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| May-06-14 | | MountainMatt: This is a Tuesday puzzle? Looks like Monday! 25. Rxg6 Qxg6 26. Qh8# |
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May-06-14
 | | agb2002: White is one pawn ahead.
Black threatens ... exd4.
The black queen prevents 25.Qh8#. Hence, 25.Rxg6:
A) 25... Qxg6 26.Qa8#.
B) 25... Rf1+ 26.Bxf1 Qxg6 27.Rg1 + -. |
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| May-06-14 | | jffun1958: 25. Rxg6 Qxg6 26. Qh8#
or 25. ... Rf1+ 26. Bxf1 QxR 27. Ne7+ Kf7 28. Nxg6 |
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May-06-14
 | | Once: <Daodejing: first time i saw kasparov quite impressive >
Quite. I'm sure he's going to do well at this game.
This is Garry doing that Kasparov thing that he does. Particularly in his early games he nearly always seems to be getting his rooks working before his opponent. Even if he has to sacrifice pawns to do so. The finish is brutal and uncompromising, if a little easy to spot. More difficult (and hence more enjoyable) are two pawn sacrifices earlier in the game: 14. g5
click for larger view19. f5
click for larger viewBoth clear the files so that the rooks can do their stuff. And if that means giving away pawns, who cares? This one is not going to an endgame. |
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| May-06-14 | | TheBish: Kasparov vs A Duer, 1981 White to play (25.?) "Easy".
White appears to win the queen, but actually mates instead after 25. Rxg6! (threatening 26. Qh8#) Kf8 (or 25...Qxg6 26. Qh8#) 27. Qh8+ Qxh8 28. Rxh8#. |
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| May-06-14 | | TheBish: 24...Rf7?? is probably the worst move on the board! (24...Rf1+ is slightly better since it "only" gives away a rook but mate is several moves away.) It's surprising that Black (an IM) didn't play 24...Rc6+ followed by 25...Nf8 which would have lasted a lot longer. |
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May-06-14
 | | morfishine: <25.Rxg6> (25...Rf1+ 26.Bxf1 Qxg6 27.Qh8+ Kf7 28.Rh7+ Ke6 29.Rh6) ***** |
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| May-06-14 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: I think the ... Rf1+ counter raises from a Monday to a Tuesday. But yes -- the first two puzzles this week have been unusually easy. |
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May-06-14
| | morfishine: "Duer Die" |
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| May-06-14 | | M.Hassan: 25.Rxg6
<if...Qxg6 26.Qh8#>
25..........Rf1+
26.Bxf1 Qxg6
27.Ne7+ and picking up the Queen
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11...b5? just looses a pawn. Why Black did it? |
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May-06-14
 | | Sally Simpson: Typical Kasparov, going through the Black Kingside like a runaway steam train. Easy but ego boosting for first thing in the morning. 
click for larger view26...Qxg6 gets mated and the luft giving sac 26...Rf1+ 27.Rxf1 (threatening Ne7 Mate ) 27...Qxg6 drops the Queen to 28.Ne7+ 
click for larger view |
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| May-06-14 | | zb2cr: 25. Rxg6 does the trick, pinning the Queen. |
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May-06-14
 | | LucB: <morfishine: "Duer Die"> :D I like it! |
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May-06-14
 | | Mating Net: Kaspy follows the dictum to "force enemy pieces into alignment." When you do that, good things happen. |
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May-06-14
 | | patzer2: For club players 25. Rxg6! is easy for even a Monday, let alone a Tuesday. However for novices, 25. Rxg6! is instructive and helpful in illustrating the combining of several basic tactical themes in a single move, including decoy, pin, deflection and basic mating patterns involving the pin. For example, one possibility in a novice game might be continuing the game with 25...Rf8 (momentarily side stepping 25...Qxg6 26. Qh8#) followed by the mate-in-three 26. Qh7+ (or 26 Qh8+) 26...Kf7 27. Qxg7+ Ke8 28. Qe7#. Even quicker however is the mate-in-two after 25...Rf8 (position below) 
click for larger view26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qh7#. |
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| May-06-14 | | beenthere240: White was just waiting for black to occupy the f7 (flight square). |
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May-06-14
 | | kevin86: The unguarded pin will do the trick...by means of decoying the black queen from guarding h8. |
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| May-06-14 | | MostlyWatch: It reminds me of a good symphony, where at the climax several themes are available and ready to chime in, in surprising ways |
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| May-06-14 | | StevieB: That one took about 3 seconds to solve. All these daily puzzles must be improving my game. |
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| May-06-14 | | BOSTER: The Opening explorer shows that 1,374 players with Duer chose 6...h6.
Chernev call such move " a coffee-house move".
Who is wrong? |
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May-06-14
 | | thegoodanarchist: <Phony Benoni: <25.Rxg6>, with Impinity.> Infugnite Impinity! |
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| May-06-14 | | 1stboard: My 10th move as Black would have been Be7 ( Not Re8 ) ,, it is apparent White wants to open the H file with g5 down the line. White's g5 meet by blacks h5.. [ Pawn x Pawn results in file openings ..... ] |
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May-07-14
 | | FSR: 25.Rxg6! crushes. |
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May-07-14
| | FSR: <BOSTER: The Opening explorer shows that 1,374 players with Duer chose 6...h6. Chernev call such move " a coffee-house move".> Where does Chernev call ...h6, challenging a bishop on g5, "a coffee-house move"? That would greatly surprise me. I can imagine him calling a move like 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 that, but not a move "putting the question" to a bishop. |
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May-07-14
 | | Pedro Fernandez: 11...b5 was horrible and the loser move, activating the dangerous white bishop and black position is severely constrained. |
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