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 | | Penguincw: Topalov would be proud with the aggressive play! |
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| Mar-04-23 | | Brenin: What sort of puzzle is this? For what it's worth, OTB I would have played 21 Rab1. Was White's 29th intended as the puzzle? |
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| Mar-04-23 | | Brenin: At the end, 40 ... Qe7 41 Qb5 Rd8 42 a6 Qa7 43 Qb7 Qxb7 44 Bxb7 and the a-pawn queens. |
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| Mar-04-23 | | goodevans: <Brenin: What sort of puzzle is this? ... Was White's 29th intended as the puzzle?> Agreed. The puzzle as set makes little sense, although FWIW I would have actually gone with the game's 21.Be3, just for solidity. 29.? would be a much better puzzle but tough for a Friday. Saturday at least, if not Sunday. |
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| Mar-04-23 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: The move must be difficult really. I wondered the following possibilities: a) 21. Rab1 Rac8 22. Be3 Rfd8 23. Rb6?? Qxb6 24. cxb6 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rd1+ 26. Bf1 Bh3... Black wins; b)21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 f5 23. exf5 Bd5 24. Bxd5+ Qxd5... I don't like white position.; c) 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 f5 23. e5 Qc7 24. Rab1 Rab8... White has better position, but this is not a clear winning line. d) 21. Ba5 Rac8 22. Bb6 Bd8 23. Rab1 Bxb6 24. Rxb6 Qxb6 25. cxb6 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Bd7 27. a5 Bc6. Well, I didn't find the move, but I tried. |
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| Mar-04-23 | | Mayankk: I wanted to play 21 f4 exf4 22 Bxf4 and hope for 22 ... Bf6 so that I can play my brilliant 23 e5 tactics and capture the Black dark-squared Bishop. |
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| Mar-04-23 | | jrredfield: Not a very stimulating puzzle. This is essentially a drawish position where any number of White moves keep it a draw. 21 Ba5, Be3, Rab1, a5, Qb2 and others. Is that it? What am I missing? |
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| Mar-04-23 | | outplayer: The first move coming to my mind was Bh6. Then I saw Rab1 and Bf4. But I thought: What is chess all about? We should try to make threats. Be3 is difficult because is not a direct threat and I didn't find it. I also saw f4. |
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| Mar-04-23 | | outplayer: Be3 is a move that overprotects the c5 pawn. It is a deffensive move instead of one that attacks. it is prophylaxis. it is for this cause that it is difficult to find. |
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Mar-04-23
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Looks like a test of one's positional judgment as opposed to the usual test of tactical ability. Even so, 29.White to Play seems a better puzzle. |
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| Mar-04-23 | | agb2002: The c-pawn is weak. This suggests the maneuver Rab1-b6 to push this pawn and attack Black's queen side, 21.Rab1: A) 21... Bd8 22.Qb2 Rb8 23.Qxe5 wins a pawn.
B) 21... Rab8 22.Rb6 Qc7 23.Ba5 and only White seems to make progress. C) 21... Rfc8 22.Be3 Rc7, unclear.
I don't know. I'd probably play Rab1. |
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Mar-04-23
 | | Honza Cervenka: Well, it is rather "guess the move" thing than tactics puzzle, and I am not sure that it was intended but it was not bad. My 2 top moves were 21.Rab1 and 21.Be3 with practically the same plan of continuation, which have occurred in the game. |
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Mar-04-23
 | | Teyss: Yes 29.? could be a end-week POTD but 37.? would be a better mid-week puzzle: Bxf7+! wins a Pawn with an overwhelming position. |
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| Mar-04-23 | | mel gibson: There are no interesting moves.
Not a good choice for a puzzle today.
