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Jan-06-20
 | | Jimfromprovidence: How about 30 Re6, below,...
click for larger view...seeing 30...Be8 31 Rh8+ Bxh8 32 Nh7#
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| Jan-06-20 | | lost in space: I found 30. Rh8+ Bxh8 31- Nh7# |
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| Jan-06-20 | | Walter Glattke: Second best is 30.Re6 (threatens Qf7#) e.g. 30.-Qxe6 31.Nxe6+ Nxe6 32.Qxf5+ Ke8 33.Rxe6 |
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| Jan-06-20 | | RadioBoy: I love the easy ones because it gives me a chance to fine tune my gut instinct. Which in this case was rh8+. |
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| Jan-06-20 | | AlicesKnight: Found Rh8+. If BxR there is instant mate, while if the Black Q goes in, 31.Rxg8+ Kxg8; 32 Rxe7 (among others) will bring quick victory. |
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| Jan-06-20 | | Dionysius1: I had 30. Rd1 and 31. Nh7 etc |
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| Jan-06-20 | | drollere: i liked 30. Rd1. |
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Jan-06-20
 | | agb2002: White has a rook for a bishop and two pawns.
30.Nh7+ is not mate due to the bishop on g7. Hence, 30.Rh8+ and mate next (30... Bxh8 31.Nh7#; 30... Qg8 31.Qf7#). |
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| Jan-06-20 | | Damenlaeuferbauer: After long pondering, the immortal Mikhail Tal, the "wizzard of Riga" and 8th world champion in the heritage of Wilhelm Steinitz, finally found the mate in 2 moves with 30.Rh8+!,Bxh8 (30.-,Qg8 31.Nh7#) 31.Nh7#. |
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| Jan-06-20 | | saturn2: More complicated but still winning 30. Rh7
30...Qg8 31. Rxe7
30...Ne8 31. Ne6+
30...Be8 31. Qxg7#
30...Bf6 31. Rf7+ Ke8 32. Rxf6+ |
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| Jan-06-20 | | Ratt Boy: <An Englishman: Good Evening: Was this the game where Benko wore sunglasses?> Apparently not. The article re. the tournament (Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959)) says that took place in the last round, a draw. The Sunglasses Game is apparently a "real" Accelerated Dragon: Tal vs Benko, 1959 . |
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| Jan-06-20 | | TheaN: Mate in two after 30.Rh8+ with either 30....Bxh8 (clearing the g-file) 31.Nh7# and 30....Qg8 (taking out the defender of f7) 31.Qf7#. Typical in mating combinations that the route to the mate must have clear purpose, Rh8 in this case has two. |
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Jan-06-20
 | | Sally Simpson: ***
It's Monday and this is a Tal game so sac something, go for the artistic finish. 
click for larger view30.Rh8+ which also follows the check the checks first brute force method of solving. The Queen and Knight mating pattern should leap out - also there is the Queen pinned mate in case of the desperate defence. 30.Rh8+ Qg8 31.Qf7 mate.
Maybe next year on a wednesday we might be offered the same puzzle from here (White to play) 
click for larger viewWith Tal saccing a piece on a empty square. (always difficult to spot) 23.Bf8 to make way for the Queen to get to h6. *** |
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| Jan-06-20 | | thegoodanarchist: I think 30.Re6 also wins, which is the move I chose. But the old adage is, if you see a good move, look for a better one. I did not. |
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| Jan-06-20 | | mig55: 23.Lxf8 !! is mate in 15... |
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Jan-06-20
 | | gawain: I was stumped for a minute trying to force something at e6. Looked away briefly at something else and then returned to the position--and saw the right solution immediately. The scales had fallen from my eyes! |
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| Jan-06-20 | | DrGridlock: <Gawain> you actually CAN force something on e6. The old adage of "if you see a good move, look for a better one" only works if you have a good stopping rule for what a "better one" is. The e6 combo fit my stopping rule. (Though if I added a "Monday puzzle" criteria to the search, I probably would have kept going to find mate). |
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Jan-06-20
 | | dorsnikov: Count me in with the 30. R-d1 gang. Followed by N-h7. |
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Jan-06-20
| | gawain: <DrGridlock> Thanks for the observation about Re6. I just looked at your bio. Are you by any chance the Dr. Gridlock who for around 10 years wrote the traffic column for the Washington Post? I'm a fan! |
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Jan-06-20
 | | HeMateMe: I'm glad benko made him play the move. Hey, you never know....easier things have been missed, even by GMs. |
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| Jan-06-20 | | DrGridlock: <Gawain> I lived in DC for 10 years, but did not write for the Post. The nickname was given to me by friends somewhat in honor of the Post traffic columnist. |
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Jan-06-20
| | gawain: <DrGridlock> Well, it's a cool connection anyway. |
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Jan-06-20
 | | Bubo bubo: Mate-in-two: 30.Rh8+ Bxh8 31.Nh7# or 30...Qg8 31.Qf7# My first post here in 2020 - Happy New Year to all! |
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| Jan-09-20 | | thegoodanarchist: <Bubo bubo>,
Toil and troublo? |
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| Apr-19-23 | | schizoidman: AlicesKnight, it is mate in two if the queen interposes too. Since now the Queen is pinned, 2.Qf7++ |
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