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| Mar-09-22 | | Brenin: 8 ... Bxc2 either wins the Q for B+N, or leads to mate by 9 Rxc2 Nd3. |
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| Mar-09-22 | | mel gibson: A smothered mate - an easy one today.
It still took me 30 seconds to see it. |
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| Mar-09-22 | | Granny O Doul: Nabetse, lanac, a canal--Esteban. |
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| Mar-09-22 | | Granny O Doul: Sorry, that's the best I could do. Just goes to show you how hard it is. |
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| Mar-09-22 | | TheaN: <8....Bxc2> traps the queen, as 9.Rxc2 Nd3#. <9.Qxc2 Nxc2+ -+> is of course not much better. This is not Wednesday imo. I've seen this almost exactly like this in Stappenmethode's step 3, which is early-combination training for beginners (about double-ply deep). The biggest problem for this puzzle is the severe lack of alternatives: also why it's a puzzle for step 3. Really Bxc2 is the only combination move to consider, and it works. |
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| Mar-09-22 | | stacase: Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! After noticing that White's Queen AND King can't go anywhere, it falls apart. What a great Wednesday puzzle. |
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| Mar-09-22 | | nalinw: This week is going backwards? |
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Mar-09-22
 | | agb2002: The pawn on c2 prevents Nd3#. Therefore, 8... Bxc2: A) 9.Rxc2 Nd3#.
B) 9.Qxc2 Nxc2+ 10.Rxc2 Qb6 - + [q+p vs B+N].
C) 9.Ng3 Bxd1 - + [q+p vs B]. |
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| Mar-09-22 | | saturn2: Similar to this monday. Remove the defender pawn c2 (mondsy f7) with the bishop and then the knight ckecks. |
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| Mar-09-22 | | saturn2: 2..Ne2 7.Bd2 How to hamper yourself.
And also Blacks 2...d5 and 5...Nc6 were far from best. |
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Mar-09-22
 | | scormus: OMG, NN took it with the R. That certainly hastened the end. |
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Mar-09-22
 | | Teyss: Not a safety Alapin.
4...Qa5 is the only game in the database, it's the NN-Buster variation. <Amarande> explains very well how White went wrong. |
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Mar-09-22
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Mar-09-22
| | chrisowen: Ghee x c2 an |
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Mar-09-22
 | | gawain: Easy for a Wednesday. There are very few candidate moves. |
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| Mar-09-22 | | AlicesKnight: Not as difficult as some; ... Bxc2 seems to win the Q for two minor pieces, the alternative being a smothered mate on d3. Help-mate? I still don't like the extra pop-ups appearing on opening the POTD. |
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| Mar-09-22 | | DrGridlock: <<Calculon: Is Ne2 the losing move or just one in a series of bad moves? It seems to serve no purpose; it costs a tempo to free the King's bishop.>> 2 Ne2 is generally considered superior to 2 Ke2. The later makes an occasional (!?) appearance in grandmaster games :) Nakamura vs Xiong, 2020 |
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| Mar-09-22 | | Stanco: Good one |
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| Mar-09-22 | | landshark: I saw that in an instant.
Nice to have an easy one somewhere in the week! |
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| Mar-09-22 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: Why is this puzzle so late in the week? :) |
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Mar-10-22
 | | FSR: Hilarious! |
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May-10-22
| | FSR: A Man, a Plan, a Canal. (Yeah, I know it's been done before.) |
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May-10-22
| | FSR: Rapport played and drew with 2.Ne2 against Dominguez today. |
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| May-10-22 | | Granny O Doul: A man, a plan, Estaban, a canal--Anacanabatsenalpanama. |
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May-10-22
| | FSR: Rapport vs Dominguez Perez, 2022. |
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sac: 8...Bxc2