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| Jan-25-04 | | Benjamin Lau: This one was harder than the one from last time.
The first thought that came to my mind having seen this sort of position with the pin on the black f pawn before was to play Ng6+ Re8 with the idea of Bc7 but I realized that the queen would simply take the unprotected bishop. But I still thought that the black queen, having few escape squares, would be the solution to the problem so I tried Bxf7+ to look for some sort of knight fork and instead found the solution. |
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| Jan-25-04 | | nateinstein: TOOOO easy, I think you are only encouraging me matein8. ;) BTW - you will learn in age matein8, that we are all arrogant to a certain degree in one area of our lives. It takes a man to admit that. It also takes a man to admit when he is wrong as well. But self righteousness is more disgusting than arrogance. I was thinking Ng6 here, thinking white had something after Re8, Nxe7+, Rxe7, e5, Ne8 ( if Nd7 then Rxf6. ) but obviously that was not the correct move. I overlooked the simple bishop attack to trap the queen, good move, and nice puzzle. |
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| Jan-25-04 | | rndapology: I can't really take single handed credit as I've seen this one before, granted my memory was fuzzy... the neat observation that the entire black diagonal which was the only escape for the black queen would be cut off by the white dark bishop via a discovered attack by the knight. Then it became a task of finding a good way to get rid of the bishop with tempo...what better way then with a check. Bxf7 |
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| Jan-25-04 | | Wade Keller: Can anyone suggest a concise list and definition of openings. This game is called "Queens Gambit Declined". Is there a simple description of the pattern that constitutes each name. Some I assume apply to moves by black and some to white. |
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| Jan-25-04 | | nateinstein: The best way to find stuff is to type "chess and openings" into the yahoo search bar. You are correct though Wade Keller, there are lists of openings which reflect the choices both players make and are named after them, or the event where they played it, or even the style of moves. The ECO Index is a great place to start. As well as the opening explorer that this site offers! |
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| Jan-25-04 | | Marnoff Mirlony: This puzzle was easy for me. |
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| Jan-25-04 | | Catfriend: <chessgames.com> Can you enter a law forbidding showing-off about the solving-speed? And no, MM, I don't suggest it because it took me a year to solve it! It didn't! |
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| Jan-25-04 | | Helloween: This one may have been tough if you didn't notice the awkward positioning of the Black Czarina. She has but one flight square, at b6, and even things like Nb5 come to mind to exploit this. The Bishop check wins on account of it being with check, and thus a zwischenzug. |
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| Jan-25-04 | | Marnoff Mirlony: <<Catfriend> And no, MM, I don't suggest it because it took me a year to solve it! It didn't!> I didn't ask a question, what are you trying to answer? |
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| Jan-25-04 | | matein8: <nateinstein> Lol, announcing these puzzles are easy is no cause for arrogance. It's childishness, not being a "man". And it’s childishness that you continually demonstrate when you try to provoke me. You deserve to be punched in the nose. This was a nice demonstration of a trapped piece. |
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| Jan-25-04 | | Fisto: Stepanov resigns when down a N to a R but not when he loses the Q. |
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| Jan-25-04 | | Catfriend: <MM> It was a preventive move! |
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| Jan-25-04 | | kevin86: A nice trap on the black queen-similar to Spassky-Fischer 1972 WC game eleven. Fischer also played on without the queen,but in vain. However,this was Boris' last win of the match! |
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| Jan-25-04 | | Catfriend: Has anybody a collection of queen traps aside from "The constrictor", which shows only one type of queen-catching? |
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| Jan-25-04 | | Benjamin Lau: P Izmailov vs Botvinnik, 1929
Here's a somewhat different queen trap. |
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| Jan-25-04 | | Catfriend: Thx, a pretty game, <BL>! Do you know of some more? Maybe somebody will make a collection? |
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| Jan-25-04 | | Benjamin Lau: I don't know of any more off the top of my head, but Lawrence may have some in his collections, I'm not too sure. |
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| Jan-25-04 | | Catfriend: Lawrence? A word about it? Because otherwise I"ll have to do it... and I barely have time time right now:) |
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| Jan-25-04 | | Benjamin Lau: Game Collection: The Boa Constrictor |
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| Jan-25-04 | | Benjamin Lau: Tarrasch vs B Richter, 1883 is not exactly what you're looking for, but still funny. Play through the game itself and ignore the score at first. A big surprise. |
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| Jan-25-04 | | Catfriend: <BL> If it's for other users, then I also recommend this excellent collection. If that's for me, then thx, but I've already mentioned it:
<aside from "The constrictor">. |
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| Jan-25-04 | | Benjamin Lau: Yeah, it was for the other users since I'm not too sure they know what you're talking about. By "the constrictor," you could have been referring not only to Lawrence's game collection, but Botvinnik, Petrosian, and several other things in chess. |
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| Jan-25-04 | | Catfriend: :)Oh, I'm sorry:) I forgot half of the players were called like that! |
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| Jan-25-04 | | Benjamin Lau: Nimzowitsch vs Hakansson, 1922 is a nice variation. |
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| Jan-25-04 | | Catfriend: Thx, Benjamin! The two games are excellent! To everybody, I posted there now, so go and visit! |
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sac: 19.Bxf7+