'An experienced player familiar with this pattern would automatically ponder the queen sacrifice, given the latent firepower emanating from b2.' You seem to forget that Black is a 2600 rated GM, and didn't see it. I'm sure many an experienced player would have missed the combination. |
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| WhiteRook48: 14...N6d7 seems the decisive mistake |
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| kevin86: The Cavalier take over: After 20...  c8 21  f5+  g8 22 h6#.Remind anyone of Lebron? |
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Jun-29-09
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| Jack Kerouac: Ah. The Tao of Dao..
..and don't forget to read my massive tome, Some of the Dharma from Viking press. |
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| Jun-29-09 |
| Dimitrije Mandic: What a queen sac!!! |
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| Jun-29-09 |
| True2theGame: A beautiful and instructive game! |
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| Jun-29-09 |
| Samagonka: It takes big balls to play moves like 19Qxg7! Antonio had big balls! |
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| Jun-29-09 |
| ruskyboy12: Looks like a pretty even game... |
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| Jun-29-09 |
| True2theGame: <Samagonka> I respectfully disagree, the attack so well exucuted up to the Queen sac that it was actually called for in the position. The Motif had been webbed beautifully and the mating net was inevitable. Not something you see very often in IM+ level games... |
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| Jun-29-09 |
| nimzo knight: I wasn't aware of this mating pattern. Really cool, always something new to learn in chess! |
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| Nf3em: ... read FORCING CHESS MOVES by Charles Hertan ... then, you will see the difference in own game that you will be able to see what is called "FORCING MOVES" ... |
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| Jun-29-09 |
| njchess: Nice ending that painfully illustrates Black's errant 16. ... g6?. The queen sac was a stroke of genius. |
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| Jun-30-09 |
| newzild: <Notagm> Sure, a GM missed it. But GMs make mistakes just like the rest of us - although admittedly somewhat less often... I think if the queen sac was offered as a daily puzzle, it would be about a Thursday difficulty - quite "gettable" for many of the people frequenting this site. |
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| Jul-07-09 |
| newzild: Wow, this is ironic. I fell for exactly the same mate in a blitz game today: [White "galyair@chesscube.com"]
[Black "newzild@chesscube.com"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[TimeControl "5 min + 5"]
1. g3 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. b3 Nc5 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Rfd1 a6 13. Nd5 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qh6 Bg7 17. Qxg7+ Kxg7 18. Nf5+ Kg8 19. Nh6# 1-0 |
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| Jul-22-09 |
| fierychess: Now that's what you call a tactics!!!Pretty neat eh... |
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| Jul-22-09 |
| ycbaywtb: a knight and a double check will do that to you, very good to know he could give up the Q that way |
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| Nov-03-09 |
| hallu45: 27 Qxg7+ !! What a shock ! |
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| Nov-26-09 |
| searchforbobby1: thanks for showing this very interesting game. |
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