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| Sep-01-07 | | Guguni: looks like here Nona had him by the throat, but he was lucky and even won the game :-) |
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Oct-28-20
 | | OhioChessFan: You have to find what Nona missed-defending the crucial a1 square. 36. Qa3 and all is well. |
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| Oct-28-20 | | stacase: ????????? |
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| Oct-28-20 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: I got pretty sure this was a bogus puzzle after seeing how hard it was to avert the perpetual check with ... Qa1+. I was thinking 36 Kb1 to batten down the hatches. |
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| Oct-28-20 | | Steve.Patzer: 33. Qe4 is better than Qb3 |
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Oct-28-20
 | | Knightf7mate: Another one of these White to play but black wins games..... it was so strange to see the black mate threat Qa1 and wonder move by move how does white escape - And he doesn’t! I thought I misread who plays first. From now on I’m going to check to make sure the player who moves is also the player who wins. |
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Oct-28-20
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Anyone else wondering if this puzzle should have stated 36...Black to Play? |
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Oct-28-20
 | | HeMateMe: Does white HAVE to play a5+? I don't understand this puzzle... |
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| Oct-28-20 | | Nullifidian: So the puzzle is "white to move and blunder the game"? |
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| Oct-28-20 | | saturn2: I gave up after 10 minutes. White has nothing. |
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| Oct-28-20 | | agb2002: White is one pawn up.
Black threatens Nc4 (Qxc4 Qa1#; Nxc4 Qa1+ Qb1 Rd1+) and Qa1+. The best options I can find are 36.Kb1 or 36.Qa3 to stop Qa1+, directly or after Nb6-c4. |
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| Oct-28-20 | | boringplayer: Stockfish gives 36. Kb1 as equal, and 36. Qa3 as +0.26. It appears the puzzle is White to Move and Draw. |
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| Oct-28-20 | | malt: Whites best is 36.Kb1. |
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| Oct-28-20 | | watwinc: ???? We now have “White to play – and blunder”? |
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| Oct-28-20 | | Stale.Mate: I thought “X to play” means X is going to win. |
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| Oct-28-20 | | Walter Glattke: Applause to agb, I thought for 36.Qb2 while 36.Nc4? loses by 36.-Qa1+ 37.Qb1 Qxb1+ 38.Kxb1 Nxc4 - 36.-Qxb2+ 37.Kxb2 Rd2 38.Rg6 Rxf2 39.Rxh6 Nxa5+ 40.Kb3 Rf3 41.Kxa4 Rxg3 42.Rxf6 Rh3 43.Rh6? hah- hah 43.-b5+ 44.Ka5 Ra3#, but ending of course rather draw. |
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| Oct-28-20 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: Black's 36th move was a successful sacrifice. Perhaps that's what the puzzle was meant to be. |
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| Oct-28-20 | | Walter Glattke: Oh, oh, earlier mate, Rd2 seems to strong in the continuation. |
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| Oct-28-20 | | Brenin: Very confusing: White to play and avoid a blunder. I spent several minutes wondering why 36 ... Nc4 didn't refute 36 a5, only to find that it does. White threw away a win with 33 Qb3, when 33 Bxb6+ Nxb6 34 Nf5 would have retained a big advantage. In fact, Bxb6+ could have been played at any of moves 30 to 33. |
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| Oct-28-20 | | morfishine: Wow, Pomar only passed away 4 years ago |
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Oct-28-20
 | | offramp: <morfishine: Wow, Pomar only passed away 4 years ago.> Yes, he lived to the age of 84, including a 50 year chess career. Towards the end of that career he played Topalov:
Topalov vs A Pomar Salamanca, 1992
And at the start he had played Maroczy:
A Pomar Salamanca vs Maroczy, 1947 Maroczy had played Henry Bird:
Bird vs Maroczy, 1895 And Henry Bird had played Paul Morphy:
Morphy vs Bird, 1858 So that is four handshakes from Morphy to Topalov. |
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| Oct-28-20 | | et1: White to play and lose ? |
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| Oct-28-20 | | erimiro1: 36.-Nc4!! what a shocking move. I also thought that 36.a5? will do, but after the response it's clear that 36.Kb1 is essential. |
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| Oct-28-20 | | Willem Wallekers: Black is threatening Nc4. What can I do? Give check with Ra8+? Otb I would play Kb1. Now let's open the link for the real solution. |
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| Oct-28-20 | | Everett: I often solve for both White and Black to move. Proved very helpful in this case |
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