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| May-30-18 | | stacase: <RKnight: ... I think there is a bias towards people who solve the puzzle posting more than those who fail, and even that assumes truthful posting.> You are exactly right, and I am Exhibit "A"
I have a personal rule, that I don't post unless I "Got It" I figure if I wasn't smart enough to at least get the first move, then why would anyone want to read what I have to say. |
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| May-30-18 | | morfishine: <stacase> On your comment <...I figure if I wasn't smart enough to at least get the first move, then why would anyone want to read what I have to say> These are not actual puzzles per-se, but positions from actual games. Therefore, the possibility of alternate solutions increases, (which can reveal very interesting and enlightening lines of play). So, post, post post, and keep posting!
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| May-30-18 | | Wiley: Well, I finally saw why Black resigned. He must take the Rook, or loose the Bishop. After he does and White takes him back, White has a stinging threat, a King-Rook-Bishop family fork on D6. Very subtle! It must have been a thrill for Masters when he saw this. |
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| May-30-18 | | Pasker: Top class puzzle..Simple, subtle and powerful. |
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| May-30-18 | | nalinw: Add me to the statistic of those who didn't get it - I am glad to see that I have company .. |
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| May-30-18 | | stacase: Speaking for myself, I think the failure of a lot of low/non rated players is to look at all the possible moves. Too often on these first days of the week when I don't get it, it's a "Oh yeah, why didn't I look at that move, it was obvious!" <morfishine: ... So, post, post post, and keep posting!> Thanks for the encouragement, but I'm coming up on 74 and set in my ways (-: |
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May-30-18
 | | gawain: Nifty combination.
I was looking for knight forks but gave up too soon. My mistake: expecting a Wednesday puzzle to give up its secret as quickly as a Tuesday. |
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| May-30-18 | | Patriot: <ChessHigherCat> Your percentages look pretty good. But we may never know because most never interact with anyone else. |
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May-30-18
 | | paulalbert: In these kind of puzzles with N and R I always look for forking squares. With black's B under attack by the white c1 R the idea of Re4 with double attack leaving black's R on d4 on the horns of a dilemma ( move and lose the B or exchange and set up the N fork on d6 ). I find that by exploring such ideas, I can usually solve these puzzles, and I got this one quickly. What becomes more difficult on Saturday and Sunday is that there may be more than one idea to look at, and very accurate in depth calculation is necessary to discover which idea actually works. I frequently identify the right starting move, but my calculations are not accurate enough to prove that it works in all variations, and sometimes I go off on entirely the wrong track. |
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| May-30-18 | | malt: <starcase> I started with 25.Ne4? first,
could not find an avantage, before finding 25.Re4. In past games I have posted wrong moves. <starcase; I have a personal rule, that I don't post unless I "Got It"> |
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| May-30-18 | | Patriot: <morf> Did you think this was tough to spot? It was tough to consider that first move but once I did everything fell into place. |
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| May-30-18 | | stacase: Black's last move, 24...Rd4 is in hindsight, a blunder, so what should 24...?? be? I'd go for 24...Bd5. Might not be a winning move but leaves White with less than an obvious win. |
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| May-30-18 | | stacase: <paulalbert: ...I frequently identify the right starting move, but ...> Happens to me too. Sometimes, especially on the later days, I'll "Guess" right and have no idea what's going on. Last Sunday was one of those. |
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| May-30-18 | | Patriot: <stacase> Yes <24...Bd5> seems a reasonable move there. Protecting a piece with another piece is a red flag to a removal of the guard chance. |
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May-30-18
 | | scormus: Like a lot of people, I suspect, I tried to set up the N-fork right away. Nothing doing.
So I decided to leave it and come back later. There it was, 25 Re4 hiding in plain sight. @gawain: I got there the way the Green Knight would have done |
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| May-30-18 | | michael104: Also worth noting is that after 25.Re4 Rxe4 26.Nxe4 Ke6 27.Rxc4 Kd5 white has 28.Nd2 remaining a piece ahead. |
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| May-30-18 | | Marmot PFL: <The biggest gap in the week is usually between between Tu and W.> I would say W to Th, although I miss quite a few earlier ones too by playing "obvious" solutions. |
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May-30-18
 | | Penguincw: Easier than average Monday and Tuesday should mean I can solve the Wednesday puzzle. Took me a bit. I knew the d6 square had to be important, and yay I got it. 3/3 this week. Don't say that very often. Hoping I can finish off the month strong. ---
<Solving Puzzles Bias> Obviously people are more likely to comment when they solved a puzzle. But also, when they do solve a puzzle, they're more likely to give analysis. Good luck giving analysis on a Sunday puzzle where you only guessed the first move. |
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| May-30-18 | | ChessHigherCat: <Marmot PFL> I don't know your rating but I'm guessing you're at least 2250 so you're a step up the pay scale from most of us. Maybe you always get W. puzzles but not always Th., so that seems like the biggest difference. I'm a step a behind. I always get Tuesdays but not always Wednesdays, but I'm starting to get most of them. Of course a lot depends on the puzzles chosen and whether I use a board or not. |
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| May-30-18 | | morfishine: Hello <Patriot> I imagine this was tough to spot since its a "side-wise" solution, which are the hardest to spot Good to hear from you! Drop by my forum when you have the time! ***** |
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| May-30-18 | | Marmot PFL: <I don't know your rating but I'm guessing you're at least 2250> Thanks, but I was lower than that even in my peak years and that was a long time ago. I did beat a few players above that level, but not too often. |
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May-30-18
 | | Bubo bubo: White skewers the unguarded rook and the bishop with 25.Re4. Retreating the rook loses the bishop, and so does 25...Rcd8 26.Rxc4 (x-ray motif). Therefore Black has to capture, but after 25...Rxe4 26.Nxe4 the double threat of Rxc4 and Nd6+ wins at least the exchange. |
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| May-30-18 | | Whitehat1963: I’m 3/3 so far, a rarity for me, I’ll admit. Wednesday’s are probably less than 50-50 for me. But Thursdays are probably 10-90. Usually if I get a Thursday puzzle, a lot of people are complaining that it was too easy for a Thursday. Keeping my fingers crossed that I can go 4/4. I’ll struggle with tomorrow’s for a long time before I give up. |
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| May-30-18 | | cjgone: Completely missed this pattern. |
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May-31-18
 | | Richard Taylor: <stacase: In the how hard was this, and how many solved it quickly, not so quickly, and didn't solve, the numbers are:
21 People posted.
12 Appeared to find it quickly.
6 Said it wasn't so easy.
3 Didn't solve it.>
<I'm not volunteering to be the daily statistician but it would be interesting to see such results.> The most reliable are the ones who, like me, admitted to not solving it. But then they may not have spent much time on it. Although it looked simple...well, after I saw the move. And of course, what is easy in chess and life for some people is not for others. Do we value clever but perhaps not so "good" people or good honest people who are not so "brainy"? Who, in the long run, are happier? Perhaps that is unquantifiable also... |
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