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Jan-17-06
 | | Richard Taylor: Larsen must have felt like screaming when he missed that one!! He was also a great attacking player...he is still playing? |
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Jan-17-06 | | dakgootje: Yup, not too hard, though its of course only tuesday. However i probably wouldnt have found it OTB, but youve got a board with pieces then instead of only a miniature, so maybe i would have found it...not sure |
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Jan-17-06 | | simsan: I got it, and I think I might have found it OTB as well. I mean: The fork looks so delicious, that investigating it a little further should be worth the trouble. |
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Jan-17-06
 | | LIFE Master AJ: I got this one rather quickly ... less than 30 seconds. (Even with counting the material!) The double sac, with first a pawn fork, then a skewer, (...Bh5+) is very attractive. Of course, White cannot capture the Bishop, as ...Qg5 will be mate. Nice! |
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Jan-17-06 | | Halldor: This puzzle shows well the importance of the priority of check; it ends with a decisive pin. |
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Jan-17-06 | | Koster: It took me several minutes. my tactics are really bad these days. |
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Jan-17-06 | | Koster: Larsen lost a queen ending to Keres in very similar fashion, trying to hard to win. |
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Jan-17-06 | | YouRang: Got it...eventually. I saw the line 43...g4+ 44. Kxg4 Bh5+ right away, but I didn't see the point of it at first. So I went off on some other tangents for a minute, but came up empty. So, I returned to that first line and looked at the position after 45. Kxh5, and finally noticed that 45....Qg5# was staring me in the face! An excellent <decoy> tactic, leading the king to its deathtrap. |
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Jan-17-06 | | kevin86: A nice finish! First-the fork 43...g4+:the queen is forbidden to capturing the pawn,so the king must. Second,44...♗h5+: the skewer;the king must take or the queen is lost. Finally,the mate 45....♕g5# explains itself. |
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Jan-17-06 | | Grampmaster: Instead of 42. Kh3 does 42. Qf2 hold the draw and offer White winnimg chances? |
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Jan-17-06 | | RookFile: I'm sure that 42. Qf2 holds the draw.
Remember that Larsen was one of the strongest endgame players: if he did
not play 42. Qf2, it was because he could see the endgame would be a draw.
As Larsen typically did, he spurned this and went for the win. |
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Jan-17-06 | | Sami Jr: Does anyone know if there is a way to view previous daily puzzles? |
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Jan-17-06
 | | tpstar: <Sami Jr> Premium Members can find dozens of recent Daily Puzzles in their Tactics Archive |
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Jan-17-06 | | WMD: <Premium Members can find dozens of recent Daily Puzzles in their Tactics Archive> Somehow I think I'll live without it. |
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Jan-17-06 | | EmperorAtahualpa: Nice puzzle. :) Took me 15-20 seconds I think. |
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Jan-17-06 | | Steppenwolf: 15 seconds, 30 seconds! That's slow. You would be pretty lame at bullet chess. Even for a 5 minutes blitz, 30 seconds is an eternity. I am surprised Larsen didn't give up instantly on g4+! |
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Jan-17-06 | | McCool: Three seconds, too easy for a Tuesday. |
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Jan-17-06 | | Synergy: Such puzzles are found much more quickly with so few material remaining. |
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Jan-17-06 | | patzer2: After Larsen's blunder 43. Qf3?? (leading to a draw is 43. Kg2! =), Spassky plays the double attack (i.e. pawn fork) 43...g4+! (today's puzzle solution) as a decoy to force the winning skewer 44. Kxg4 Bh5+! 45. Kxh5 Qg5#. |
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Jan-18-06 | | notyetagm: If you liked this <double decoy>, be sure to check out Mecking's great 25 ♗xf7+! ♔xf7 26 ♖xc7+! ♕xc7 27 ♕h7+ ♔e6 28 ♕x♕ from Mecking vs L A Tan, 1973. |
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Jan-19-06 | | morpstau: After Larsen's blunder 43. Qf3?? (leading to a draw is 43. Kg2! =), Spassky plays the double attack (i.e. pawn fork) 43...g4+! (today's puzzle solution) as a decoy to force the winning skewer 44. Kxg4 Bh5+! 45. Kxh5 Qg5#. Overall a nicely played game by both gentleman. |
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Jan-20-06
 | | ketchuplover: Even I got this one :) |
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Nov-08-11 | | sevenseaman: <43...g4+ 44. Kxg4> render White's position untenable with Qg5 and Bh5 to follow. |
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Sep-18-16 | | TaregZarty: Great players |
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Mar-21-20 | | Isthisamove: how about 42. Kg3 instead of Kh3 - if ...Qe1+.43. Qf2 Qb4: 44. Qa7: |
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