Helgi Dam Ziska vs Michael Duggan (2006)

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Helgi Dam Ziska vs Michael Duggan
Hastings (2005/06), Hastings ENG, rd 9, Jan-05
Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation. Yugoslav Attack Modern Line (B76) · 1-0

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Jan-30-07		magilla: I think 63. Qd7# would have ended the game a few moves more quickly, not that it matters. I don't understand why resignations are not offered directly upon a game reducing to K+Q v. K, although the Endgame Explorer shows a number of games where such endings are played out to checkmate or just shy of checkmate. I wonder if such situations are motivated by time trouble situations, playing for possible stalemate (see, improbably, R Blau vs A Ammann, 1993) or is it something else?

Feb-02-07		magilla: Or 63. Qb8#.

Feb-02-07		hellstrafer: This is weird. Ziska's rating is somewhere around 2300s and he misses a mate in one which is impossible to overlook?

Mar-04-07		magilla: I have seen this - not the moves but the principle perhaps - when watching a cat playing in a protracted way with a doomed mouse.

Jan-22-09		whatthefat: I'm assuming at least White - if not both players - were in time trouble. It's the only reasonable explanation for Black playing on in such a ridiculously hopeless position and White missing a quicker mate.

Sep-12-16		sfm: White is simply playing around, probably as a contra-teaser to a man who could have resigned long time ago. A cat-and-mouse game. The mates on d7 and b9 is not missable by such a player, they are too hardcoded into the brain.

Sep-05-24		ChessCoachClark: A master missed two mate-in-one lines here! Stockfish 16 shows TWO lines after 62. ... Kd8 as M1!! Ziska could have played 63. Qb8# for a Lonely Queen's Box Mate at the edge with Rectangular Opposition immediately. Otherwise, Ziska could have played 63. Qd7# for a Lonely In-His-Face Mate at the edge with Rectangular Opposition immediately. Great learning opportunities for students. Keep checking for elementary mate patterns you should have memorized. Be well. Be safe.

Sep-05-24		fredthebear: A whole lot of teasing from the White queen, as Black should have resigned. This checkmate pattern was named way, way back by my kinfolk, the Queen's Bear Hug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nru... GIFs for you: https://tenor.com/search/bear-hug-g... For those wanting further explanation: https://www.reddit.com/r/Succession... In Business, from here: https://www.masterclass.com/article... to here: https://www.heartlandrentals.com/va... In Chess, from here (page 92): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show... to here: https://lichess.org/study/M4ToAJxD/... Simplicity for those who are bankrupted seeking to file Chapter 7: https://lichess.org/study/A8TQs3HB Take my sound advice for once and leave this gimmick alone: https://www.bearhuginfusions.com/Vo... This is a divorce trap! https://www.bearhughospitality.com/ Better to stay home and read Pandolfini's "Power Mates" instead. For those stoners who need a subscapularis test for dysfunction: https://www.physio-pedia.com/Bear_H... For those who read body language instead of good books on poker tells: https://www.wikihow.com/Types-of-Hugs For those trying to escape their hopeless headlock: https://www.wikihow.com/Defend-Agai... For those searching for a new website: https://www.bearhugger.net/uploads/... Food for unclogging: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAL... If you hurry, you can make it: https://www.missoulafolk.org/bearhug Or stay home and practice: https://www.chesskid.com/workouts/m... Don't forget to add this weapon to your flashcards! https://wordwall.net/resource/64949... Happy King Hunting! Fredthebear P.S. In general terms, this is known as a SUPPORT MATE: The piece giving check (queen) is protected by another unit. Full Disclosure: It is also called the "Queen's Kiss" and "Kiss of Death" checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw9... and: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7H... and: https://www.zugzwang.in/chess-endga... use the side arrows to continue: https://view.genially.com/5ee6b59e6... and another: http://www.chesskids.org.uk/grownup... and GM King shows a form of Damiano's Bishop Mate supporting the queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFQ... This type of mate is easy to understand step-by-step, but it seems to get missed OTB more than others. and don't forget to update your flashcards! https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com...

Sep-05-24		perfidious: While much time has been wasted over the missed simple mate across the years, the self-styled supreme arbiter of mating nomenclature has weighed in this day with his .00000000002 and settled the question. In his mind, anyway.

Sep-16-24		fredthebear: H Ziska vs M Duggan, 2006 (kibitz #9) <Sep-05-24 perfidious: While much time haz been wasted over the missed simple mate across the years, the self-styled supreme arbiter of mating nomenclature has weighed in this day with his .0000000000Z and settled the question. In hiz mind, anyway.> More of the infamous unjust Chessgames double standard on full display. Your two-faced buddies delete my posts and vandalize my collections but allow your worthless harassments to litter decades of pages. Obviously, you had nothing of honest value to add to this subject, and most subjects for that matter, so try shutting up whenever you find yourself entertaining a cheap useless comment on your way to sloppy six figure posts. Quality reigns supreme over quantity. Oh, and had you bothered to actually read my entire post, you'd realize that I provided ample evidence of "mating nomenclature" as used by a host of others. Checkmate is the object of the game, fool! Some members find my posts informative, and others are mildly entertained. Your lazy cyberstalking statements are just a waste of our time, killing off the link conversation.

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