Jul-15-11 | | Tigranny: I've never seen the Duke play this good of a game. It's awesome. |
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May-06-13 | | Graham1973: Well, everybody has one good game in them... |
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May-06-13 | | JimNorCal: "Forcing a clear-cut mate, although 31 Qe4 Kf8 32 Rd7 is faster." I'm puzzled by this note. After
31. Qe4 Kf8 why play 32 Rd7, isn't Qe6 plenty strong? |
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May-06-13
 | | keypusher: <31. Qe4 Kf8 why play 32 Rd7, isn't Qe6 plenty strong?> 32.Qe6 Qc6+ 33.Kh3?? Qc8. 33.f3 Qc2+ looks like perpetual. Not sure if White can escape the checks after 33.Kf1. Anyway, 32.Rd7 seems a lot simpler. |
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May-06-13
 | | keypusher: My comment is all wrong, after 32.Qe6 Qc6+ 33.Kh3 Qc8 White still has 34.Rd7. |
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May-06-13
 | | keypusher: Of course black then has 34....Qxd7, though I assume he would still lose. |
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May-06-13 | | JimNorCal: <keypusher>: you're right, thanks! |
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May-01-17
 | | keypusher: <keypusher: My comment is all wrong, after 32.Qe6 Qc6+ 33.Kh3 Qc8 White still has 34.Rd7.> Wow, completely clueless. 34.Rf7+ Kg8 35.Rd7+ Kf8 36.Qf7#. |
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Feb-27-18 | | schnarre: ...Nicely handled by the Duke! |
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Jul-12-19
 | | OhioChessFan: "Game of Thrones" |
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Jul-13-19
 | | Phony Benoni: Apparently the Duke wasn't that bad a player. Count Isouard must have been The weakest Link. |
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Dec-02-19 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: Fun game. Nice find to go with the pun. |
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Dec-02-19
 | | al wazir: <31 Qe4 Kf8 32 Rd7 is faster.> 25. Qf7+ would have been even faster. |
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Dec-02-19 | | Shamot: 26. h4 is the fastest mate. Isn't it? |
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Dec-02-19 | | Shamot: I mean 26. h4+ leads to mate in 3 or faster. |
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Dec-02-19
 | | OhioChessFan: The notes are a ply behind... |
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Dec-02-19 | | jith1207: <shamot>: You gotta take Qxg7 after 25.Qf7+ and before h4+ to ensure g6 won't be a hindrance. Otherwise, you get into complications in that line too, probably end up similar to text line above. |
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Dec-02-19 | | jith1207: 25...Kg5 26.Qxg7+ Kf5 27.Qf7+ Kg5 28.h4+ Kg4 29.Re4+ Kh3 30.Qe6+ Qf5 31.Qxf5# This is the forced line. |
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Dec-02-19 | | jith1207: <shamot>: sorry, you meant in the text. It still takes as much time though. 26. h4+ Kh6 27. Re6+ g6 28. Qf4+ Kh5 29. g4+ Kxh4 30. Re4 Qc1+ 31. Qxc1 h6 32. g5+ Kh5 33. Qf4 hxg5 34. Qh2# |
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Dec-02-19 | | igorski: What if Black plays 24...Qe5?
After 25. Rxe5, dxe5, 26. Qxg7,
Black has two connected rooks plus three pawns vs. White's Q plus four P.
Black could put up stiff resistence here, I think. |
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Dec-02-19
 | | HeMateMe: recycled pun
*yawn*. |
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Dec-02-19 | | RandomVisitor: After 15.g3
 click for larger viewStockfish_19112810_x64_modern:
<34/60 01:36 -1.50 15...Qe4 16.Qxe4 Nxe4> 17.Ne3 Kf7 18.Bb5 Rhd8 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Nc4 Rab8 21.Rab1 Rb5 22.Ba1 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Bc5 24.Kg2 Bd4 25.Ne5+ Bxe5 26.Bxe5 Rd2 27.Kf3 Nd6 28.Rc1 Rxa2 29.Rxc6 Ne8 30.Bxc7 Nxc7 31.Rxc7+ Kf6 32.h4 a5 33.Ra7 a4 34.Ke3 a3 35.Kd4 Ra1 36.Kc3 h6 37.Kb3 Rb1+ 38.Kc4 Rb2 39.Rxa3 Rxf2 40.Ra7 |
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Dec-02-19 | | RandomVisitor: 25.Qf7+ and you can hear the fat lady singing... |
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Feb-05-23 | | generror: The Duke indeed redeems himself for the abysmal Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858. I don't think the Count is to blame for it though, I mean, he's only a Count so the Duke will have the final word. Maybe the Duke had a few drinks too much at the Opera, or he had improved in the 12 years since that day in Paris. |
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