Mar-23-18
 | | HeMateMe: A ten move mating combination, beginning with white's 26th move! Audrey read 'em his rights! |
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May-20-18
 | | Phony Benoni: This is a good idea for a pun, but not necessarily for this game. It would have fit perfectly a game with a zugzwang theme rather than a straightforward mating attack. But the game is certainly a lot of fun. |
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| May-20-18 | | nalinw: I really like this pun ... I wonder of all the pun critics agree. |
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May-20-18
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Did White use Black's favorite opening against her? If yes, it's a magnificent pun, if no--maybe they can reuse it for another game which would suit it better. |
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| May-20-18 | | ChessHigherCat: Dinner with André licking M&M fondue
This kid (like Dubov) never ceases to amaze me. |
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| May-20-18 | | Ratt Boy: Let me join the chorus of those who love the pun. |
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| May-20-18 | | thegoodanarchist: <An Englishman: Good Evening: Did White use Black's favorite opening against her? If yes, it's a magnificent pun, if no--maybe they can reuse it for another game which would suit it better.> I was expecting a symmetrical English Opening (No pun intended, Englishman) where Black copies White's first 10 moves, then goes on to win. Not today. |
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| May-20-18 | | zborris8: http://www.mirandawarning.org/whata... |
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May-20-18
 | | Penguincw: < It would have fit perfectly a game with a zugzwang theme rather than a straightforward mating attack. > The database has 182 other games where one of the players has "Miranda" in their name. One of them has to have zugzwang, right? But hey, I like the pun. Took me a while to get it, but I like it. |
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| May-20-18 | | whiteshark: Unwillingly Miranda wakes,
Feels the sun with terror,
One unwilling step she takes,
Shuddering to the mirror.
... |
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| May-20-18 | | ChessHigherCat: I'm sure nobody got my pun <Dinner with André licking M&M fondue> and who cares but just for the record: 1) "Dinner with André" is a 1981 comedy by the French director Louis Malle, and Andrey is the Russian equivalent 2) licking is slang for "beating", and Andrey beat MM 3) M&M is a type of chocolate candy and refers to the initials of Miranda Mikadze 4) M&M fondue is therefore a reference to chocolate fondue, a French dessert 5) "fondue" in French literally means melted, and so means "MM melted" (broken down, dissolved). But instead of my quintuple pun, you prefer some vague reference to the Miranda rights which has nothing at all to do with the game, although I admit I like the idea of "Anything you play can and will be held against you", if it could ever be found to fit the relevant game. |
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May-20-18
 | | AylerKupp: Thanks <zborris8>. At first I thought "This game's title is not a pun." Which is fine, while puns are preferred, a GOTD's title does not need to be one, and there have been many great GOTD titles that
were not puns.
But your link made it clear that not only was it a pun but a brilliant one at that. Something that I probably never would have figured out without help. Given my propensity towards verbosity and my silly goal to strive for completeness I might have added "... in a game of chess." But not only would it have made a relatively long title/pun even longer, but it would have been totally unnecessary. Kudos to whoever came up with it. |
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| May-20-18 | | Strelets: Black's position is passive. Esipenko sees that all of the pieces are out to lunch on the queenside and just rips the position open with 22.f5! to start the kingside assault. Excellent technique. |
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| May-20-18 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: As usual, <Phony Benoni> expressed my thoughts before I got around to doing so. |
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| May-20-18 | | takchess: @chesshighercat Your explanation reminds me of something from my youth. Why is a piece of paper like a Lazy dog?
1) a piece of paper is an inklined plane
2)an Inclined Plane is a slope up
3) a slow pup is a lazy dog. .....
sorry. Cheers |
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| May-20-18 | | ChessHigherCat: <takchess> I like it but I don't get the connection since my explanation isn't very progressive. Yours reminds me of the three old sailors on the Thames: 1) Is that Wembly?
2) No, today's Thursday!
3) Me too, let's go get a drink. |
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May-20-18
 | | OhioChessFan: Like the pun.
<CHC> I have a headache after reading your explanation of the M&M fondue. |
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| May-20-18 | | ajile: 32.Rf8+ also wins but is a little slower and less efficient.
click for larger view |
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May-20-18
 | | Breunor: According to Stockfish, 22 gxf5 starts the bad decline for black: After gxf5:
1) +1.87 (32 ply) 23.Nfd3 Qe8 24.Nxb4 Nxb4 25.Bxe6 Ba6 26.Qe3 Rxe6 27.Qxe6 Bxf1 28.Kxf1 Qf7 29.Qxf5 Nd5 30.Nd3 h5 31.Qf3 Bd6 32.Re1 Rd8 33.Re4 Rc8 34.g3 Rc2 35.Re2 Kg8 36.Rf2 Rc7 37.Qf5 Re7 38.Kg1 Qe6 39.Qxe6+ Rxe6 40.Rf5 Ne3 41.Rxh5 Kg7 42.Bc3 Re7 43.Rh4 Nf5 44.Rg4+ Kf7 After 22 exf5, white is up 0.5:
1) +0.50 (23 ply) 23.Bxb4 Re6 24.Bxe7 Rxe2 25.Bxf8+ Kxf8 26.Bxe2 Ne3 27.Bc4 Qc7 28.Ned3 Bxg2 29.Rfe1 Nxd1 30.Kxg2 Nxf2 31.Nxf2 Qd7 32.d5 a6 33.Rd1 b5 34.axb5 axb5 35.Be2 Ke7 36.Bf3 Kd8 37.Re1 Qc8 38.Re6 Qc3 39.Rc6 Qxb3 40.Rxf6 23 Ned3 brings it back to 0.5, but the losing move is 23 ... Bd6: 1) +3.28 (32 ply) 24.Qh5 Rh8 25.Ng4 Qe8 26.Bxh6+ Kh7 27.Qh4 Qg6 28.Nxb4 Qxg4 29.Qxg4 fxg4 30.Bxd5 Rc7 31.Rxf6 Bxb4 32.Bxe6 Be4 33.Bf4 Rc2 34.Bf5+ Bxf5 35.Rxf5 Kg6 36.Rg5+ Kf7 37.Rf1 Ke7 38.Rg7+ Ke6 39.Rxa7 Kd5 40.Rd7+ Ke4 41.Bc7 Rf8 42.Rxf8 Bxf8 43.Bxb6 Rc6 44.Bc5 Bxc5 45.dxc5 Instead, Stockfish has a very complex line for slight disadvantage: 1) +0.58 (34 ply) 23...Rxc4 24.bxc4 Qxc4 25.Qxe6 Nxd3 26.Nxd3 Qxd4+ 27.Kh1 Qe4 28.Qxf5 Qxf5 29.Rxf5 Kf7 30.a5 bxa5 31.Ra1 a6 32.Bxa5 Ne3 33.Rf2 Rg8 34.Ne1 Bc6 35.Bc3 Bb5 36.Nf3 Rc8 37.Bb2 Ng4 38.Ne5+ Nxe5 39.Bxe5 Rc6 40.Bb2 Rc4 41.h3 Ra4 42.Rxa4 Bxa4 43.Bd4 a5 |
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