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| Nov-27-05 | | ahmadov: Very clever defence and nice ending by Teimour. |
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| Nov-27-05 | | shr0pshire: Lol, and I thought only yahoo blitz games were played like this. :) |
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| Nov-27-05 | | Ezzy: Wow! This was the 'great escape' by Radjabov. His opponent had lot's of good moves to win in brilliant style, the best being 38 Qe2 with devastating threats of 39 Qf2+ followed by 40 e5. How many times have we been told that the most difficult thing in chess, is to win 'won' positions. |
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| Nov-28-05 | | THE pawn: Everyone should really be alert when playing Radjabov, he usually gets into bad positions, but by suddenly playing with extreme accuracy, he gets out with the whole point. <Ezzy> I couldn't agree more. Is it not Waitzkin who said once:'' When someone reaches a winning position, he gets so relaxed and so happy that he lets down his guard, which is the absolute contrary of the hunted, who is struggling to survive. That means he is playing more precisely and looks for the best move every single turn. Be alert in won positions'' |
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| Dec-01-05 | | roni.chessman: <he usually gets into bad positions> IF Radja dreams of being the next world champion (ie. quiting university and stop getting himself into dubious positions), he should stop getting himself into really bad positions - - the top 10 superGMs, unlike the 2400 Masters to 2600 GMs will not forgive him for errors. |
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| Dec-06-05 | | ajile: White had a won game here IMO. He wasted it by stupid pawn grabs. Especially horrible is 42.Qxg6 giving Black the open G file on White's King. |
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| Dec-09-05 | | ConLaMismaMano: 35.a7+! Rxa7 (35...Ra8 36.e5 Cf5 37.Txc6) 36.Ta3+ Rb7 37.Tca1 Db8 38.Dd4 wins. |
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| Apr-07-06 | | Halldor: Wouldn't this be a nice Monday puzzle from this game, Black to play and win:
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49... ? |
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| Dec-08-08 | | notyetagm: <Halldor: Wouldn't this be a nice Monday puzzle from this game, Black to play and win:> You are a psychic! It *is* a Monday puzzle, as of today! How did you do that? :-)
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| Dec-08-08 | | dzechiel: Black to move (49...?). White has a bishop and three pawns for a rook. "Very Easy." Looking around for forcing moves one quickly sees
49...Qxf2+ 50 Kxf2 Nxe4+ 51 Ke3 Nxd6
leaving black with TWO rooks for white's bishop and two pawns. Time to check. |
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| Dec-08-08 | | zooter: The first thing that hit me on this puzzle is the amount of pawns that black is down by and the advanced passer on the a-file. However, 49...Qxf2+ ends all white's hopes....50.Kxf2 Nxe4+ (the royal fork)... Off course white can decline the queen and then the win is merely technique |
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| Dec-08-08 | | patzer2: For today's easy Monday solution, Black begins a winning Knight Fork combination with 49...Qxf2+! |
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| Dec-08-08 | | patzer2: Earlier, White overlooks winning chances with 41. Ne6! as 41...Rxe6? 42. Qg7+ Kh8 43. e5+  is clearly decisive. |
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| Dec-08-08 | | tjshann: The Knight fork (after the obligatory Monday Queen sac,)would seem to end things. |
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| Dec-08-08 | | syracrophy: Another examples:
Tolush vs Simagin, 1952
T Kilpi vs Taimanov, 1996
A Ozsvath vs K Honfi, 1953
Przepiorka vs Reti, 1911
And the rest in Game Collection: Knight Forks |
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| Dec-08-08 | | whiteshark: for breakfast |
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| Dec-08-08 | | Ladolcevita: too easy.....
but i think white could have a better result if not winning,without this blunder.... |
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| Dec-08-08 | | Once: The Re7 is attacked, so we either need a check or a grubby defensive move. Grubby defensive moves don't make good puzzles, so it's a check we need. 49...Rxg4+ doesn't excite me. After 50.hg we don't have an obvious Monday-puzzle stylee follow-up. 49...Qxe4+ grabs a pawn, but I have only the queen near the king, so it doesn't seem to help. No mating nets today. That's when I notice that Nxe4 forks the rook and queen. That's not much use at the moment, but would be a lot more interesting if it forked king and queen. So forcing the white king onto the f2 square would set up the fork. Et voila - 49...Qxf2+ Interestingly, Fritz finds that I dismissed 49...Rxg4+ much too hastily. Have a look at this: 49... Rxg4+ 50. hxg4 h3+ 51. Kxh3 Rh7+ 52. Kg2 Qh1+ 53. Kg3 Nxe4+ 
click for larger viewAnd here Fritz announces mate in 17.
But I guess that 49...Qxf2 forces instant resignation, so it's good enough to be one of the solutions. But I would award a bonus point to anyone who spots both winning moves - without computer assistance or peeking. |
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| Dec-08-08 | | Willem Wallekers: I saw Rxg4+ but overlooked Qxf2+, so found it rather difficult for a monday.
You might argue that Rxg4+ is better as it wins a full queen. |
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Dec-08-08
 | | Check It Out: After 49...Qxf2+ I looked at 50.Kh1 Qf1+ 51.Kh2 Nxg4+ 52.hxg4 Qf2+ 53.Kh1 Qf3+ 54.Kh2 Qg3+ and white is down two rooks for a knight. |
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Dec-08-08
 | | chrisowen: The game is an interesting one as there's chances for both sides. Black made the most of it when absent minded white misplayed 38.Qd3 and then opened the g file by snatching g6. Looks like Teimour could have had a win from 49..Rg4+. |
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| Dec-08-08 | | chopin4525: I was exploring 49...Rxg4 and I completely missed the queen sac and the following knight fork! :( |
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| Dec-08-08 | | zb2cr: After toying with 49. ... Rxg4+ for a few moments, I saw the suggestive positioning of the White Queen and Rook, and that the White King was the only piece guarding the White Rook. Aha! Basic tactics! Substitute the White King for the Rook by 49. ... Qxf2+; 50. Kxf2, Nxe4+ and Black winds up ahead by 2 ♖ vs. ♗ + 2♙. |
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| Dec-08-08 | | newzild: Flores must have been really bummed out about losing this one. He had Radjabov by the short and curlies for most of the game. His opening/early middle game was especially good. Radjabov had no counterplay until he started his swindling efforts around move 40. |
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| Dec-08-08 | | zooter: 48...Black to play might make a nice Wednesday puzzle as it will be difficult to visualize the queen sac and knight fork at this point |
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