Valentin Kamenov vs Todor Galunov (2009)

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Valentin Kamenov vs Todor Galunov
Teteven op 24th (2009), Teteven BUL, rd 1, Aug-15
French Defense: Advance Variation. Milner-Barry Gambit (C02) · 0-1

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Jul-06-16		YouRang: Today's puzzle is curiously similar to yesterday's... click for larger view The white knight is the king's best defender, guarding h5 and keeping the black rooks disconnected. So, as black, you have to consider saccing the exchange to get rid of it: <26...R8xf4>. Now the rooks are connected, and with Rf2 sealing off g2, we threaten ...Qh5#. White can take the rook with <27.gxf4> click for larger view But this just opens the g-file leaving the white king at the mercy of the black queen, rook, and bishop (who are in fact, merciless): <27...Qg2+ 28.Kh5 Rxf4+ 29.Kh6 Be8#> click for larger view ~~~~ I see there are a few other ways to mate. An easy Wednesday.

Jul-06-16		YouRang: <nalinw: I went for the more artistic Be8#> Agreed. I like all my pieces to feel like they played a part. Of course, being the piece chosen to deliver mate is a great honor to bestow upon the bishop.

Jul-06-16		al wazir: My solution: 26...Qh6+ 27. Kg4 (27. Nh5 Qxh5#) R8xf4+ 28. gxf4 Rxf4+ 29. Kg3 Bf2+ 30. Kg2 (30. Qxf2 Qh4+ 31. Kg2 Qxf2+ 32. Kh3 Qf3#) Bxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Qg2 32. Kd1 Rd4+ 33. Ke1 Qxh1+ 0:1.

Jul-06-16		AlicesKnight: It looks like 26....R8xf4; if 27.gxf4 then ...Qg2+ chases the White K up the h-file into a mating-net, and if White does not capture then ...Qh5/6 leads equally to mate. What actually happened? - ah, the capture. All starting from the overload on d4 at move 10.

Jul-06-16		YouRang: In reviewing this game, white was pretty much lost after 12 moves.

Jul-06-16		Once: Or ... 26... R8xf4 27. gxf4 Qg2+ 28. Kh4 Rxf4+ 29. Kh5 g6+ click for larger view I know, I know, black has three mates in one here (29...Qg4+, Qg6+ and Be8). But let's torture him for a little longer. 30. Kh6 Rh4+ 31. Qxh4 Be3+ 32. Qf4 Bxf4# click for larger view Stitched up like a nation which has just been conned into voting for a recession.

Jul-06-16		Virgil A: 26...R8f4 27.gf Qh5+ 28.Kg3 Rf3+ 29.Kg2 Qh3#

Jul-06-16		An Englishman: Good Evening: And Good Heavens, White has already gotten into rather a mess. 26...R8xf4 is the merciful quietus.

Jul-06-16		scormus: <YouRang: <nalinw: I went for the more artistic Be8#> Agreed. I like all my pieces to feel like they played a part. Of course, being the piece chosen to deliver mate is a great honor to bestow upon the bishop> Times like this I feel CG needs a <like> button

Jul-06-16		morfishine: <26...R8xf4> Not a whole lot of calculating necessary on this one

Jul-06-16		Lambda: I went all around the houses on this one: 26... Qh6+ 27.Kg4 R8xf4+ 28.gxf4 Rxf4+ 29.Kg3 Qh4+ 30.Kg2 Rf2+ 31.Qxf2 (31.Kg1 Qg4#) Qxf2+ 32.Kh3 Qf3+ 33.Kh4 Bf2+ 34.Kg5 Qf5#

Jul-06-16		The Kings Domain: Another instance where I came up with the right text move and decided to change it and make life difficult for myself. I decided on 26) ...Qh6 which leads to a far longer mate. Good puzzle and good game, white's position was a wreck.

Jul-06-16		mel gibson: so easy.

