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David M Adams vs Mark Lyell
British Championship (2007), Great Yarmouth ENG, rd 10, Aug-09
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense. Modern Bishop's Opening (C55)  ·  0-1

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Jun-30-15  stst: (A)24......Rxf1+, 25.Qxf1 Qh4#

(B)24......Qh4+, 25.Kg1 Re2dis+, 26.Qf2 Bxf2#

Jun-30-15  patzer2: Looking at the chessgames.com opening explorer it would seem the safe 4. d3 (4,021 games in the OE) has far overtaken the daring 4. Ng5 (1,877 games in the OE) in popularity.

Even so, it's exciting to see strong GMs taking up 4. Ng5 on occasion as in White's neat win in S Shankland vs E L'Ami, 2015.

Jun-30-15  patzer2: Correction: It's the e7 square that flips the board.
Jun-30-15
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  Dionysius1: What about 24...Bf4 and mate on h2 next move?
Jun-30-15  patzer2: If 24...Bf4, then 25. Kg1 slows it to mate-in-four after 25...Qh4 26. Be2 Bh2+ 27. Kh1 Bg3+ 28. Kg1 Qh2#.
Jun-30-15  Shoukhath007: king died in corner.Amazing sacrifice watch the amazing entertainimg video with analysis. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KtksA...
Jun-30-15  jith1207: <Chess coach Clark > I think king moves to g1 and captures rook if Qh2, don't think there's a way to mate there.
Jun-30-15  morfishine: A "This also works" puzzle:

(1) <24...Rxf1+> 25.Qxf1 Qh4#

(2) <24...Qh4+> 25.Kg1 Re2+ 26.Qf2 Bxf2#

*****

Jun-30-15  Oxspawn: 24. ............Qh4+
25. Kg1 Re2+
26. Qf2 Bxf2#
The black rook lives up to its body shape – it doesn’t actually hit anyone but acts as a barrier wall to prevent the queen from taking the bishop and the white rook from intervening.
Jun-30-15  CHESSTTCAMPS: Black is down a knight, but can finish with 24... Rxf1+ 25.Qxf1 Qh4# Also forcing checkmate (but one move slower) is 24... Qh4+ 25.Kg1 Re2+ 26.Qf2 Bxf2#. A third (brutal) way to force mate is 24... Bf4 25.Kg1 Qh4 26.Bc4 (R|Qxf2 Qh2#) Bh2+ 27.Kh1 Bg6+ 28.Kg1 Qh2#
Jun-30-15  zb2cr: 24. ... Rxf1+ is one of those economical moves. It gives check and by forcing the White Queen off the e1-h4 diagonal, makes 25. ... Qh4# possible.
Jun-30-15
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  Dionysius1: Thanks - that's useful. I do the same in real games: leave an attacking piece en prise. hrmmpf!
Jun-30-15
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  gawain: Add me to the list of those who went for the 24...Qh4+ 25...Re2+ line.

I knew that was too subtle for a Tuesday but I missed the easy two-move mate.

Jun-30-15
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  Penguincw: Like many others here, I got 24...Qh4+ 25.Kg1 Re2+ 26.Qf2 Bxf2# 0-1.

Difficult choice. Both are mates, but do you go for the shortest mate, or the one where the lesser valued piece checkmates?

Jun-30-15  Chess Dad: <Penguincw: but do you go for the shortest mate, or the one where the lesser valued piece checkmates?>

You go for the one you see that you're sure is checkmate.

If you see mate-in-three, is there really a reason to try to find a mate in two?

The basic "mate-in-three" idea that some of us saw was already in Black's head when he played 20.... Ng4. It had to be, since that attack is what makes Ng4 playable in the first place.

But at some point after that, perhaps while White's clock was running, or perhaps while Black was re-calculating to make sure he had no errors, he noticed the Rook sacrifice.

In a puzzle, a clear "mate-in-three" is good enough. We're not waiting for White's response to 20... Ng4, so there's no reason to think any more. But the real player over the real board, had an opponent who probably used a fair amount of time trying (and failing) to find a reasonable response to 20... Ng4.

Jun-30-15
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Jun-30-15  Tiggler: <MindCtrol9> <Nobody should have not had any problem to see the solution in no time at all.>

Parsing that sentence is a Sunday problem.

Jun-30-15  kevin86: I missed this one! I looked at Qh4+ followed by Rxf1 dbl+

The text opens up the bishop's eye on g2 with a check and decoys the queen away.

I had my syntax wrong :(

Jun-30-15  Amarande: Almost pulled a Reshevsky blunder here!

First thought of 24 ... Rxg2. Threat: 25 ... Rg1#. If 25 Bxg2, then the Bishop obstructs g2, so that after 25 ... Qh4+ White must play Bh3 and Qxh3 is mate, right?

Oops, there's that White Rook! Good thing I noticed that guy all the way out there on a2! After that finding both actual solutions was easy, though.

Jun-30-15  pawn to QB4: ouch, that's a good friend of mine on the receiving end here. But on the plus side, I spotted ...Rxf1+ so maybe I'd have done him over too.
Jun-30-15  PJs Studio: I like the way Lyell played the game. Very tight.
Jun-30-15  1 2 3 4: How is this put on "easy"? Should be lower.
Jun-30-15  rafal.kostecki: My first thought no check Bf4! also works mate in 4.. Kg1 Qf4! no check again! Qe3 or Nd2..Bh2+ Rxf1+ Qg1 Rxg1#.
Jun-30-15  RandomVisitor: After 12...e4:


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Rybka 4.1 x64:

<[+0.57] d=18 13.d4> Nxe3 14.Qxe3 Na5 15.Be2 e5 16.Nd2 exd4 17.Qxd4 e3 18.Qxe3 Rxf2 19.Qxe7 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Bxe7 21.Rf5 Rd8 22.Ne4 Nc6 23.Bc4+ Kh8 24.Bb5 Kg8 25.Kf2 g6 26.Bc4+ Kh8 27.Rf7 Re8 28.Bb5

Jun-30-15
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  Bubo bubo: Mate in two with 24...Rxf1+ 25.Qxf1 Qh4#. (There's also a mate in three with 24...Qh4+ 25.Kg1 Re2+ 26.Qf2 Bxf2#.)
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