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| RandomVisitor: 23.Nxh5 also works. |
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| aw1988: Never would have gotten this in a million years... |
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| dzechiel: I missed this one. I played for the direct assault on the king. I'll should have better luck on the next one. |
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| Sneaky: <23.Nxh5 also works.> Care to give a variation? |
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| chessmoron: <Sneaky: <23.Nxh5 also works.> Care to give a variation?> 23. Nxh5 gxh5 24. d6 Nxc6 25. Qg4 Bh6 26. Rxh5 Bxh5 27. Qxh5 Ng8 28. Rh1 Qe8 29. Bxg8+ Kxg8 30. Qxh6 Qe7 |
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| Oct-15-06 |
| think: I was torn between d6 and Nxh5, not because of any concrete variations, but because they seemed right in this position. |
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| Sneaky: <25. Qg4 Bh6> Woah! That's a hard move to see and an ever harder defense. That's a computer line right? I don't doubt it, but assuming that a human being is at the board I think it's clear that 23.d6 is 100 times better than 23.Nxh5. |
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Oct-15-06
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| al wazir: I had the first move right and I saw g6, but I never considered 24. Rdg1 (why give up the pin?). Instead I had 24. Rxh5+ gxh5 25. Rh1. If 25...Bf7 then 26. Bxf7 Rxf7 28. g6+ Nxg6 28. Nxh5, threatening Nf6# (neat, eh?). The trouble is, black has a lot of possible moves now, and I couldn't visualize the position well enough to tell whether white wins against all of them. |
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| Oct-15-06 |
| panthercat: <chessgames.com> I think part of the comment in the game for 24...Nxe4 is wrong. Particularly, in the sideline (25...hxg5 26. g6+ Nxg6 27. Qxg6+!  ), 25...hxg5 should really be 25...gxh5, and the queen move at the end is a horrific mistake, since it simply drops the queen to 27...Bxg6. I think the real move is 27. Rxh5+! Am I correct, or did I miss something? |
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| Oct-15-06 |
| Confuse: fantastic ending! wow. |
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| aazqua: n*h5 was my solution as well. the pawn push is always there on the next move. the move ordering here doesn't seem to matter too much - the queen sac at the end was a little gratuitous and could have come after 28 r*p b-h6 r*b k-g7 and then q*b |
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| Oct-15-06 |
| s.ahmed: 23.Nxh5 is natural but whites 23rd(opening the diagonal) & 24th(supporting the Q) mv is novelty.
in a short time of thinking,it seems just west of time |
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| Oct-15-06 |
| themadhair: This is a pretty instructive game for any wannabe attacker. After 13.0-0-0 white has such an advantage in space. Rather than try and force anything he simply points every piece he has at black's kingside. If you look at the position before 23. d6 you will see that both of white's bishops are pointing at the black king, the Ng3 is ready to be sacked and Rdg1 is coming. White has huge pressure and was slowly increasing it until he had the opportunity for the breakthrough - which in this case was 23.d6. It is worth noting that white didn't sac a pawn or a piece until his attack was ready. <I think it's clear that 23.d6 is 100 times better than 23.Nxh5.> I agree. But, like me, I'm sure some people here had seen that 23.Nxh5 works and stopped there. Forgetting the old adage "If you see a good move then look for a better one." |
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| Suzuki50: <panthercat: <chessgames.com> I think part of the comment in the game for 24...Nxe4 is wrong. Particularly, in the sideline (25...hxg5 26. g6+ Nxg6 27. Qxg6+! ), 25...hxg5 should really be 25...gxh5, and the queen move at the end is a horrific mistake, since it simply drops the queen to 27...Bxg6. I think the real move is 27. Rxh5+! Am I correct, or did I miss something?>
Correct ! |
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| Suzuki50: <chessmoron: <Sneaky: <RandomVisitor: 23.Nxh5 also works.> Care to give a variation?> 23. Nxh5 gxh5 24. d6 Nxc6 25. Qg4 Bh6 26. Rxh5 Bxh5 27. Qxh5 Ng8 28. Rh1 Qe8 29. Bxg8+ Kxg8 30. Qxh6 Qe7>
U should continue 31. Nd5 Qg7 32. Qe6+
Also if 23. d6, then 23... cxd6 24. Rdg1 Bf7 etc. |
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| chessgames.com: <I think part of the comment in the game for 24...Nxe4 is wrong.> Thank you, there was a typo but it is corrected now. While we were fixing it we provided another variation (24...Bh8). Incidentally this analysis is by Ian Rogers, as published in Chess Informant's "Anthology of Chess Combinations." This book is an excellent source for puzzles of Thursday-Sunday type difficulty, much recommended. |
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| Suzuki50: <chessgames.com> I think the whole analysis by Ian Rogers might depend on 23... cxd6, so 23. Nxh5 would be in favour !? |
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| playground player: What I saw was 23.Rxh5, gxh5 24. Rh1, which looks to me like it puts Black in a very difficult position. Not plugging it into a computer, I could find no good answer for Black. But then I'm here to be instructed, right? |
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| Oct-15-06 |
| crptone: This is the first Sunday puzzle I have gotten in a long while. d6 allows the bishop to cover the g8 square and then Rg1 threatening Nxh5 and g6+ is difficult to respond to. |
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| Oct-15-06 |
| NBZ: d6 is fairly easy to spot, since even without any tactics it's obvious that d6 activates the b3 bishop, the d1 rook (which gets the d-file) and even the c3 knight (which can jump into d5, all at once. The price of this tremendous increase in activity- just a mere pawn! |
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| Oct-15-06 |
| stephenw: I saw d6 as my favorite move immediately, but I didn't see the continuation. :( |
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| Oct-15-06 |
| black knight c6: Since no-one seems to want to give a variation for 23. Nxh5 (including chessmoron, wtf is Nxc6?)
I'll try one, because I want to know whether it actually works:
23. Nxh5 gxh5
24. Rxh5 Bxh5
25. Rh1 Kg5
26. Rxh5 Kxh5
27. g6 Forces Rc4 or mate
27. Qh3+ or g4+ gets complicated, but might not get a mate...This is the DIRECT approach to Nxh5, and black is also being super greedy.
Can anyone see winning paths for white around these sorts of lines? |
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| Oct-16-06 |
| Sasquatch777: Is it just me, or does 17...Kh7 seem like a wasted move? |
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| Oct-16-06 |
| TrueFiendish: White threatened 18.d6 and 19.Bc4. The other ways of defending against that seem no better. |
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Oct-16-06
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| kevin86: I nice puzzle-Who have gone for the clearence move at d6? Delightful queen sac at end! |
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