Jul-06-16		Caissas Clown: <nalinw: I went for the more artistic Be8#>. Oh how cruel ! Mating White with your normally "bad" French LSB. I like it !

Jul-06-16		Sally Simpson: Hi Guys, The exchange sac and the follow up was pretty run of the mill. OTB one would stop analysing after seeing Qg2+ and Rxf4+ 'it must mate.' The instructive point is White setting an opening trap so old I think it was invented before Chess, then wasting a whole tempo undoing the trap when it was spotted as if to say: "I was only joking." Black to play. click for larger view The d4 pawn is protected by the Milner-Barry trap which has caught out hundreds...nay thousands of players. Even this site has two examples ranging from 1972-1992 in between those years you can add many many more victims. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... Black knew of this trick and played 7...Bd7 and White then retreated with 8.Be2 and Black was on easy street from there on in. I know Nimzovitch played the same move in the same position (and won) Nimzowitsch vs Duras, 1912 But Nimzovitch, as Tarrasch once said: "Herr Nimzovitch goes his own way, a way, however, not to be recommended to the general public.” :) White should have stuck to guns and played the Milner-Barry gambit. You won't see it on the top boards and theory is against it but it still scores on the lower boards even if this ancient trap is spotted.

Jul-06-16		Virgil A: :) 26...h5 also leads to mate. Same with 26...Qf5+ , 26...g6 , and even 26...a6 No negative move here for Black.

Jul-06-16		PawnSac: < Caissas Clown: <nalinw: I went for the more artistic Be8# >. Oh how cruel ! Mating White with your normally "bad" French LSB. I like it ! > Agreed! Thats exactly how i saw it. ..R8xf4 gxf Qg2+ Kh4 Be8! Anyone can mate with the Q but its far more positionally satisfying to use the liberated Bishy! lol

Jul-06-16		Penguincw: < scormus: ... Times like this I feel CG needs a <like> button > I feel like that sometimes too, but <cg> did give reasons as to why not: < Aug-01-14 chessgames.com: Boy, this social media experiment has reminded me why our discussion forms are egalitarian, lack "like/dislike" buttons, and are only presented in chronological order. Case in point: we post a daily puzzle on Facebook. Somebody on FB falls for a red herring and leaves an incorrect answer in the comments. Then others come, say "yeah, that looks about right", and give them "like". Soon the incorrect answer floats to the top, where it gathers even more likes (because few people read through the entire list of comments). Somebody may reply and correct them, but it's too late: once it has gained momentum it will be locked at the top. It strongly implies, "this is the right answer", even though it's nowhere close. Chess is all about the pursuit of truth, and truth is not a popularity contest. > chessgames.com chessforum (kibitz #20186)

Jul-06-16		yadasampati: I would play 29. ... Be8# instead of Qg4#, because the lower the piece, the more beautiful the mate

Jul-06-16		gawain: Easier than most Wednesdays. A sequence of rather natural moves rolled along nicely and culminated in a mate.

Jul-06-16		YouRang: <No negative move here for Black.> True, barring insanity of course (e.g. 26...Qxg3+ )

Jul-06-16		Dionysius1: I tried 26...Rf6 threatening Rh6 and if 27 exf6 then 27...e5

Jul-06-16		Longview: I saw this: Qh6+ 27. Kg4 R8xf4+ 28. gxf4 Qxf4+ 29. Kh3 Qf5+ 30. Kh4 Rf4+ 31. Kg3 Qg4# I like the way played because it uses the black pawns as a wall!

Jul-06-16		Patriot: <<Penguincw>: < scormus: ... Times like this I feel CG needs a <like> button > I feel like that sometimes too, but <cg> did give reasons as to why not:> I totally agree with having a "like" on these posts. But the <CG> comments you posted is like a cop-out. Who says it needs to be on Facebook or has to function the same way? Just a simple "like" with a count of "thumbs up" is good enough for me.

Jul-07-16		kevin86: Black can force mate quickly.

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