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| May-03-15 | | Hans Kastorp: dfcx: After 10...e6 11.Nce4+ Ke7 (11... fxe4. 12.Be5+ Ke7 13.Qf7#) 12.Bd6+ Ke8 13.Nxe6 and queen is lost. |
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| May-03-15 | | stacase: <devere: This is a poor Sunday problem,> I agree, the real issue here is seeing that 9... Kf6 was the only real choice for Black. I didn't see it, and thought "Oh Wow! look at that." when I played it out. |
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| May-03-15 | | Clodhopper: When the puzzles get to three or more stars, I can often see the first moves, I get the concept, but then I lose my way trying to sort out the essential coup de grace a few moves into the combination. In a serious game I would let these opportunities slip by with the thought that "there might be something there". |
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| May-03-15 | | Immortal Gambit: What is all that rambling supposed to mean? |
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| May-03-15 | | Jack Kerouac: <Immortal Gambit>
Machine dribble. C.O. shows up now and again like a reminder of Alzheimer's lurking degeneration always out there.
Humans on this site have disregarded these posts for some time now.
Somewhat like a cyber politician who expounds but not worth the time to waste real thought about. |
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| May-03-15 | | agb2002: The material is complete.
White can create a number of threats with 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.Ng5+ Kf6 (9... Ke(f)8 10.Ne6 wins the queen; 9... Kg8 10.Ne6 Qe8 11.Nxc7 wins an exchange and a pawn at least) 10.Nc3: A) 10... Nb6 10.Be5+ dxe5 11.dxe5+ Kxe5 12.Nf7+ followed by 13.Nxd8, etc. B) 10... c6 11.e4
B.1) 11... fxe4 12.Ncxe4+ Kf5 13.g4+ Kxf4 14.Qf3#.
B.2) 11... e5 12.dxe5+ Nxe5 (12... dxe5 13.Qd6#) 13.Nxh7+ wins a pawn at least (13... Rxh7 14.Bg5+ and 15.Bxd8). B.3) 11... e6 12.Nxh7+ as in B.2.
C) 10... e6 11.Nxh7+ is similar to B.3. |
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| May-04-15 | | autom: I thought 11.Qf3 was the killer move as he must have forseen 12.Qd5! and probably the last move. |
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| May-04-15 | | stst: Overdue....
See the obvious line, but there could be others:
8.BxP+ KxB
9.Ng5+
Whether Ke8 or Kf8,
10.Ne6 ===> Q lost
See what actually happened.... |
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| Dec-17-15 | | Hawkman: I love this site and don't mean this in a snarky way at all, but is this really one of the 6 best (A80) games of all time? That's what I want and expect to see when I click on the 6 featured games for a variation. Just my 2 cents. I apologize if I've offended any employees. It was not my intention. |
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Dec-17-15
 | | perfidious: <Hawkman> That this game rates amongst the six most featured games is due to its being in so many members' collections--the sole criterion for inclusion. |
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| Dec-18-15 | | Hawkman: < That this game rates amongst the six most featured games is due to its being in so many members' collections--the sole criterion for inclusion. > Thanks, bro! |
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| Aug-08-24 | | EasilyConfused: How would White continue after 12..Qe8 ? This gives the Black King an escape square e7 following a N check. |
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| Aug-08-24 | | EasilyConfused: Ah� I see. If 12 .. Qe8, 13 Qxd6+ |
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| Aug-08-24 | | BxChess: I went with 12 Nd5 cxd5 (forced) 13. Qd5, thinking mate was unstoppable:
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But black can sacrifice the queen with 13...Qa5+. White wins but not as precise as the game line. |
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Aug-08-24
 | | takebackok: Missed it, was looking at knight ck not the beautiful 12. Qd5! when its mate in 2. |
