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Jan-12-22
 | | steinitzfan: Easier than a lot of 2 move puzzles. Every move forced except for worthless interpositions. I saw to ...Bc7 and then kind of knew it was over. |
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| Jan-12-22 | | Tiggler: 63.. Bc7+ was the only move that was hard for me to find, but I did. |
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| Jan-12-22 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: What <Tiggler> said. Both Black's Queen and Knight wanted to occupy f3. The Queen took priority. |
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| Jan-12-22 | | mel gibson: Another very easy one.
That's 3 in a row. |
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Jan-12-22
 | | al wazir: White could have drawn with 55. Rxd3: 55...exd3 56. Rxa7 Qxa7 57. Qxc4 Qa1+ 58. Kh2 Qb1 (58...d2 59. Qd4+) 59. Qd4+ Kg6 60. Qd6+ Kh5 61. g4+ fxg4 62. hxg4+ Kxg4 63. Qd4+, etc., with a perpetual. |
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| Jan-12-22 | | stacase: 61...Rxh3+
62. gxh3 Qf3+
63. Kh2 Bc7+
(White's Queen can interpose to no avail.)
64. Kg1 Qg3+
65. Kh1 Qh2#
The Rook sacrifice was the obvious first choice to check out, and it worked nicely. |
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| Jan-12-22 | | landshark: What everybody else said. |
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Jan-12-22
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Black's Knight proved quite obnoxious for a seemingly drunken horse taking a seemingly drunken walk down the central boulevard. The combination does not work without control of the f1 square. |
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| Jan-12-22 | | agb2002: Black has a bishop, a knight and a pawn for a rook. Black can force mate with 61... Rxh3+ 62.gxh3 Qf3+ 63.Kh2 Bc7+ 64.Kg1 (64.Qd6(e5) Bxd6(e5)+ just delays the defeat one move) 64... Qg3+ 65.Kh1 Qh2#. |
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| Jan-12-22 | | Brenin: <al wazir>: Are you sure that White draws after 55 Rxd3 exd3 56 Rxa7 Qxa7 57 Qxc4 d2 (rather than Qa1+), e.g. 58 Qd5 Qa1+ 59 Kh2 d1=Q ? I'm not convinced that he has perpetual check. |
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| Jan-12-22 | | AlicesKnight: I found the gameline, seemingly forced from here. Something about it reminds me (in mirror-image) of the finish to Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1896 - perhaps it's the redundant white Rs. There also seems to be a forced win after 58.gxf3. |
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Jan-12-22
 | | scormus: < <Brenin> al wazir W could have drawn ....> Interesting puzzle in it's own right. I agree, 57 ....d2 is the move. l tried to find the answer without engine. Not certain but it looks like and the BK can escape the perpetual by going across the middle of the board Q and find shelter on rank 2. But B has to avoid getting the K trapped on the h-file, from which any attempt to escape can end in mate |
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| Jan-12-22 | | Refused: not to pile on al.
But I'd add another fairly easy winning line there 57...Qd7 should be curtains, too. 58.Qxd4+ Qxd4 59.cxd4 d2 is simply too slow.
58.Qb3 d2 59.Qd1 Qd3 and this should just be game over white's position is totally tied up, c3 is falling next. As for the puzzle.
1... Rxh3+ 2.gxh3 Qf3+ 3.Kh2 Bc7+ 4.Kg1 Qg3+ 5.Kh1 Qh2# is quite trivial (add pointless white queen sac if you like) Sorta frustrating game for white after he gave up a piece for two rooks. He never got the opportunity for a good check on the 7th, and his own king fell victim to the very well coordinated black pieces. On the bright side. It's always good day for chess, when a London System player loses. |
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| Jan-12-22 | | cocker: If checks are needed to forestall White's possible perpetual, the winning line is pretty well forced. |
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| Jan-12-22 | | parch: 61...R:h3+ 62.gh3 Qf3+ 63.Kh2 Bc7+ 64.Qe5+
...B:e5+ 65.Kg1 Qg3+ 66.Kh1 Qh2# |
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| Jan-12-22 | | Nosnibor: Grabinski grabbed his chance. Not difficult for a Wednesday puzzle. |
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Jan-12-22
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| Jan-12-22 | | paavoh: Agreed with <Brenin>, <Tiggler> et al. One might propose a GOTD title or two on White's surname? |
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Jan-12-22
| | chrisowen: Cheg its win ghoul an a h3 :) |
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| Jan-12-22 | | TheaN: Forced mate Wednesdays? I'll take it. Granted, this one is considerably tricky because it involves a <retreating bishop>, which is one of the harder to calculate moves on the chess board. Humans think forward, not backwards. Apparently it's even worse diagonally. Bc7+ did take me a while to spot. <61....Rxh3+ 62.gxh3 Qf3+ 63.Kh2 Bc7+ 64.Qd6/e5+ BxQ+ 65.Kg1 Qg3+ 66.Kh1 Qh2#>. Except for the queen interposing there's no variation here, and that one doesn't matter. |
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| Jan-12-22 | | Whitehat1963: Easy for a Wednesday. |
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| Jan-12-22 | | saturn2: Got it. However got stuck a minute or so thinking white can interpose 63..Rg2 I had neglected that the 2 line is blocked by the Nd2. |
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| Jan-12-22 | | johnnydeep: Dang it. I knew what the first forcing move HAD to be, but couldn't see what to do after 62...Qf3+. I suck. |
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| Jan-12-22 | | stacase: <johnnydeep: Dang it. I knew what the first forcing move HAD to be, but couldn't see what to do after 62...Qf3+. I suck.> To quote a relatively recent U.S. President, "I feel your pain." (-: Yeah, Bishops are long range guns. This one was hiding out in the North East corner of the board and easy to overlook. ;-) |
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Jan-13-22
| | al wazir: <Brenin>, <scormus>, <Refused>: Yes, you're right. There is no draw after 55. Rxd3 exd3 56. Rxa7 Qxa7, etc. |
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