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Luke McShane vs Viswanathan Anand
World Rapid Championship (2017) (rapid), Riyadh KSA, rd 7, Dec-27
Formation: King's Indian Attack (A07)  ·  0-1

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Jan-01-18  zb2cr: A bit of an unusual mating pattern. 51. ... Qh3+; 52. Kxh3, Rh1#.
Jan-01-18  Sularus: 51. ... Qh3+
52. KxQ Rh1++

nice way to start the year!

Jan-01-18  Rumor: Well, Santa gave me a nice shiny Premium membership, so hello to everyone for the first time, and a Happy New Year. Nice to be eased into the year gently, with a Monday puzzle falling on Jan 1st. Looking forward to all your witty and insightful kibitzers over the course of the year!
Jan-01-18  lost in space: How nice - a Monday and at the same time the start of the new year.

51...Qh3+ 52. Kxh3 Rh1#

Jan-01-18  Mayankk: Too early to make it a puzzle - Many of us probably saw this, along with a number of other interesting wins from Anand, just a few days earlier.

Will they pick all the puzzles this week from the same championship?

Jan-01-18  agb2002: Black has a rook and a pawn for a bishop and a knight.

White threatens Qd3+ and Qxh5+.

An invasion with the black queen 51... Rh1+ 52.Kxh1 Qh3+ goes nowhere but 51... Qh3+ 52.Kxh3 Rh1# wins.

Jan-01-18  morfishine: Saw this when it happened just recently at the Rapid championships

its mate-in-two: <51...Qh3+> & <52...Rh1#>

*****

Jan-01-18  stacase: What everyone else said (-:
Jan-01-18  malt: A Queen at h3, will do it for me
51...Qh3+ and 52...Rh1#

Happy New Year !

Jan-01-18  et1: As previosly said 51 Ne3 would have saved white but this victory shows how good Anand was to become Rapid WC last week !
Jan-01-18  WorstPlayerEver: Nice tribute to Anand. He seems to get younger each other day :P
Jan-01-18  alphee: Good start for a new year .... funny
Jan-01-18  AlicesKnight: A happy New Year! - and a pleasing if uncomplicated one to greet us; 51.... Qh3+ forces capture and leads to ....Rh1#
Jan-01-18  patzer2: On second thought, 44...Rf2 is not technically a mistake as Black could have simply regrouped after 45. Bc5 with 45...Re2! 46. Be3 Kg8! -+ (-4.76 @ 29 ply, Stockfish 8). Stronger of course is an immediate 44...Kg8! -+ (-6.52 @ 32 ply, Stockfish 8).

Where Black did let the win potentially slip away was with 46...Rd1?, allowing 47. Qf4 = (-0.18 @ 37 ply, Stockfish 8).

Instead, 46...Qf5! -+ (-2.61 @ 32 ply, Stockfish 8) is winning after 47. Ne3 Rf2+ 48. Kg1 Qf3 49. Qf4 Qxf4 50. gxf4 Rxf4 51. Ng2 Rf3 52. Bd6 g5 -+ (-3.48 @ 29 ply, Stockfish 8).

Jan-01-18  Once: You can imagine the white king shouting at the Nf2 - "Aren't you going to do something?"

Knights can be especially useless up close. I suppose we should never bring a knight to a rook fight.

Jan-01-18  thegoodanarchist: I got it! I played like Anand! ;)

LOL Happy Monday everyone!

Jan-01-18  The Kings Domain: Delightful puzzle and a Happy New Year to all. :-)
Jan-01-18  RookFile: For some reason I had a hard time with this. I kept trying things like 51....Qb6, trying to get in Qg1+. But then I was wondering what black does after Qxh5+ from white. Finally it dawned on me that black can just play 51...Qh3+, forcing mate next move.
Jan-01-18  tjshann: "I made him an offer he couldn't refuse."
Jan-01-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: McShane was also checkmated in this tournament very prettily, in Ganguly vs McShane, 2017. I am certain it is not bloody-mindedness, just letting the game run its course.
Jan-01-18
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  AylerKupp: I saw the mating pattern immediately, but I first thought of 51...Rh1+. But after 52.Kxh1 Qh3+ White's king has an escape square in g1. So, since Black only has 2 pieces left, by a process of elimination that left only 51...Qh3+.

I guess that the Force was not with Luke in this game.

Jan-01-18  kdogphs: I've played roughly 140 rated chess games. I have sacrificed my queen only once to get the victory... Puzzles like these give me hope...
Jan-01-18  stst: if White moves first then...51. Qd3+ gains a R, while QxP+ gains nothing. But it's Black's move, usual Q-sac will work, viz. 51...Qh3+ 52.KxQ Rh1#
Jan-01-18
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  An Englishman: Good Afternoon: Happy New Year! Interesting game, esp. after the exchange of B & N for R and 2P. 28.Qh5 with the threat of 29.Re7 posed an unpleasant choice for Black; passive defense with 28...Qf8, or sacrifice a pawn to seize the d-file with 28...Qd7. The sac proved better as Anand took the initiative.
Jan-02-18  yhehy: GM Luke McShane, "the strongest amatuer" - mc
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