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Mateusz Bartel vs Alexander Belezky
Bundesliga (2008/09), GER, rd 6, Nov-30
French Defense: Winawer. Advance Variation (C18)  ·  1-0

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Apr-24-18
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  Jimfromprovidence: A fantasy mate...

36 hxg6 Nc4+ 37 Kf4 Rxh1 38 Bxf5#


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Apr-24-18  WorstPlayerEver: 36. hxg6 Rg8 37. Rh7
Apr-24-18  AlicesKnight: As <FSR> - seemed likely; the gameline led Black nowhere.
Apr-24-18  saturn2: 36 hxh6 but the game will go on for a while with Q for R+B. Morover white has to avoid perpetual or even mate.
Apr-24-18  hdcc: White's advanced pawns immediately suggested some nifty trick to promote, so it took only a few seconds to find the solution. (I find that these puzzles are really good for sharpening one's OTB instincts - one has to learn to look before one can actually see).
Apr-24-18  goodevans: White gains a queen for the loss of a rook and a bishop. A good trade but not a massive gain and black's pieces are poised to harass the white king. To prove <36.hxg6 Rxh1 37.g7> is winning we need to look deeper.

Looking deeper we see that black has <37...Nc4+>. Now white has five choices to get out of check...

<38.Kd3 Re1 39.Kc3 Rxb1 40.g8=Q Rb3+ 41.Kc2 Rb8+> and <38.Kf4 Rf1+ 39.Kg3 Rg1+ 40.Kf2 Rxg5> both actually lose.

<38.Ke2 Rh2+> allows black to put up some fight (although white is still better). Only <38.Kf2> and <38.Kf3> are overwhelmingly winning.

Hardly Tuesday material this!

Apr-24-18  morfishine: What <FSR> said
Apr-24-18  leRevenant: What's Sunday going to be like?
Apr-24-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Boiler: 36.hxg6 Rxh1 37.Bxf5+ Kxf5 38.g7 getting a P for the B.
Apr-24-18  malt: 36.hg6 Rg8
(36...R:h1 37.g7 and Queens )
37.Rh7 R:g6 [37...fg6 38.Re7# ]
38.Kf4 Kd7 39.B:f5+ Kd8 39.B:g6
Apr-24-18  thegoodanarchist: What <morfishine> said:

M Bartel vs A Belezky, 2008 (kibitz #24)

Apr-24-18  zb2cr: I'm with <al wazir> here. Seeing the promotion was easy enough. It's being confident you could win with Q vs. R+N with your own King somewhat vulnerable that makes this a little tricky.
Apr-24-18  mel gibson: I saw that quickly.

Stockfish 9 agrees:

36. hxg6

(36. hxg6 (h5xg6 ♖h8-c8 g6-g7
♖c8-g8 ♗c5-f8 ♘a5-c6 ♖h1-h6+ ♔e6-d7 ♗b1xf5+ ♔d7-c7 ♖h6-h8 ♖g8xg7 ♗f8xg7 ♘c6-e7 ♗f5-h3 ♘e7-g6 ♖h8-c8+ ♔c7-b7 ♖c8-d8 ♔b7-a7 ♗g7-f6 ♔a7-b7 ♖d8xd5 ♗a4-c6 ♖d5-d6 ♘g6-f8 d4-d5 ♗c6-a4 ♔e3-f3 ♗a4-d1+ ♔f3-g3 ♗d1-h5 ♖d6-d8 ♘f8-h7 e5-e6 ♗h5-g6 ♖d8-d7+ ♔b7-b6 ♗f6-d4+ ♔b6-b5) +9.23/30 170)

score for White +9.23 depth 30

Apr-24-18  SpamIAm: The 7...Qa4 variation of the Winawer French is rarely played, which probably means that it should be played more often, LOL. It's foremost practitioner was William Hook of the (British) Virgin Islands- I used to call him Captain Hook. I'm puzzled by Black's 9...Qxb3; that straightens out White's doubled pawns and gives up his only active piece. Only White has chances after that and it's relatively easy to play the position. If Belezky had an improvement he didn't show it.
Apr-24-18  whiteshark: <1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4>


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Apr-24-18  drleper: What <chrisowen> said.
Apr-24-18  swclark25: What <chrisowen> said indeed...Veritable crikey!
Apr-24-18  Cucurbit: Am I the only one here who can't understand <chrisowen>? I always attend to his comments with interest, largely because it seems like he is so intent on making them. But they never make any sense to me.
Apr-24-18  sombreronegro: Boy that was dumb. I found the moves but kept picturing the pawn capture on move 3 without just pushing the pawn.
Apr-24-18  mel gibson: <swclark25: What <chrisowen> said indeed...Veritable crikey!>

I have his comments blocked.
I never see them now.
I don't know why he is allowed to post?

Apr-24-18  zb2cr: To <Cucurbit>: <chrisowen> does his own weird stream-of-consciousness wall of words. None of his comments have ever made any rational sense, but he seems harmless.
Apr-24-18  landshark: Bear of a Tuesday puzzle. Opportunities for missteps at nearly every turn.
Apr-24-18  leRevenant: Is <chrisowen> related to Gertrude Stein, by any chance?
Apr-25-18  landshark: A word to the wise (and future viewers of this puzzle) - I worked my way correctly thru the game continuation all the way to move 41 where I erred grieviously with 41.Qd8? which I think actually loses to ...Kf5! 42. Qxd7+ Ke4 and Black has a mating net where all White's pieces are offside. Needing to find 41.Qh8(!!) this deep into a puzzle to not lose is - not really Tuesday material I would think.
Apr-25-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  gawain: What you said, <landshark>! The puzzle is based on a neat little tactic that gains a winning advantage--but the win is far from easy.
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