| Mar-15-06 | | The17thPawn: Wow! This guy treats his rooks like so much cannon fodder in this excellent kingside attack. Really enjoyable. |
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| Jun-26-09 | | ToTheDeath: 29.e6!!
A truly awesome concept. No wonder this guy is considered one of the best blitz players who ever lived. |
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| Jun-26-09 | | computer chess guy: 30. .. ♗xa1 is fatal. 30. .. ♗f6 would have been a tougher defense, but White is still better. |
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| Jun-26-09 | | ToTheDeath: Correct, but it's hard to defend in the middle of a hurricane. |
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| Jun-26-09 | | WhiteRook48: 33 Rxe6! takes down a piece for a bunch of exchanges |
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| May-19-24 | | mel gibson: That's too complicated.
The chosen move was at best a guess.
Stockfish 16.1 says:
30. Bxh6
(30. Bxh6 (1.Bxh6 Bf6 2.Bxf8 Rxf8 3.Ng5+ Bxg5 4.Qxg5 Bf5 5.Rh4+ Kg8 6.Rd1 Qe6 7.Qh6 Kf7 8.Nxf5 gxf5 9.Qh7+ Ke8 10.Rh6 Rf6 11.Rxf6 Nxf6 12.Qg6+ Kf8 13.Rd3 Rc8 14.Rh3 Qg8 ) +3.55/48 342) score for White +3.55 depth 48. |
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May-19-24
 | | Teyss: The puzzle could have started at move 29: e6!! is important so White can play Rh4 in case of ...Bxh6. Also lures Black into taking the a1 Rook, which provokes his downfall. With an extra move I would have had a better excuse of not solving the puzzle. At the end the BQ needs to protect f7 so for instance 40...Qa2 41.Nfe6+ Ke8 42.Qxf7+ Kd7 43.Nc5+ wins the Q. |
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May-19-24
 | | chrisowen: I jack gm dopy its ze Bxh6 acrid mid its hoh its adagio nug abe leeway its Bxh6 do; |
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| May-19-24 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: This week, I committed terrible mistakes in judgment so ,right now, the king feels insecure, because the chosen move doesn't seem to be insane. 30. Bxh6 Bxh6 31. Rh4 Kg7 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Ne5+ wins our beloved ♕ or maybe 33. Ne5 to give check-mate next. However, after 30. Bxh6 Nf6 31. Ng5+ Kxh6 32. Nxe6+ Kh7 33. Rh4+ Nh5 34. Nxh5 gxh5 35. Rxh5+ Kg8... I don't see a winning line. |
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| May-19-24 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: See, I'll never exchange my defensive ♗ by a useless ♖ in this instant of game. Therefore, this 30...Bxa1 never passed in my mind. |
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| May-19-24 | | alshatranji: 35.Ng5 seems more effective than capturing g6 first with the queen. |
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| May-20-24 | | alyoshakaramazov: @alshatranji: I was thinking the same thing. |
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| Feb-14-25 | | YoungEd: Actually, on the current official Catholic calendar, February 14 is the feast day of St. Cyril the Scholar, not St. Valentine. So we should have a GOTD featuring one of the many Cyrils (except maybe Marzolo). |
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Feb-14-25
| | Teyss: Hi YoungEd,
I don't know anything about this so apologies for the silly question: would that not depend on the Church i.e. England, America, etc.? Doing a quick search I indeed find Cyril and Methodius, and sometimes as well Valentine, but no clue what is the true canon. Also wondering why Valentine became so prominent. Maybe one of our religious users can tell us. <except maybe Marzolo> Good one. |
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| Feb-14-25 | | mrknightly: Apparently there are many canonized saints named Valentine in the various martyrologies of the Roman Catholic Church. The one celebrated on February 14th, until a general liturgical calendar revision in 1969 by the Vatican, was a 3rd-century Roman priest who was martyred for his Christian faith. There exist a number of legends that surround this particular saint, one of them claiming that he married couples in secret due to persecution. <YoungEd> is correct in that today is the Roman Catholic Feast Day of Saints Cyril and Methodius. Saints who developed an early Cyrillic alphabet for various Slavic languages. And <Tyess> is correct in that feast days differ certainly by faith (Anglican/Catholic/Orthodox/), but can also vary by region and diocese. The main Roman Catholic liturgical calendar in the US is set by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops based on the General Roman Calendar set by Pope Saint Paul VI in 1969. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 30.Bxh6
