| Jul-14-08 | | luzhin: White's 11.Qf3 might be new, and is a powerful pawn sacrifice; but 14...Qe5 looked like a more natural defensive try. |
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| Jul-15-08 | | apexin: excellent game by gashimov. |
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| Jul-15-08 | | TITIKIZA: nice game |
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| Jul-15-08 | | whiteshark: I love it when Volo is gashed in a prepared line! |
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| Jul-18-08 | | safar: 21...Bg5 looks winning, but Black is lost after 22.Re8+ Kg7 23.Rg8+! Kh6 (Kf6 24. f8=Q# and 24...RxR 25.fxg8=Q+ Kh6 [Kf6 26.Rd6+ and it is mate next move]26.Qf8+ Kh5 [Qg7 27.Qxg5+]27.Bf7! and White keeps one Queen and Black will soon be checkmated)24.f8=Q+ Kh5 25.Bf7 and White wins. |
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| Mar-12-22 | | Brenin: 16 fxe6 dxe4 17 exf7+ Kf8 18 Qxe4 gives White three Ps for the sacrificed N, and has Black's K pinned down on f8 with lines to attack him opening up along the d- or e-files, or via h6. If Black declines the N with 16 ... fxe6 then 17 Nxf6+ Bxf6 18 Qxf6 Rf8 19 Qg5 gives White the advantage. If 16 ... Qxe6 then 17 Bxd5, and if 16 ... Bxe6 then 17 Nxf6+. If 16 ... 0-0 (assuming this is legal) then 17 exf7+ and 18 Bxd5. |
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| Mar-12-22 | | raymondhow: No solve for me, I went with 16.Nxf6+ which doesn't work. My bad habit with Saturday and Sunday puzzles is not to analyze much, just dive in and hope I get lucky. |
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| Mar-12-22 | | mel gibson: I saw that - it wasn't too hard.
Stockfish 14.1 agrees with the text:
16. fxe6
(16. fxe6 (f5xe6 f7xe6 ♘e4xf6+ ♗e7xf6 ♕f3xf6
♕b6-e3+ ♔c1-b1 ♖h8-f8 ♕f6-g7 ♖f8-f7 ♕g7-g8+ ♖f7-f8 ♕g8xh7 ♕e3-e4+ ♕h7xe4
d5xe4 ♖h1-e1 ♖f8-f2 ♖e1xe4 ♖f2xg2) +6.10/47 748) score for White +6.10 depth 47. |
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| Mar-12-22 | | nalinw: I suppose it is a Saturday puzzle because one has to figure out Blacks best moves after Qxe4 - however White's position is very good - just look at that rook on h8! |
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| Mar-12-22 | | AlicesKnight: Wondered about a Rxe5 start but settled on the fxe6 approach, with 3 Ps for the piece and good attacking chances if Black accepts, and other gains if the e6 P is recaptured. |
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| Mar-12-22 | | agb2002: White has a bishop and a knight for the bishop pair and a pawn. Black threatens dxe4.
The first idea that comes to mind is 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.fxe6 but Black has 17... Bg5+ 18.Kb1 Bxe6. This suggests 16.fxe6:
A) 16... dxe4 17.exf7+ Kf8 18.Qxe4 (18.Qg3 Be6 -18... Bg4 19.Qxg4 Qe3+ 20.Kb1 Qg5 21.Qxe4 wins decisive material-) looks good for White. For example, 18... Qc6 19.Bd5 Qc7 20.Rd3 with the idea Rg3-Rg8. B) 16... Bxe6 17.Nxf6+
B.1) 17... Bxf6 18.Qxf6, with the double threat Qxh8 and Bxd5 followed by Rhe1, must be winning. B.2) 17... Kf8 18.Nxd5 wins a pawn and looks overwhelming. B.3) 17... Kd8 18.Nxd5 as above. |
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| Mar-12-22 | | goodevans: Three pawns for the N and total domination of the board, as <nalinw> suggests, it's a bit of a no-brainer even if you don't check every defence. The variations if Black declines the sac are easy to calculate too. Not really weekend material IMHO. That's three pretty disappointing puzzles in a row. The words <must do better> come to mind. |
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| Mar-12-22 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: If 20. ♕e5 ♗f6 21. ♕e8+ ♔g7 22. ♕xh8+ ♔xh8 23. f8=♕+, but 20. ♕e5 ♗f6 21. ♕e8+ ♔g7 22. ♕xh8+ ♔xh8 23. f8=♕+ ♖xg8 24. fxg8=♕+ ♔h6 25. ♖d1 ♗c7 Black escapes...
Therefore the move is 20.The1. However, Black has the 20...♗e6 when any thing threatened before (like 21.♗xe6 or 21.Txe6 is impossible because of 21... ♗g5!.
For this reason the move 22.♕e5 is required. So the continuation 23. ♕xh8+ ♔xf7 24. ♕xa8 ♗xd1 25. ♖xd1 is less strong than that of the game. |
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| Mar-12-22 | | Stanco: 16.fxe6 is as obvious as an invasion |
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| Mar-12-22 | | whiteshark: Now I see again what I did in 2008 |
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Kibitzing
sac: 16.fxe6
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