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| May-17-09 | | Poohblah: Why not play 26. ... Rd2 instead of 27. ... Rd2? |
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| May-17-09 | | WhiteRook48: I don't get it |
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May-17-09
 | | Domdaniel: <Phony Benoni> Good point ... but the discovery that a humanoid robot in a galaxy long ago and far away was really a Polish Immortal might have confused the humans. Not to mention George Lucas. As for Revenge of the Sith, you can be sure the Sith weren't into puns. Or anagrams. (Like, umm ... 'this' ...) |
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May-17-09
 | | Eric Schiller: Thanks for all the comments. It is a simple deflection, really, but I think the use of Black rooks in the game is instructive. I played my first serious tournament of the year last week at the Mechanics and scor4ed 70% in a 5-0 blitz memorial event. I'm usually terrible at 5-0 as I'm getting old, but my Pterodactyls flew well and I was 4-1 with Black. |
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| May-17-09 | | randomsac: Black harassed White's king all game. |
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May-17-09
 | | Phony Benoni: <Poohblah: Why not play 26. ... Rd2 instead of 27. ... Rd2?> As mentioned earlier, after 26...Rd2 White escapes with 27.Be6+ and 28.Bxg4. |
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| May-17-09 | | mack: <the discovery that a humanoid robot in a galaxy long ago and far away was really a Polish Immortal might have confused the humans> John Paul 2.0? |
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May-17-09
 | | Richard Taylor: Eric we're all getting old but you played well here! Keep on! May The Force be with you! Thanks <Chessgames.com> |
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May-18-09
| | Domdaniel: <mack> Heh. Have they made him *Saint* <John Paul 2.0> yet? Anyway, all immortalities are potential until you've had your *second* big bang, aren't they? Composed chess problems, apparently, did JP2. A fan of Dr Nunn, they said, although that was French pranksters having a *jeu des ouanqueres*. [source: Fox & James 1987] Come to think of it, they waste their Saintness function on all kinds of minor catholic do-gooders and lesser martyrs -- terribly nice people, I'm sure, the odd fascist excepted -- when they could be using it as a major PR device. I recall seeing a religious propaganda book for kids, which seemed bent on encouraging martyrdom in a very Enid Blyton sort of way. Martyrs got a personal congrats and a hearty handshake from the Boss on arrival: "You *were* brave", said the Lord, "it must have hurt terribly!" ... sort of thing. [source: More Saints For Six O'Clock]. I'd vote for St Andy Warhol and St Marshall McLuhan. Saint Buddha is in the roster already -- been there since the 8th century under a false name. But voting isn't allowed, is it? And if it was, we'd probably end up with Saint Tony Blair. "Saint Tony cured me warts miraculously! Saint Tony made my braincell grow back!" etc. The only fun in that would be devising an appropriate martyrdom. |
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| May-18-09 | | kevin86: Is this a reference to ARTOO DEETOO?
May the force be with you... |
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May-21-09
| | Domdaniel: <kevin86> And may you be with the force... |
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| Nov-04-12 | | vinidivici: 27.Rd2!
Use as a POTD for monday |
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Nov-18-24
 | | takebackok: Easy like Monday, after 27...Rd2 it's lights out. |
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| Nov-18-24 | | Mayankk: White King has been stripped of its pawn cover and is somehow managing to survive. All the major White pieces are focused on guarding key squares to avoid mate and it is very likely one of them is overloaded. E.g. White Queen is guarding d2 (Rd2), f3 (Qf3+), and g2 squares (Qg2+), White Rook is guarding g1 (Rg1+) etc. So it does seem White Queen is overloaded and we exploit this by playing Rd2 anyways. 27 ... Rd2 28 Qxd2 Qf3+ 29 Qg2 Qxg2# plays itself. Else 28 Qxh2# beckons. Time to resign. |
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| Nov-18-24 | | saturn2: The Qd3 defends against the black Q playing Qf3 and Qg2. So 27...Rd2 and if 28.Qf1 keeping on defending those two squares then ...Qh2 mate. The counterplay 28.e7 ends wiith Bxe7 |
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| Nov-18-24 | | mel gibson: Easy but it still took me 10 seconds before I found the right move. |
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| Nov-18-24 | | TheaN: I'd argue this is not that trivial at all. Kind of looking for Monday sacs right off the bat, both Qxh2+? and Rg1+? fail miserably. Then <27....Rd2> sort of becomes obvious, though I'm not so sure <28.e7> is Monday material: sure, 28.Qxd2? Qf3+ 29.Qg2 Qxg2# and else Qxh2#, but that sneaky pawn push kind of muddies the waters a bit. Realizing that line was kind of Black's only option, I noticed <28....Bxe7 29.Be6+ Qxe6 -+> doesn't help White at all. Sure, mate is prevented, but 30.Qxd2? still 30....Qxe4+ 31.Qg2 Qxg2# and <30.Qf3 Rf2! #5> the harassment will continue until White is eventually mated anyway. |
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| Nov-18-24 | | stacase: <mel gibson> Took way longer than 10 seconds over here. And of course - R2d2 Groan |
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Nov-18-24
 | | chrisowen: I q rot c its wags its nap jelly its uh its Rd2 feel its hub ec bye its faith its abridge its lug boff tuff Rd2 x bud; |
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| Nov-18-24 | | mel gibson: <<mel gibson> Took way longer than 10 seconds over here.> yes - a deflection or distraction move is above a normal Monday puzzle level. |
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| Nov-18-24 | | cocker: If White is going to make another move, surely push the pawn! (As analysed by <TheaN>) |
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| Nov-18-24 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: Good Mondays: 27...Rd2 28. Qxd2 Qf3+, # next. |
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| Nov-18-24 | | Damenlaeuferbauer: After long thinking, the American FM Eric Schiller finally found the nice rook sacrifice 27.-,Rd2! 28.Qxd2 (otherwise white will be mated or lose his queen),Qf3+ 29.Qg2,Qxg2#. I love Mondays! |
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| Nov-18-24 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: If W tried 27. Bxh5 then
a) Qxh5 29. Qf5+ Qxf5 30. exf5 Rh7 31. Re1 Bf2 32. Rd1 Be3 33. Re1 Bf4 34. Re2 Rgh8 35. e6 Rxh2+ 36. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 37. Kg1 Kd8 38. f6 Rh6 39. f7 Ke7
b) Rd2? 28. Qxd2 Qxh5 29. Qf4, and how did B continue?
c) Rdg8 28. Qf1 Rg2?! 29. Qf5+ Qxf5 30. exf5 Rxc2 31. Re1 Rh8 32. Be2 Bf2 33. Bd3 Rd2 34. Rf1 Bg3 35. Rf3 Rhxh2+ 36. Kg1 Rdg2+ 37. Kf1 Rxb2 38. Kg1 Rbg2+ 39. Kf1 Rxa2 40. Kg1 Rag2+ 41. Kf1 Rd2 42. Kg1 Bxe5 43. f6 Rd1+ 44. Bf1 Re2 45. f7 Bd4+ 46. Rf2 Rxf2... long run.
d) Rdg8 28. Qf1 Rg1+ 29. Qxg1 Rxg1+ 30. Rxg1 Bxg1 31. Kxg1 Qxh5! this is the best! |
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| Nov-18-24 | | Hercdon: Funny title. Then I thought �is that the solution? NO WAY!!!� |
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