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| Jun-17-17 | | bla bla: very nice combination |
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| Jun-17-17 | | bla bla: A8: pgn4web v2.82 debug info B8: show this position FEN string C8: show this game PGN source data D8: show full PGN source data E8: open/update analysis board F8: close/pause analysis board G8: shortcut squares help H8: pgn4web help
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A1: go to game start B1: move 10 half-moves backward C1: move 6 half-moves backward D1: move backward E1: move forward F1: move 6 half-moves forward G1: move 10 half-moves forward H1: go to game end |
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| Jun-17-17 | | bla bla: is it good |
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| Jun-17-17 | | stacase: <radtop: ...It's easier to solve a puzzle when you know it has a solution.> That was my thought as I was going move for move banging this one out. |
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Jun-17-17
 | | agb2002: White has the bishop pair for a rook and a knight. Black threatens fxe4.
White can start a mate attack with 28.Qxc6+ Kxc6 29.Nxd4+ Kb6 30.Rb1+: A) 30... Ka6 31.Bb7+ Ka5 32.Bd2+ Ka4 33.Bc6+ Kxa3 34.Nb5+ A.1) 34... Ka2 35.Nc3+ Ka3 36.Bc1#.
A.2) 34... Ka4 35.Nc3+ Ka5 36.Rb5+ Ka6 37.Bb7#.
B) 30... Ka5 31.Bd2+ Ka4 (31... Ka6 32.Bb7#) 32.Bc6+ transposes to A. |
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| Jun-17-17 | | Eusebius: Black's short initiative ends with with the uninspired 20...Bf8. After that White unleash his combination like an orginized firework. |
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| Jun-17-17 | | gofer: I am sorry, but this is so far from <Very Difficult>. This is more like
a Tuesday or Wednesday level POTD. Our queen is trapped and there are only
two or three meaningful replies. Only one of these treatens mate... <28 Qxc6+ Kxc6> <29 Nxd4++ Kb6> <30 Rb1+ ...>
click for larger viewOkay, so we have forced the king the a file and have three minor pieces
to complete the mate while Rb1 keeps the king on A file. This is still
not very difficult. Both replies for black transpose, so we only have
one variation to follow;
30 ... Ka5
31 Bd2+ Ka4 (Ka6 Bb7#)
32 Bc6+ Kxa3
<30 ... Ka6>
<31 Bb7+ Ka5>
<32 Bd2+ Ka4>
<33 Bc6+ Kxa3>
click for larger viewAt this point White found a quicker kill than me, but I found a very
pretty one with the white knight doing all the work! <34 Nb5+ Ka4> (Ka2 35 Nc3+ Ka3 36 Bc1#) <35 Nc3+ Ka5> (Ka3 36 Bc1#) <36 Nd5+ Ka6>
<37 Nc7#>
click for larger viewFar too easy for a <Saturday>! |
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| Jun-17-17 | | malt: 28.Q:c6+ K:c6 (no alternative) 29.N:d4+ Kb6 30.Rb1+ Ka6 31.Bb7+ Ka5 32.Bd2+ Ka4 (come into my parlour)33.Bc6+ K:a3 34.Bc1+ Ka2 35.Rb2+ ...Ka3/..Ka1 36.Nc2# |
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| Jun-17-17 | | mel gibson: This is textbook chess.
The 2 Bishops become extra powerful when working together on diagonals - just like 2 Rooks working on ranks or files.
They can move the King down the board.
This is beautiful chess -
& is why I am always sorry to see a bishop swapped for a knight early in a game -
we don't get to see this often. |
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| Jun-17-17 | | clement41: The light square edge white has since Rxb7 is obvious, as is the discovery.
The direction clearly is, then, Qxc6+ but these considerations need to be validated by calculation (till mate, else white is losing)
Qxc6+ Kxc6 Nxd4+ Kb6 Rb1+ Ka5 (...Ka6 Bb7+ delays one move) Bd2+ Ka4 Bc6+ Kxa3 Bc1+ (Nb5+ mates too while Nc2+?? loses) Ka2 Rb2+ and Nc2# next move |
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| Jun-17-17 | | bubuli55: Very difficult is 26.Rb7 |
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Jun-17-17
 | | piltdown man: A lovely combination. |
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| Jun-17-17 | | Iwer Sonsch: The Queen is a Desperado.
White could exchange Queens on e6, winning a pawn, but White is down the Exchange.28.Qxc6+ Kxc6 29.Nxd4++ Kb6 30.Rb1+ Ka6 (or Ka5 31.Ne6+) 31.Bb7+ Ka5 32.Ne6+, and White is much better (it might be better not yet to take back the queen, but at least, the combination is now justified). |
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| Jun-17-17 | | Iwer Sonsch: Yup, mate was in the air. But a winning move is a winning move, and I should have been able to find the continuation OTB. |
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| Jun-17-17 | | Iwer Sonsch: Actually, White has nothing after 32.Nc6+? Ka4 33.Nxe7 Rxe7 (0.95 @depth 23), but it still justifies the first part of the combination, as White clearly isn't losing. |
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Jun-17-17
 | | Jimfromprovidence: If you are looking for a more difficult puzzle try this position after black plays 25...e5 instead of the text move.
click for larger view |
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| Jun-17-17 | | Al2009: After 21...Rgg8
White wins with 22. Nd6+! Bxd6 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Qb2! Ba6 (24...Ba8 is worse) 25. Bf4!
A) 25...Nde5 26. Bxc6! Qxc6 27. Qb8+ Kd7 28. Qxa7+  B) 25... Nce5 26. Bb7+ Bxb7 (26...Kd8 27. Bxe5 and Bxa6 ) 27. Qxb7+ Kd8 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 29. Qxa7! Nd7 (forced) 30. Qa8+ Ke7 31. Nf5+! C) 25...e5 26. Nf5! Qe6 27. Bxc6 Qxf5 (forced) 28. Bxd7+ Kxd7 29. Rxe5 Qxf4 30. Rd5+! Ke7 31. Qe2+! Kf6 32. Rxc5! |
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| Jun-17-17 | | wtpy: Pretty easy for a Saturday. |
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| Jun-17-17 | | thegoodanarchist: The pun could have been "Steak Dinner".
Because at the end, Black is dead meat on A1 |
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| Jun-17-17 | | TheFocus: <thegoodanarchist> That was a good one!! |
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| Jun-17-17 | | Whitehat1963: Amazing finishing combination! |
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| Oct-03-17 | | Eduardo Bermudez: Which game do you like the most, this one, or the Edward Lasker vs G. Thomas ? |
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| Oct-03-18 | | Eduardo Bermudez B.: This one ! |
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| Jan-20-22 | | Knightmare07: Ho, ly. |
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Jan-30-22
 | | GrahamClayton: In 1992, the Walsall Kipping Chess Club had its 50 year jubilee, and part of the celebrations was a special weekend tournament - won by GM Murray Chandler. |
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