Nov-12-02 | | bishop: The king is dragged out into the open in this nifty little game. |
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Nov-29-20 | | Steve.Patzer: What does the chess engine calculate after 12. f4? |
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Nov-29-20 | | newzild: The bishop sac jumps out as the main candidate move, but 12. f4! is not so easy to pick. |
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Nov-29-20
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Solved Sunday. Flubbed Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. What a week. |
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Nov-29-20 | | Honey Blend: As black I'd rather go for 11. ... ♔e8 12. ♕b3 ♖f8 13. ♘e6 ♕b6 14. ♘xg7+ ♔d8 15. ♘e6+ ♔e8 16. ♘xf8 ♔xf8 17. ♗h6+ ♔e8. Looks like an uphill ♖♙♙ vs ♗♘ middle game, but still quite playable if you can stop white from forming strong passed pawns in the kingside. click for larger view |
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Nov-29-20
 | | Messiah: Difficult, but not unsolvable. I really like this puzzle of the day; well done, dear CG staff + Mr. Babula! |
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Nov-29-20 | | agb2002: White has dxe5, Ng5, Qb3 and Bxf7+.
A quick scan yields some interesting, not forced, possibilities: 10.Bxf7+ Kxf7 11.Qb3+ Kg6 12.Nh4+ Kh5 13.Ne2 Nb6 14.Ng3+ Kxh4 15.Nf5+ Bxf5 16.Qg3+ Kh5 17.Qg5#. Or 11... d5 12.exd5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5+ and 15.Qxa8. Or 11... Ke8 12.Ng5 Rf8 13.Ne6 Qb6 14.Nxg7+ Kd8 15.Ne6+ Ke8 16.Nxf8. I don't know but I'd probably play 10.Bxf7+ and cross my fingers. |
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Nov-29-20 | | Walter Glattke: Plan B) 11.-Ke8 (11.-Kf8 12.Ne6+/12.-Kg8 13.Qb3+ Kf8 14.Qf7#) 12.Qb3 Rf8 13.Ne6 Qb6 14.Na4 Qb7 15.Nxg7+ Kd8 16.Ne6+ Ke8 17.Bh6 Rg8 18.f4 with white attack A) After 15.-Ne5 white could play 16.h4+ Kh6 17.Ne6+ Kh5 18.Rf5+ Kxh4 19.Qh3#, but 18.-Kg6 helps then. |
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Nov-29-20 | | stacase: What was it yesterday? <drollere> said, <...this was a position that highlighted, underlined and drew a circle around the...> f7 pawn. |
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Nov-29-20 | | Walter Glattke: correction: 12.-d5 or 11.-Kg8 12.Qb3+ d5 13.exd5 h6? 14.dxc6+ Kf8 15.Qf7# |
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Nov-29-20 | | Brenin: As White I wouldn't be able to resist playing 10 Bxf7+; I would have no idea whether it works after 10 ... Kxf7 11 Ng5+ Kg3, but it would be fun watching my opponent try to find the best protection for his exposed K. As Black I would definitely take <Honey Blend>'s stay-at-home line starting 11 ... Ke8, leaving White with R+2P for B+N and plenty of work still to do. |
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Nov-29-20 | | awfulhangover: This was very easy, since the point f7 just begs to be attacked. Not at good puzzle. Black must try 11.-Ke8 not the suicidale 11.-Kg6! |
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Nov-29-20 | | Ceri Evans: <Steve.Patzer: What does the chess engine calculate after 12. f4?> 42/59 5:46 +6.12
12.f4 h5 13.f5+ Kh6 14.Ne6+ Kh7 15.Nxd8 Rxd8 16.d5 Bb7 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Bg5 Rf8 19.Rc1 Rab8 20.a3 a5 21.bxa5 Ra8 22.h3 Rxa5 23.g4 d5 24.exd5 Bxd5 25.Bxf6 best move: f2-f4 time: 5:46.109 min n/s: 12.145.296 nodes: 4.203.511.543 Cheers,
Ceri |
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Nov-29-20 | | RandomVisitor: After 9...Be7:
 click for larger viewStockfish_20112608_x64_modern:
Found 510 tablebases
NNUE evaluation using nn-c3ca321c51c9.nnue enabled <65/101 6:31:21 +2.85 10.Bxf7+ Kxf7 11.Ng5+ Ke8> 12.Qb3 Rf8 13.Ne6 Qb6 14.Nxg7+ Kd8 15.Ne6+ Ke8 <16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxf8> Kxf8 18.Bh6+ Ke8 19.Be3 c5 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.Qxd5 Bb7 22.Qg8+ Kd7 23.Qxh7 Qxb4 24.f4 Nf7 25.Rab1 Qxe4 26.Rxb7+ |
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Nov-29-20 | | morfishine: Stock <f7> Bishop sac doesn't seem that insane |
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Nov-29-20 | | Ivan Karamazov: <chrisowen> The election is OVER!! Would you please, PLEASE, quit it with the political diatribes?!!? Or at least take it over to the Kenneth Rogoff page, where idiots have been yelling at each other like that for years?? And anyways, I mean really now: "within flushquak move jacques jovial quagmire destiny plebiscite"! Or "against aquakong cinch gangkeys a bill of rights datekeys"!!! There is no call, not now, not ever, to be spouting horrible, unjustifiable insults like that!!! Can't you at least TRY to be civil?? Respectfully,
Ivan Karamazov (formerly posting as User: Dr. J ) |
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Nov-30-20
 | | ajk68: 11. Kg6? seems like a help-mate.
Seeing a clear win after Ke8 or Kg8 is not so easy. Bxf7+ Ng5+ is an obvious beginner sequence ("Patzer sees check, patzer gives check"). |
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