Jun-17-24
 | | Korora: "Take my wife -- Please!"
"Nah. I'll actually limp on a couple more moves if I don't." |
|
Jun-17-24 | | mel gibson: Easy peasy Monday Queen sac - LOL. |
|
Jun-17-24
 | | takebackok: Nice no think queen sac Monday 36. QXf5+ turns out the lights asap. |
|
Jun-17-24 | | SchwartzSpringer: 35...Qxd1?? |
|
Jun-17-24 | | Allderdice83: Another case where the winning side is also threatened with mate (... Qe2+ followed by ... Qe1#), and so that focuses the attention on checks. Right away I see 36. Qxf5+ Kxf5 37. Rxg5#. The only time it took was to verify a forced mate if Black plays 36 ... Kh6 or 36 ... Kg7. |
|
Jun-17-24 | | saturn2: Kxf5 is mate soon |
|
Jun-17-24
 | | master8ch: In the actual game, 34.Qxf5+ Kg7 35.Qf6+ Kg8 36.Rxg5+ is more logical, given that Black could have stopped White's Queen sac with 34...Qh4, remaining a piece up. |
|
Jun-17-24
 | | GoldenKnight: <<master8ch:> In the actual game, 34.Qxf5+ Kg7 35.Qf6+ Kg8 36.Rxg5+ is more logical> What about 34.Qxf5+, Kxf5; 35.Rxg5 and the N is unprotected at this juncture? White loses both Q and N. |
|
Jun-17-24 | | Autoreparaturwerkbau: Simple fork 34...♘e2+
 click for larger view
simplifies the game for black and leaves white with no ammunition left. Black went for a fatal 34...♕h1+ instead and got burned. |
|
Jun-17-24 | | TheaN: Classical Monday, but you'll have to see that after 34....Kg7 either Rxg5+ or Qf6+ mate swiftly because White is down ♖♗ at the start. But boy did Black mess this up, -7 move beforehand. |
|
Jun-17-24 | | Damenlaeuferbauer: After long pondering, the U.S. consul in Munich Alfred Donegan finally found the mate in 4 moves with the nice queen sacrifice 36.Qxf5+,Kg7 (36.-,Kxf5 37.Rg5#; 36.-,Kh5 37.Qxg5#; 36.-,Kh6 37.Qxg5+,Kh7 38.Qg7#) 37.Rxg5+,Kh6 (37.-,Ng6 38.Rxg6+,Kh7 39.Qh5/Qf7#) 38.Qf6+,Kh7 (38.-,Ng6 39.Qxg6#) 39.Qg7#. I love Mondays! |
|
Jun-17-24 | | cocker: Any relation to Lonnie? |
|
Jun-17-24
 | | chrisowen: Tip q mo ex its work guv its zilch its jufa Qxf5+ afoot pod its eel aad dank gg Qxf5+ faith; |
|
Jun-17-24 | | landshark: I wonder if this game was mutual time trouble... |
|
Jun-17-24 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: It is easy and surprising 36. Qxf5+ (Kxf5 37. Rxg5#) Kg7 37. Rxg5+ Kh6 38. Qf6+ Kh7 39. Qg7#. We all love Modays... |
|
Jun-17-24
 | | Check It Out: I came up with:
36. Qxf5+ Kg7 37. Rxg5+ Kh6 38. Qf6+ Kh7 39. Qg7# |
|
Jun-17-24 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: I agree <Landshark>, B didn't saw the Qxf5+ reply. In the case of "expected": 34...Ne2+ 35. Kf2 Nxg3 36. Nxg3 Rf6 37. Ne4 Rf5?... W could dream with moves repetition, but this is easily stopped by 37... Qh4+. Even giving back the quality, B has an extra B and more chances to win. My proposal was: 34... Qh5 35. Qxh5+ Rxh5 36. Rg4 Rf6 37. g3 Ne2+ 38. Kf2 Nd4 39. Rd3 Bb7, when B has advantage and safe position, even after: 34... Qh5 35. Qxh5+ Nxh5 36. Rg4 Rd8 37. Kf2 Nf6 and B exchange the ♘ without losing d6 (38. Nxf6 Rxf6 39. Rh1 Rdf8 and soon Bb7-c8 and the extra piece plays. While, 35. Nxd6? Ne2+ 36. Kf2 Nxg3 37. Nxf5 Nxf5 (38.Qe4? Qh4+). Another try: 37. Qxg3 Qh4 38. Nxf5 Kxf5 39. d6 Bc6 40. d7 Rd8. B will work but win. |
|
Jun-17-24 | | Hercdon: Funny how white nearly lost after their 26th move. Hung in there to recover nicely |
|
Jun-17-24 | | TheaN: Position's actually a bit more complex on Black's 34th. Yes, 34....Ne2+ wins, but after 35.Kf2 Nxg3 36.Nxg3:
 click for larger view
Black has to be quite accurate. For example the plausible 36....Rf6? draws after 37.Rh1 (a move Black has to watch out for) Qg8 38.Ne4! Rf5 39.Nxd6! = and White's cutting through the Black position. It is that Black's up a rook that White can't get more than a repetition down the line, but White's practically better. Instead, 36....Rf4! provokes 37.Qe6+ but now Black can simply interpose: 37....Rf6 38.Qg4 Qh4 -+ and Black's in time to stop everything. |
|