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| Feb-02-07 | | zb2cr: I am going to give myself 1/2 credit. I saw the line up through White's 36th. However, that's where my board vision gave out. I was simulating game conditions--not moving pieces on the board--and all I could see was that White could keep up perpetual check on a6, b6 & c6. Given Black's back-rank threats, I believed that was the best White could do. |
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| Feb-02-07 | | THE pawn: <i thought chassgames provided us with more complicated puzzles for friday. this line is forced, there is nothing difficult to see in it. i really hope tomorrows puzzle will be of a different character.> You saw the WHOLE combination in your head? if it's really yes, then bravo, what are you waiting for? Go get your GM title! I thought at first Qxc7 Rxc7 Rxc7+ Rb8 Rc2+ was winning but this is a huge trap, after I couldn't figure out Rc1, which seems obvious, but it's the core of the problem...after everything seems smoother. |
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| Feb-02-07 | | Themofro: I saw up to Raxa6 in my head but didn't bother to calculate the rest. Great escape combination. |
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| Feb-02-07 | | greensfield: Great puzzle, got the 1st two moves, then went for the Queen with 34. Rc2+
Oh well its a bit of a stuggle now. |
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| Feb-02-07 | | talchess2003: WARNING: COMPLETELY UNRELATED
Anyone here go on AOL Instant Messenger? If you do, add me to your buddy list and message me so we can play some chess =) I just realized that I don't have a chess group on AIM. My screenname is sparky71989.
I haven't visited this site for a while... anyone remember me? |
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| Feb-02-07 | | LaSmitedCrab: fairly long...didnt get it...:( but I analysed Qxc7 + a lot... |
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| Feb-02-07 | | doremi: Holy smoke! What a BIG combo! I saw the beginning but could not possibly have the slightest idea how far it would go! On top of that I heard the famous name of the loser before, but I have never ever heard the name of the winner, the BIG combo man! |
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| Feb-02-07 | | black knight c6: The 30. Rf8 makes it into a VERY long game.... it would seem White everntually comes up with two passed pawns on the kingside and black defending in his queenside corner. But the problem is theres two queens (heaps of possibilities to consider), two different coloured bishops (good for blacks drawing chances), theres 3 powerful pieces per side (heaps of moves to consider) and it doesn't seem white can crack blacks defense in any easy manner whatsoever, and advancing the pawns will be very difficult as it will allow counterplay for black (queen checks...) This would be a long open endgame full of mistakes from either side I would think, although perhaps more from black as he is under great pressure. Certainly not clear cut. |
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| Feb-02-07 | | schizoidman: How does it end if Black plays 31...Rd6 |
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Feb-02-07
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| Feb-02-07 | | schizoidman: 31...Rd6 32Bxd6 Ka7 then what? |
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| Mar-04-07 | | gauer: Win! White on move, Bianchetti, 1925
click for larger view
The hint is that the solution has a parallel echo. |
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| Jul-07-07 | | gauer: Karpov vs G Needleman, 2005 may offer a 2nd hint to the theme above. |
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| Jul-07-07 | | syracrophy: <gauer> Very easy. 1.♗b2 ♖f8 2.♖d7+ ♔g8 3.♖g7+ ♔h8 4.♔a2 and wins
1...♖h6 2.♖g4+ ♔h7 3.♖g7+ ♔h8 4.♔b1 |
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| Apr-19-12 | | Whitehat1963: Incredible finish! One of the best I've seen. |
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| Apr-17-15 | | stst: Got the secret...in the subsequent dis+, what to do with the R... too anxious to take the Q will actually exchange down, .... go on with this story: 32.Qxc7+ (must be a +, else Black threatens Qxg2# or Qxc1 where the two Rooks will decide the game as White's King has a back rank weakness) Rxc7
33.Rxc7+ Kb8 (only move, as White's R supported by B @g3) Now the secret:
34. Rc1 dis+ (Not Rc2 to harass the Black Q, as White still got a long way to continue the checking...) Ka7 (Black has no way to stop the B+, for if Rd6 or Qd6, Bxd6+ keeps the pressure, supported by the R @e6)
35.Ra1+ Ba6 (Qa2/Qa5 will just lose the Q without any compensation)
36.Rxa6+ (now two R linked) Kb7
37.Rb6+ (force the K to center) Kc8
38.Ra8+ Kd7
39.Rxd8+ (the point!)