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| Aug-08-24 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: The king saw one beautiful combination: 12. Nce4+ fxe4 13. Bxe5+ Ke7 14. Qf7#. Of course, B should not capture this Trojan ♘. Howerver, I felt lost with the line: 12. Nce4+ Ke7 13. dxe5 fxe4 14. exd6+ Kf8 15. Qxe4 Qa5+ 16. c3 Bxc3+ 17. Kf1 Qb5+ 18. Kg1 Qf5 19. Qe7+ Kg8... Now a long run, which cannot be asured that the players would follow: 20. Ne6?! Qf7 21. Qd8+ Nf8 22. Bh6 Bxe6?! 23. Qxa8 (Bxb2? 24. Rb1 Bg7 25. Rxb7 Qf6 26. Rxg7+). W has a powerful attack. However, the game move is fantastic. (12...Rf8?? 13. Qe6#... sorry, lgs), Qe7 is forced. |
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| Aug-08-24 | | mel gibson: It's mate in 3 but I only looked for a few seconds
and didn't see it. |
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Aug-08-24
 | | scormus: Seems I'm in good company with my 12 Nd5?! |
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Aug-08-24
 | | Teyss: Beautiful. Initially couldn't solve it so used the old patzer method of considering all moves without preconceived idea, saw 12.Qd5 threatening mate but couldn't find the follow-up after 12...Qe7. Same after 12.Nd5+ cxd5 13.Qxd5 Qe7. Should have applied the method twice but it takes some time which is why OTB it's impossible. Seems simple once you look at the game. It's rare to see a mate in 3 on a Friday. Magnificent miniature. |
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| Aug-08-24 | | vajeer: I went with 12. Nd5+ cxd5 14. Qd5 Qa5 which is winning, but missed the easier mate that follows after 12. Qd5. Strange I missed it because the very first move I considered was 12. Nxh7+ which doesn't lead to great advantage. But 12. Qd5 Qe7 and then 13. Nxh7+ is a killer blow |
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Aug-08-24
 | | chrisowen: Jazzy its v duel Qd5 game its aob jib cub faith its about lo its at chi Qd5 buff; |
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| Aug-08-24 | | TheaN: I saw the key move eventually but didn't play it out 'cleanly': <12.Qd5!!> is absolutely bonkers. White threatens Qf7#, Qe6# and Qxd6#, the queen's untouchable due to 12....cxd5 13.Nxd5#. There's only one move that protects against all three mate threats: <12....Qe7>. 12....Qe8 13.Qxd6+ Qe6 14.Qxe6#, anything else #1. Now I played the suboptimal <13.Nge4+!?>. !? because it's #4 instead of #2, and I even made it a #5. This is weird considering I started looking at 12.Nxh7+ as first candidate, only then 12.Nce4+ and 12.Nge4+ which all didn't work (well enough, I think White's winning with a lot of moves on move 12). Of course 13.Nxh7+ Rxh7 14.Bg5# is cleaner, but <13....fxe4 14.Bg5+?! #3> also here, 14.Nxe4+ Kf5 15.Ng3+ Kg4 (Kf6 16.Bg5#) 16.f3# <14....Kf5 15.g4+! Kxg4 16.Qe4+ Kh5 17.Qf3#>
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Would be interesting to see if more had this pattern: I just went with the dogma 'king hunt = luring closer to my own position' 13.Nge4+?! and 14.Bg5+?! accomplish this, ignoring the faster mates. |
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| Aug-08-24 | | lentil: First I saw that Nh7+ frees square g5 for a B skewer of K and Q, but that BK can avoid it by retreating to e7. Then I saw that Nd5 would be mate except for the P/c6, so that Qd5 to threaten Qe6# was allowed. But after ... Qe7. I didn't notice that then BK cannot retreat then to e7 after Nxh7, or that Bg5 is #! MAYBE I would have found it OTB after Qe7. |
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Aug-08-24
 | | PawnSac: < mel gibson: It's mate in 3 but I only looked for a few seconds and didn't see it. > well, mel, this particular puzzle has a lot of variants to consider, but I suspect if you had the time to focus you'd be able to find a whole lot more. |
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| Aug-08-24 | | mel gibson: <well, mel, this particular puzzle has a lot of variants to consider, but I suspect if you had the time to focus you'd be able to find a whole lot more.> Even grand masters have missed 3 move checkmates. |
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