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Miguel Najdorf vs Donald Byrne
"Don Cry for Me Argentina" (game of the day Jan-20-2018)
Mar del Plata (1962), Mar del Plata ARG, rd 15, Apr-??
English Opening: Symmetrical. Fianchetto Variation (A34)  ·  0-1

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May-05-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Domdaniel: I don't usually get into the fine details of how easy a puzzle is for a particular day, but this one is ridiculous.

One 3-ply line, no variations, all over after ...Qe7+. Absurdly easy. Even, dare I suggest, Monday-ish.

What day *is* this, anyway?

May-05-10  Kasputin: It's find the fork time. First I looked at 81...Qc7 but that doesn't quite work, so:

81...Qe7+ This is forcing.
82. Qxe7 (there is no other real choice)
82...Nxd5+ and it's all over.

May-05-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  moronovich: <Domdaniel> Groundhogday.Always monday.
May-05-10  jsheedy: 81...Qe7+, 82. Qxe7, Nxd5+ forks King and Queen, and black cleans up the Kingside pawns and pushes the h-pawn to win.
May-05-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Jimfromprovidence: <SuperPatzer 77> <It is Cinco - not Cinqo (misspelled Spanish word) Ooops, LOL.

I'm gonna celebrate the Cinco de Mayo but I'm a Puerto Rican - not a Mexican>

That was an embarrassing typo on my part. I speak the language passably and should know better. Also, my daughter-in-law is of Mexican heritage.

It’s funny, but thanks to clever alcoholic beverage industry marketing, Cinco de Mayo is becoming a kind of a St. Paddy’s thing, at least here on the west coast.

Oh, well, in three hours it will be happy hour.

¡Que Viva La Raza!

May-05-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: <SuperPatzer77> Boricua? De que pueblo? Hay una pagina donde los latinos se estan jangeando:

technical draw chessforum

May-05-10  rapidcitychess: Wed.
Medium/Easy
81...Qe7+!
A tad to easy.No lines to calculate, just a simple decoy and destroy.
May-05-10  Riverbeast: Fascinating game
May-05-10  SuperPatzer77: <chancho: <SuperPatzer77> Boricua? De que pueblo? Hay una pagina donde los latinos se estan jangeando:>

<chancho> I don't speak Spanish very well but I'm moderately deaf myself. I can read and write English extremely well. I use the American Sign Language fluently.

My mom and dad were born in Puerto Rico and moved to New York in 1950's. They got married in the Bronx, NY.

<chancho> Thanks a lot!!! LOL LOL

Well, hasta la luego! Happy Cinco de Mayo!!!

SuperPatzer77

May-05-10  wals: Rybka 3 1-cpu: 3071mb hash: depth 17:

White was in control and led early.

+5.12 52...Bb4. better e4, +1.42.

Things went a little awry, move 55.

-5.09 55.a6. better Na4 +5.12.

Black then made a couple of inferior moves:-

-3.81 60...Kh8. better Qd1, -5.09
0.00 61...Qh2+.better Qb1, -3.81.

White gave the game back to Black:-

-0.61 73.Kc1. better Kd1 or Kd3, 0.00.
-2.19 77.Kb4. better Kb2 -0.59.
-5.10 81.Qxe5. better d6, -4.32.

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May-05-10  WhiteRook48: that was too easy
May-06-10  goodevans: <Dr. Funkenstein [yesterday]: A rare Tuesday puzzle on a Wednesday.... Normally when this happens we get a Friday puzzle on a Thursday to balance things out.>

Not so this week. All easy so far. Hopefully we'll get something tomorrow to challenge the grey cells.

Jan-20-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Richard Taylor: It looks as though both players had chances to force draws but fought on until Nadjorf slid way into the Seas of Blunder or at least of Error...

A great struggle...

Jan-20-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  scormus: Some battle, which should have been a draw. Is there something about being on the receiving end of a long series of +s that unsettles a player?
Jan-20-11  kevin86: It looked like white was going to win with the two passed pawns-but they went nowhere. Black's guile pulled this one out.
Jan-20-11  Lokaz: This may as well be my favorite pun.
Jan-20-11  FISCHERboy: Najdorf looked like Madonna here.
Jan-20-18  tigerblood: hello: I have been thinking of 32.Ne6. Case of: 32..., gxe6 then : 33.fxg+,Kh8 or g8, 34. RxR+ ....and 35. Qf3. A hard position for the Black
Jan-20-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  scormus: Don't close doors, keep an escape clause, because we might lose ....
Jan-20-18  njchess: Najdorf foregoes the draw for the win and ends up on the losing end. Tough game.
Jan-20-18  ChessHigherCat: Najdorf got Byrned in that one!
Jan-21-18  Saniyat24: epic battle...!
Jun-12-18
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  NM JRousselle: This game had to involve a mad time scramble. Can anyone confirm?
Jun-12-20  savage sanctuary: Happy birthday IM Donald Byrne (June 12, 1930 – April 8, 1976), one of the strongest American players during the 1950s and 1960s. An English professor, he taught at Pennsylvania State University from 1961 until his death.

this here is one epic encounter!

Jan-11-22  jerseybob: Can white get away with 36.Bxe7? I keep looking at that hapless knight on a6 vs the mighty bishop and the central pawns. How does black survive? And later on, can white risk 45.Qxe5? After the second pair of queens are on the board, can white draw starting with 59.Qb8+? After 59.Nc8, Byrne's brilliant 60...Kh8! gives black just enough time for the winning counterattack.
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