If (A) 39....... Kxd8, 40.Rd6+ Ke8 and the Q is lost
If (B) 39........Kc7, 40.R8xQ Kxb6
Either way, Black becomes virtually empty. |
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| Apr-17-15 | | stst: strikes a home-run...
the clue being the long haul of exchanges does not fit the bill of a POD, and there is no beauty in it - unless the moves follows our texts! |
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| Apr-17-15 | | agb2002: White is one pawn down.
Black threatens 32... Qxg2# and 32... Qxc1+ 33.Qxc1 Rd1+ 34.Rd1 Rxc1 35.Rxc1 Rd7 followed by Bd5, c6 with the better ending in spite of the opposite colored bishops. These threats suggest 32.Qxc7+ Rxc7 33.Rxc7+ Kb8 34.Rc1+: A) 34... Ka7(8) 35.Ra1+
A.1) 35... Ba6 36.Raxa6+ Kb7 37.Reb6+ Kc8 38.Rb8+ Kd7 39.Rxd8+ Kxd8 40.Rd6+ Qxd6 41.Bxd6 + - [B]. A.2) 35... Qa2(5) 36.Rxa2(5)+ Ba6 37.Raxa6+ Kb7 38.Reb6+ Kc8 39.Ra8+ Kd7 40.Rd6+ + - [2R+B]. B) 34... Rd6 35.Bxd6+ Ka7(8) 36.Ra1+ Ba6 (36... Kb6 37.Bb4+ + - [2R]) 37.Rxa6+ Kb7 (37... Kxa6 38.Bb4+ + - [R+B]) 38.Rb6+ B.1) 38... Ka7 39.Bb8+ Ka8 40.Bg3 + - [2R+B vs Q] (40... Qd1+ 41.Re1). B.2) 38... Ka(c)8 39.Bg3 + - [2R+B vs Q].
C) 34... Qd6 35.Rxd6 + - [R]. |
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| Apr-17-15 | | diagonalley: wow! ... i got some of it, but in haste (over-eager to recoup the Q) i looked at 34.R-B2+ instead of the far superior 34.R-B1+! ... maybe half a point(?) on the basis that, i might have spotted the better option when at move 34 ;-) |
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| Apr-17-15 | | gofer: The first two moves are obvious and forcing...
<32 Qxc7+ Rxc7>
<33 Rxc7+ Kb8>
The next move is the trick one!
<34 Rc3+! ...> Rc1+ is similar Black is given a choice, but its a difficult one;
34 ... Qd6
35 Bxd6 
34 ... Rd6
35 Bxd6! Ka7
36 Ra6+ Ba6
37 Raxa6+ Kb7 (Kxa6 Bb4+/Bf4+ )
38 Bc5
34 ... Ka8/Ka7
35 Ra6+ Ba6
36 Raxa6+ Kb7
37 Reb6+ Kc8
38 Ra8/Rb8 Kd7
39 Rxd8+ Kxd7
40 Rd6+
It looks like black's best "choice" is to go into an end game a whole bishop down and two connected white pawns still on the board... ...so not much of a "choice"! ~~~
Yep! |
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| Apr-17-15 | | gofer: <Once>: Was <22 ... Nc5> marginally better for black (i.e. keeping the mate threat and giving up Pe5) than <22 ... Qxc3>? What does Herr Fritz say? |
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| Apr-17-15 | | morfishine: <gofer> Yeah, I had 32.Qxc7+ Rxc7 33.Rxc7+ Kb8 <34.Rc3+> targeting the
a-file, then followed the game line thru to 39.Rxd8+
I guess for some reason, I thought 34.Rc3+ looked cooler than 34.Rc1+ :) ***** |
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| Apr-17-15 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: I miscalculated a bit about 6 moves in, forgetting that d7 would be cleared. Still, that means I would have embarked on the winning combination, so I give myself copious partial credit. |
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Apr-17-15
 | | Richard Taylor: I think if you see the main idea, if you were confronted in a game you would find your way through it if there was enough time as the moves are forced. I "hallucinated" at one stage that the R was still on d7. I recall that even Tal did that in some of his "brilliant" combinations, where the piece the thought was there was gone or vica versa and he had to resign. So it is a matter of double checking the lines. But this is about the maximum as the one harder than this very few players can work out OTB, but one benefits from studying them, even from just looking up the "answer" as these are very time consuming problems. So and thus it was... |
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Apr-17-15
| | Richard Taylor: I recall seeing another game live with Rabinovich playing and I had to ask a strong player why he resigned! I often find GMs resign and I have no idea why...lol. Mostly I figure it out eventually. But sometimes it is comptletely baffling. Chess is infinite. |
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sac: 32.Qxc7+