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Mar-21-13
 | | agb2002: Black has a knight for a bishop.
White is about to play Ba4, relieving the pin.
This observation suggests 33... b3, blocking the diagonal a4-d1 so that the bishop can't protect the rook: A) 34.axb3 Nd8 35.Rc5 Nxc6 - + [N vs P], (36.Ke2 Kf8 37.Kd3 Ke7 38.Kc4 Kd7 39.Kb5 Rb8+, etc.). B) 34.Rc1(3,4) bxa2 and the rook can't stop the pawn and protect the bishop at the same time. |
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Mar-21-13
 | | mira94: It was pretty easy for today, the pin wins: 1.b3 axb3 2.Nd8 and Rxc6 |
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Mar-21-13
 | | lost in space: what a nice puzzle!
33...b3!! is closing the a4-c2 diagonal
After 33. axb3 Nd8 there is no defence for white, he will lose material as the defence Ba4 is not any longer defending c2. Great! |
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Mar-21-13
 | | Moonwalker: I looked at 33...b3 (for the wrong reasons) then looked at Nd8. Too bad I didn't consider the two moves in consort as I failed to see the simple defence 34.Ba4. I hope that, at least, while 33...Nd8 doesn't win, it doesn't lose either! |
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Mar-21-13
 | | FSR: Looks pretty simple unless I'm missing something. 33...b3! 34.axb3 Nd8 wins, since White can no longer play Ba4. If 35.Rc5, 35...Nxc6 defends both of the attacked pawns. |
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Mar-21-13
 | | morfishine: Black would like to pin the White Bishop, but after 33...Nd8 White has 34.Ba4 and the rook is protected; Whats needed is to block the d1-a4 diagonal, interrupting the communication between
a4 & c2
<33...b3> Black calls on his foot soldier (the b-pawn) to launch a frontal attack <34.axb3> White must surrender a piece no matter what; <34...Nd8> Winning a piece and holding onto his pawns after 35.Rc5 Nxc6 |
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| Mar-21-13 | | amaurobius: <lost in space: what a nice puzzle!> I entirely agree. 33...b3 is not that hard to find but very attractive. |
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| Mar-21-13 | | zb2cr: Found this one. My thoughts are pretty much along the lines given in detail by <notyetagm>, <Phony Benoni>, <Bartimeus>, <Patriot>, <Abdel Irada>, and others. |
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Mar-21-13
 | | awfulhangover: Easiest thursday ever! |
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Mar-21-13
| | morfishine: <Moonwalker> On this comment <...I hope that, at least, while 33...Nd8 doesn't win, it doesn't lose either!> 33...Nd8 shouldn't lose, but White holds the draw with 34.Ba4 |
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| Mar-21-13 | | mistreaver: Thursday. Black to play. Medium. 33?
White has problems on the c-file. However there is the saving move Ba4 if black goes for Nd8 immediatelly.
However
33... b3!!
Not that hard to spot. Idea is to block the a4-d1 diagonal. White can resign.
A)
34 axb3 Nd8 wins a piece
B)
34 Rc4 bxa2 and black gets a new queen. Time to check.
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Yep, simple and straightforward. 4/4 |
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Mar-21-13
| | NM JRousselle: Does anybody know if White was in time trouble? The minor piece ending certainly did not favor White, but after b3!, it's over. |
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Mar-21-13
 | | Ezzy: 'Shilong's for Yue.' |
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| Mar-21-13 | | Oxspawn: Like <Moonwalker>. I thought Nd8 was a killer and never even saw Ba4, let alone the rebuttal. Not much consolation, but I assume that if the rooks swapped off, black could play largely on the dark squares and leave the white bishop out of the game? |
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Mar-21-13
 | | Herma48852: Okay, Black threatens 33...Nd8 attacking the pinned Bishop again. However, this can be defended with 34. Ba4. So the 33...b3! blocks the a4-d1 diagonal. Of course if White does not capture the P/b3, then Black will take on a2 and queen. So White must play 34. axb3 and 34...Nd8 and the Bishop is lost. |
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| Mar-21-13 | | doubledrooks: I voted for 33...b3, after which the White bishop cannot be saved. For example, 34. axb3 Nd8 35. Rd2 Nxc6. |
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Mar-21-13
 | | kevin86: Black throws in an intermezzo b3!!
After the white pawn takes,the bishop can no longer guard the rook by Ba4,so the clergy must be lost. |
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Mar-21-13
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| Mar-21-13 | | master of defence: Poor Li Shilong. The correct move was 33.Ba4! 33.Kf2? loses to b3! 34.axb3 Nd8 and the c6-bishop can't be saved. |
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Mar-21-13
 | | Alex56171: I didn't see 33.b4, but anyway it is an useless move. |
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Mar-21-13
 | | Abdel Irada: <Ezzy: 'Shilong's for Yue.'> Yue is pronounced ~"y-weh"; otherwise, not a bad pun. |
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| Mar-21-13 | | TheTamale: <M.Hassan>, thanks for your comment. It clarified things for me immediately. |
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Mar-21-13
| | radtop: Why not 33.Ba4? |
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| Mar-21-13 | | harish22: not sure why white was putting himself in pins. 33. Kf2 seems to have been a mistake. Ba4 was fine. Simply a blunder |
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| Mar-22-13 | | John Abraham: Not a difficult puzzle but it is kind of counter-intuitive to conceptualize pawns as having obstructive powers. Pawns are probably the most dynamic and interesting pieces in chess; a slight alteration in pawn structure can drastically alter the result of a game |
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