Mar-23-11
 | | Penguincw: You know what the old saying is,"Unprotected pieces leads to tactics". |
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| Feb-03-23 | | jrredfield: I considered 21 Bf3 to protect the White R on d1 but wasn't overly comfortable with overworking the Bishop. I couldn't really come up with anything else. Perhaps 21 Be6 is worth considering but nothing seems to be a significant gain for White. |
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| Feb-03-23 | | goodevans: Tough puzzle for a weekday! (I didn't solve it). |
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| Feb-03-23 | | Brenin: 21 Be6 offers the exchange, with 21 ... Bxd1 22 Rxd1, but then Black must either return the exchanget, allowing 23 Bxc8, or accept serious light square weaknesses after 23 Bxf5. It doesn't look to me like a convincing win, but it's the best I can see. At the end, Black's N is trapped in the SW corner, and his K, in the opposite corner, is as far from the action as it could be. |
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| Feb-03-23 | | Brenin: After 21 Be6 Bxd1 22 Rxd1 Black might be tempted by 22 ... Qxd3, but then 23 Nc4 forces him to give back the exchange and 3P with 23 ... a4 24 Qxa4 b5 25 Qxa5 Qc2 26 Bxc8 Rxc8 27 Qxb7 in order to save his Q. |
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| Feb-03-23 | | Mayankk: Black is threatening to go an exchange up but given the weak light squares it has, the light-squared Bishop is probably as valuable as a Rook anyways. I saw 21 Be6 and how after Rc7, Nd5 will trap the Rook while helping White retain the initiative. The line I had in mind was 21 Be6 Bxd1 22 Qxd1 Rb8 (else 23 Nd5) 23 Bxf5. Now White is down a Rook for a Bishop and pawn, but its pieces are all better placed than Black. Queen is ready to jump to g4/h5, the Knights are waiting to occupy the juicy e4/d5 outposts, the c-file Rook has an open file all to itself while the light-squared Bishop has a buffet of nice squares to choose from. I later saw that the game's followup was 21 Be6 Bxd1 22 Rxd1. In my layman view 22 Qxd1 may also work and the Rook is probably better placed on c file than d file. |
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| Feb-03-23 | | boringplayer: Really nice how white defended the light squares around his king. I'm sure I would have played ef4 at some point in that portion of the game. |
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| Feb-03-23 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: I'm really not on a good mind for Chess these days; yesterday, no comment. I imagined 21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. Nxf3, nothing good, or 21. Nf3?! e4 22. dxe4 fxe4 23. Bxe4. But the own pin of the 'Nf3' could be 'hard' to imagine, but I don't see anything good in this move. For the game move, I wondered that 21...Bxd1 22. Qxd1 Rc7 23. Nd5 and if White could exchange his ♘ by ♖ could be a good think by keeping the white squares ♗. However, I guess that Black made an unjustified tactic with 28... Nd4, which cost a piece and the game. White defended well, better than I would do today. |
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| Feb-03-23 | | mel gibson: I didn't know what to do.
I thought maybe 21. Re1 but SF gives that only a -0.41 for Black.
It's almost a draw anyway:
Stockfish 15 says:
21. Be6
(21. Be6 (♗d5-e6 f5-f4 ♗e6xc8 ♕d8xc8 ♖d1-e1 h7-h6 ♕b3-d5
♗h5-f7 ♕d5-e4 ♕c8-d8 ♖c1-d1 ♗f7-h5 ♖d1-b1 ♗f6-e7 ♖b1-c1 ♕d8-d7 e3xf4 e5xf4
♘c3-d5 ♗e7-d6 ♘d2-c4 ♗d6-b8 ♘d5xf4 ♗b8xf4 g3xf4 ♕d7-g4+ ♕e4-g2 ♕g4xf4
♕g2-g3 ♕f4-d4 ♖e1-e4 ♕d4-d5 ♘c4-e5 ♖f8-f5 f2-f4 ♘c6xe5 ♖e4xe5 ♖f5xe5 f4xe5
♕d5-d4+ ♕g3-f2 ♕d4xe5 ♖c1-c3 ♕e5-g5+ ♕f2-g2 ♕g5-e3+ ♔g1-f1 ♕e3-f4+ ♕g2-f2
♕f4-g5 d3-d4 ♔h8-h7 h2-h4 ♕g5-d5 ♖c3-g3 ♗h5-g6 ♔f1-g1 ♕d5-e4) +1.45/48
888)
score for White +1.45 depth 48. |
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| Feb-03-23 | | agb2002: White has a bishop and a knight for the bishop pair. Black threatens Bxd1 and f4.
I've considered Bf3, Re1, Be6 and f3 but haven't found anything clearly advantageous. I'd probably play 21.Re1. |
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| Feb-03-23 | | outplayer: I have found 21.Be6. |
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| Feb-03-23 | | Oxspawn: Blindfold? Really? I would have nicked one of his knights when Gashimov wasn't looking. And still lost. |
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| Feb-03-23 | | Chesschronicle22: This was a interestong puzzle, though I didn't found a single move :D |
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Feb-03-23
 | | chrisowen: Mode jag cuff quantum buy pricks Be6 hood affable pave adept net blubb o bot v bod tad afford pad Be6 mack :) |
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Feb-03-23
 | | OhioChessFan: Way beyond my pay grade. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 21.Be6