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| Apr-05-16 | | Granny O Doul: I remember it from last time, though I'm not sure I was sure till I saw the key again, at which point it didn't matter. |
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| Apr-05-16 | | agb2002: Already seen. |
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| Apr-05-16 | | saturn2: 37..Rg4 pins the queen. White cannot take but for mating reasons but play instead play 38.Rf3 which however looses the exchange. |
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| Apr-05-16 | | diagonalley: ....is it my imagination or are these puzzles being "recycled" a mite too soon(?!) |
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| Apr-05-16 | | whiteshark: <37...Rg4>, and that's it. |
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| Apr-05-16 | | roentgenium: When I saw this puzzle's link appear purple in my browser, I was racking my brains, trying to figure out why I might have clicked on this game! The thought of this being a puzzle I had already solved did not occur to me. I did solve the puzzle, but only after first considering the alternatives 37... Qd1, Qc6 and Rh1+. And I would concur with <diagonalley>; four months is a bit too short in my opinion to recycle a puzzle. Surely there aren't a dearth of Monday- and Tuesday-level tactics in the games of this site; us patzers need something we can sink our teeth into too! |
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| Apr-05-16 | | Once: I thought that looked familiar. |
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| Apr-05-16 | | saturn2: I knew I had seen it before - on 11 th of january |
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| Apr-05-16 | | stacase: First chuckle of the day. It took a few seconds to survey everything of interest on the board, but when the fact that Black's Rook could pin the opposing Queen, "Heh heh" and yes allowing Black's Queen propelled, by an ever so talented, Bishop, access to h2 where she could say mate. |
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| Apr-05-16 | | morfishine: <37...Rg4> Just like yesterdays: Pin and Win ***** |
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| Apr-05-16 | | CHESSTTCAMPS: Material is even, but black has substantial force directed at white's weakened king-side. The unfortunate lineup of K+Q on the g-file suggests 37... Rg4! to deflect the WQ from defense of h2.
A. 38.Qxg4 Qh2#
B. 38.Bf4 Rxg3+ 39.fxg3 Qd1 should force resignation (40.Bxc7 c1=Q; 40.Rxd1 cxd1=Q+ etc) |
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| Apr-05-16 | | CHESSTTCAMPS: I did not remember this problem being posted so recently. |
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| Apr-05-16 | | zb2cr: Somebody pay too much attention to the NCAA basketball finals? This was a puzzle only 3 months ago. 37. ... Rg4 pins the Queen. If she captures on g4, it's mate. I'm surprised that the game actually ended that way; 38. Bf4 at least goes down fighting. |
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Apr-05-16
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| Apr-05-16 | | Jacob Sasportas: Instructive, but too easy for a Tuesday. |
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Apr-05-16
 | | Sally Simpson: Deflect the defender with a pin-sac and mate.
Don't complain about having seen it before. Feel good that you did recognise it as this proves your chess memory muscle is working. How many positions and games have you looked at since it was last posted. And you still remembered this one. Feel good about yourself and now rush off to tell your friends. (I think this puzzle also appears in the latest Penguin Book of Chess Puzzles. I'd like to check but I've forgotten where I put it.) Score seems OK unlike yesterdays puzzle which had people thinking the lad missed a quicker/easier win. F Garcia Jimenez vs L Elamri, 2004 (kibitz #37) Your pattern recognition skills are kicking in, now master the art of reading a game score, looking at the board and smelling a rat. |
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| Apr-05-16 | | thegoodanarchist: I got it right the first time, I think... |
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| Apr-05-16 | | 1.e4effort: I have to hand it to all you folks who can remember seeing this from January. I don't even remember yesterday's POTD!! |
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Apr-05-16
 | | Bubo bubo: After 37...Rg4 the white queen is cross-pinned: against the king on the g-file, and against the mate-square h2 along the b8-h2-diagonal: 38.Qxg4 Qh2# Didn't we have this puzzle (or least one with the same motif) quite recently? |
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| Apr-05-16 | | WorstPlayerEver: I was just like 37... Qg3 and that's about it. What I call easy. |
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| Apr-05-16 | | kevin86: How did I miss this one? It must be decoy week. |
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| Apr-05-16 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: Rook sacrifice week?
The puzzle took me a whole minute, more or less, because I was distracted by the advanced c-pawn. Eventually I decided that it was well and truly blockaded, and got more serious about checking other things ... |
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| Apr-05-16 | | dufferps: 38.Qxg4 was certainly not black's best move. I think he should have moved 38.Rf3. Trade his queen for a Rook. Perhaps he just didn't want to drag out his loss. |
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| Apr-05-16 | | dufferps: As white, I also would consider 38.Bf4, which would probably be followed by something like, 38. ... Rxg3+, 39.fxg3 Qd1, 40.Bc1 Bb6+, 41,Kg2 Be3 and black is in control with a material advantage. It wil cost white a rook to prevent black from promoting a second queen. |
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| Apr-06-16 | | thegoodanarchist: <kevin86: How did I miss this one? It must be decoy week.> no need to be coy, Roy. Just get yourself free. |
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