Stockfish 15 is calling it a draw:
21. Be3
(21. Be3 (♗d2-e3 ♖f8-c8 ♖a1-b1 ♖c8-c7 ♕c2-c3 ♕c6xa4 ♕c3xe5
♖a8-c8 h2-h4 h7-h6 ♔g1-h2 ♕a4-e8 ♖b1-b6 ♗e7-f8 f2-f4 a6-a5 f4-f5 ♗e6-d7
♕e5xe8 ♖c8xe8 ♗e3-f4 ♖c7xc5 ♖c1xc5 ♗f8xc5 ♖b6xb7 ♖e8-e7 ♖b7-b8+ ♔g8-h7
g3-g4 a5-a4 e4-e5 a4-a3 ♖b8-a8 ♖e7-e8 ♖a8-a5 ♗c5-b4 ♖a5-a7 ♗b4-c5) 0.00/51
255)
score = 0.00 depth 51 = a draw. |
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| Mar-04-23 | | Dohboy: When I looked at the starting position, I said to myself "if there is a winning tactic in this position, I'll be surprised". I was not surprised. There may have been a move or two in the game worthy of a puzzle, but this was not it. |
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Mar-04-23
 | | scormus: <goodevans: <Brenin: What sort of puzzle is this? ... > Agreed.>
Ditto.
I immediately recognised it as a slow burner, though I didn't realise it was going to be THAT slow.
21 f4, Be3, a5, and Rab1 all came to mind, but none of them shouted at me to be chosen. |
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Mar-04-23
 | | Check It Out: 21.Rab1 came to mind as a candidate move, but I suspect a mis-puzzle. |
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Mar-04-23
 | | chrisowen: I'd q mystery doh its v juke z its woof garcon Be3 grog co its bid effect amalgamate key axiom ebb dah its beg yogi Be3 ja :) |
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Mar-04-23
 | | Yuridmi: Head-scratcher this puzzle. Agb2002 supports 21.Rab1 and it looks as good as at least three other moves, all of which render an even game. It's oddballs like this puzzle that make us GROOVE on the other six per week that are really interesting and challenging |
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| Mar-04-23 | | alshatranji: Up to seven moves after the puzzle's "winning" move, White only has a slight advantage. Then at move 28, Black made a serious error with "Bb5", which is what gave White a definite advantage, and the win. What a strange puzzle. Could it be a typo? |
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| Mar-04-23 | | Allderdice83: < scormus: <goodevans: <Brenin: What sort of puzzle is this? ... > Agreed.> Ditto.
I immediately recognised it as a slow burner, though I didn't realise it was going to be THAT slow. 21 f4, Be3, a5, and Rab1 all came to mind, but none of them shouted at me to be chosen.> Agreed with everyone. My move would have been 21. Rab1. It's the only move that creates a credible threat, even if it's just a positional threat. Nothing wrong, though, with 21. Be3 first and then 22. Rab1. White has a positional advantage and just increases the pressure until Black's position cracks. They tell you to examine all threats and captures. I've never seen a puzzle position that literally didn't have one single check or capture -- not even a bad one that loses material. I do think the puzzle was supposed to start at White's 29th move. Even so, it looks like Black resigned too early -- maybe try 40 ... Qe7 and if 41. Qxe7+? then 41 ... Rxe7. Probably best then is 41. Qb8+ Qd8 (not Qe8?? 42. Qxe8+ Kxe8 43. Bxd7+) 42. Qxe5 |
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| Mar-04-23 | | jrredfield: <Allderdice83: Even so, it looks like Black resigned too early -- maybe try 40 ... Qe7 and if 41. Qxe7+? then 41 ... Rxe7. > after 41 Qb5, White is way ahead. +13.96 41.Qb5 Rd8 42.a6 Kg8 43.Bb7 Qa3 44.Qxe5 Rf8 45.Qd5+ Kh8 46.e5 Re8 47.Qb5 Rb8 48.Qb6 Qe7 49.a7 Qxe5 50.Qa5 Qd6 51.Be4 Qd8 52.Qxd8+ Rxd8 53.a8Q ... |
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| Mar-04-23 | | Philidor Attack: Hard to avoid violating posting guideline 8 with puzzles like this. |
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Mar-04-23
 | | perfidious: One may expect this POTD to reappear in a different guise, with the beginning position rather later than move 21. |
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| Mar-05-23 | | Granny O Doul: 21. Be3!, overprotecting the key pawn on c5, and the rest plays itself. |
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