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Sep-10-18
 | | Bubo bubo: Mate-in-two: 26...Rxh3 27.gxh3 Qxh3# |
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Sep-10-18
| | Bubo bubo: What a bummer: missed the more Monday-ish 3# featuring one of my favorite checkmate patterns: 26...Qxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Bxh3+ 28.Kh~ Bxf1# |
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| Sep-10-18 | | cormier: 
click for larger viewAnalysis by Houdini 4: d 23 dpa
<1. = (0.14): 17.g3> Nxe2+ 18.Qxe2 Rc8 19.Qc4 Qa5 20.Nd3 h5 21.Kg2 Qc7 22.h4 Bh6 23.Rfe1 Rfe8 24.b3 Qd6 25.Ra2 Kh7 26.Rc2 Kg8 27.a5 Kg7 28.Rce2 <2. = (0.13): 17.Rfd1> h5 18.Bf1 h4 19.a5 Bh6 20.Qc2 c4 21.Bxc4 Rc8 22.Bf1 Qg5 23.Nd3 Rfd8 24.Kh1 Nxd3 25.Rxd3 Bf8 26.Qb3 Bc5 27.Rad1 Rb8 28.d6 Be6 29.Qc2 Bd4 30.Ne2 Rbc8 31.Qd2 Qxd2 32.R3xd2 Be3 33.Rd3 Bh6 34.Rc3 Kg7 35.Rxc8 Rxc8 |
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| Sep-10-18 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: Now THIS is a Monday puzzle in the classic style -- a quick mate starting with a sacrifice on the h-file! |
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| Sep-10-18 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: White's rating was something like 600 points below her opponent's. So I guess it's excusable that she was planless and overmatched. |
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| Apr-11-22 | | Brenin: 26 ... Rxh3+ 27 gxh3 Qxh3 mate. Happy Monday! |
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| May-16-22 | | Brenin: I was about to type "26 ... Rxh3+ 27 gxh3 Qxh3 mate. Happy Monday!" when I noticed that I had already done that five weeks ago. How prescient of me! |
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| May-16-22 | | areknames: <I had already done that five weeks ago> Yes, I vaguely remember that this potd was substituted almost immediately which of course explains why yours was the only comment! |
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| May-16-22 | | drollere: i had 26. .. Rxh3+, 27. gxh3 Qxh3# |
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May-16-22
 | | Phony Benoni: Thee quick repeats of puzzles happen occasionally, and are usually a sign that something is wrong with the selection mechanism. I've reported it, and we'll se if there is a change. By the way, I want to say that the Puzzle of the Day selector(s) do a magnificent job. Assembling and vetting these is a far harder task than selecting GOTDs, which seem to get all the attention. |
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May-16-22
 | | takebackok: No think Monday |
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| May-16-22 | | mel gibson: Too easy - LOL |
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| May-16-22 | | areknames: Funnily enough 26...Qxg2+ also mates, as was pointed out a few years ago. |
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| May-16-22 | | agb2002: Black has the bishop pair for a bishop and a knight. White threatens Nxg3.
The white cannot move to g1. Hence, 26... Rxh3+ 27.gxh3 Qxh3#. |
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| May-16-22 | | saturn2: Usually black attacks on the king side and white on the queen side. In this game only black attacked. |
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| May-16-22 | | AlicesKnight: ... rxh3+ - as simple as it comes. |
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| May-16-22 | | Brenin: The mate with 26 ... Qxg2+ is more elegant but slower. |
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May-16-22
 | | Teyss: The puzzle is a repeat but as pointed out by <areknames> was rapidly changed so maybe the selector assumed it wasn't seen by many users and worth posting again. <Phony Benoni: By the way, I want to say that the Puzzle of the Day selector(s) do a magnificent job. Assembling and vetting these is a far harder task than selecting GOTDs, which seem to get all the attention.> Fully agree, we have to give credit to this painstaking job of going through the games to find an interesting position and match it to the appropriate day... and then get bashed because the puzzle is cooked, on the wrong day, a/some move(s) too late, etc. Selector(s), thank you, keep up the good work. (We'll still bash you from time to time to keep you on your toes though.) |
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| May-16-22 | | Brenin: <Phony Benoni, Teyss>: I entirely agree about the valuable contributions of those who run POTD. I started kibitzing on these puzzles over two years ago, to keep my spirits up and what is left of my chess-playing brain cells active during the first covid lockdown, and ever since then the appearance of a new POTD has been an eagerly awaited highlight of my day (or rather night, where I live). Thank you, whoever you are! |
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| May-16-22 | | TheaN: Recognizable, but I don't think I saw it in either 2018 or in April of this year. So maybe it featured in a tactic rush or a middle game book. <26....Rxh3+ 27.gxh3 Qxh3#>, Mondays! Mind, as mentioned in the 2018 posts. Qxg2+ #2 works, but Qxh3+? +- really does not. |
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May-16-22
 | | chrisowen: Raise a glass o um Rxh3+ go arrive off coffers dabbles dharma over c er h3 bishop bucked it early either fold dead change oh um Rxh3+ flick; |
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| May-16-22 | | Johnraho: I prefer the Qg2+ line leading to mate, though it takes an extra move. |
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| May-16-22 | | whiteshark: <26...Rxh3+ 27.gxh3 Qxh3#>, and that's it. |
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May-16-22
 | | gawain: I thought I recognized this one from several years ago. And indeed I did! |
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| May-16-22 | | johnnydeep: Easiest one in a while. |
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sac: 26...Rxh3+