Albert Sandrin vs Walter Shipman (1946)

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Albert Sandrin vs Walter Shipman
47th US Open (1946), Pittsburgh, PA USA, rd 4, Jul-10
Spanish Game: Open. Open Variation (C80) · 0-1

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Sep-13-21		rbhgroup: <Phony Benoni> roger that... spent several minutes looking at 49... g4+ after 48...Qf2+... the idea was to lure the White king forward to his ultimate demise... although the use of the word "idea" is perhaps a tad generous...

Sep-13-21		rbhgroup: ok, one minute anyway...

Sep-13-21		Chess for life: What time does the puzzle get posted? It used to be midnight USA eastern time.

Sep-13-21		al wazir: <Chess for life: What time does the puzzle get posted?> I think it's midnight Greenwich.

Sep-13-21		Nullifidian: 48... ♕f2+ 49. ♔xh3 (♔h1 ♕g1#) ♕f3#

Sep-13-21		agb2002: Black has a knight and a pawn for a bishop. White threatens Rxe8+ and Kxh3. The white king is already in a mating net, 48... Qf2+: A) 49.Kxh3 Qf3#. B) 49.Kh1 Qg1(f1,f3)#.

Sep-13-21		nikonoel: Chess is all about geometry.

Sep-13-21		goldfarbdj: Qf2+ was the intuitively obvious move, but it took me an oddly long time to notice that after the king took the knight, Qf3 was mate.

Sep-13-21		Brenin: <Chess for life>: 00:01 Greenwich Mean Time (= UTC), i.e. 01:01 British Summer Time, 20:01 East Coast US time. <Phony Benoni>: Add me to the list: it was about half a minute before the penny dropped.

Sep-13-21		Once: <Pony Benoni> And me. The white Queen and Rook are so far up the board ... and it's a Monday ... so surely we are looking for a win for white? Nope. It's black to play and don't call me Shirley.

Sep-13-21		perfidious: Took a few seconds for me also to notice that ....Qf3 was terminal.

Sep-13-21		saturn2: The nice pattern is Qf3 mates also after 49.Qh1

Sep-13-21		QueenMe: Making effective use of the opponent's pieces!

Sep-13-21		zb2cr: 48. .... Qf2+ does it. White moving the King to h1 is clearly fatuous. Therefore, 49. Kxh3, Qf3# is what wraps it up.

Sep-13-21		chrisowen: Jap evict jives on its Qf2+ gotcha awooga joins a goods quandary jap evict jives on its paltry alt quagmire goods dinks on its fu monday evict be its which on its whir hairy on its pagain thrill dots its becks money evict its brawn on its zulu gobble fabs on its fubar gruff cobble off on its answers evict vivacious paged on its plagiarize on its gap evict deans bang i c evict dobermann premeditate evict flights vivacious dew fall on its salt cheers evict balance foot on its strewth hooked i toe v on its margarine nan air frequent evict quiche buck on it twig hood it whinge dracs v can it u fans it normal it team Qf2 bey!

Sep-13-21		chrisowen: No but the submarine it was shallow.

Sep-13-21		chrisowen: a knight the rim is dim.

Sep-13-21		TheTamale: <Phony Benoni>: Yes, in fact I can't BELIEVE how long it took me to see this.

Sep-13-21		catlover: <Phony Benoni>, it took me a minute or two. Correct me if I'm wrong, but as I remember it, the Monday puzzles generally used to be sacrifices, usually involving the queen. Now the Monday puzzles tend to be a bit more subtle and less easy.

Sep-13-21		TheaN: That's a mate in two and a five second spot... if you initially look for the right color. And I'm not alone there, I see.

Sep-13-21		Stanco: I spent a good minute when I realised it is black to move.

Sep-13-21		Damenlaeuferbauer: After long thinking, the strong American IM Walter Shipman finally found the mate in 2 moves with the nice knight sacrifice 48.-,Qf2+! 49.Kxh3 (49.Kh1,Qf1/Qg1#) 49.-,Qf3#. It is always a pleasure to see when black wins with my old love from the first half of the 80s, the Open Ruy.

Sep-13-21		gawain: <goldfarbdj: Qf2+ was the intuitively obvious move, but it took me an oddly long time to notice that after the king took the knight, Qf3 was mate.> My experience exactly! An oddly long time.

Sep-13-21		eternaloptimist: <goldfarbdj & gawain> My experience w/ this puzzle exactly also! It took longer than it should’ve for me to solve it

Sep-13-21		TheBish: The puzzle would be better starting a move earlier (47...Nh3+) but I suppose that would make it a Tuesday puzzle. Otherwise, very easy. The only reason I didn't get it instantly is I assumed (for some reason) that it was going to be White to play!

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