Aleksander Sznapik vs Wlodzimierz Schmidt (1989)

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Aleksander Sznapik vs Wlodzimierz Schmidt
POL-ch 46th (1989), Slupsk POL, rd 13, Mar-??
French Defense: Winawer. Retreat Variation Armenian Line (C18) · 0-1

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Mar-08-22		Phony Benoni: I think it was Bronstein who said that the greatest weapon in chess is having the move.

Mar-08-22		TheaN: <40....Rxg2+> screams to be played, and leads to a fast mate in both lines: 41.Ke3 Rh3+ 42.Ng3 Rhxg3# and <41.Kxg2 Qf1+ 42.Kg3 Qh3+ 43.Kf2 Rf1#>. The final exchange of moves is somewhat amusing, as it's essentially just to make the queen and rook swap places.

Mar-08-22		TheaN: Weirdly enough, SF doesn't recognize the #4 on move 40. It gives #5 with 42....Rh3+, instead of Qh3+.

Mar-08-22		Brenin: After 40 Qc5?? the mate by 40 ... Rxg2+ 41 Kxg3 (else 41 ... Qxe2+) Qf1+ etc is easy to see. White could have had a draw by 40 Rc7+, e.g. 40 ... Kxc7 (40 ... Kd8 or Ke8 41 Rc8+) 41 Qc5+ Kd8 (or Kb8) 42 Qd6+ with perpetual check. No doubt time trouble caused White to miss this. Black was winning comfortably until 37 ... Qxc2 allowed White to take the c-file with 38 Rc3, whereas 37 ... Qc7 would have held the advantage.

Mar-08-22		raymondhow: < Weirdly enough, SF doesn't recognize the #4 on move 40. It gives #5 with 42....Rh3+, instead of Qh3+ > Funny, that's the mate I was planning initially... didn't see the quicker mate until I was two moves in.

Mar-08-22		al wazir: 40...Rxg2+ 41. Kxg2 (41. Ke3 Rxe2+ 42. Kf3 Qf1+ 43. Kg4 Rg2#) Qf1+ 42. Kg3 Rh3+ 43. Kg4 Qg2+ 44. Ng3 Qxg3#.

Mar-08-22		mel gibson: Easy today except there were a few moves which looked good but weren't. Stockfish 14.1 says: 40... Rxg2+ (40. .. Rxg2+ (♖h2xg2+ ♔f2xg2 ♕d1-f1+ ♔g2-g3 ♕f1-h3+ ♔g3-f2 ♖h1-f1+) +M4/245 1 Black wins _ mate in 4.

Mar-08-22		Dionysius1: <Confidently expecting an easy Tuesday 😂>R Wade vs R F Boxall, 1953. And here it is. Easier than yesterday I think.

Mar-08-22		saturn2: I went with the game move 42...Qh3 not Rh3

Mar-08-22		agb2002: Black has a rook and a pawn for a knight. White threatens Qc7#. Black can resume the attack with 40... Rxg2+: A) 41.Kxg2 Qf1+ 42.Kg3 Qh3+ 43.Kf2 Rf1#. B) 41.Kf3 Qxe2#. C) 41.Ke3 Rh3+ 42.Ng3 Rhxg3#.

Mar-08-22		AlicesKnight: Found ... Rxg2+ to clear the way. Are we seing extra pop-ups now when we go to POTD window? Mildly irritating ....

Mar-08-22		stacase: <Dionysius1 Easier than yesterday I think.> That's for sure.

Mar-08-22		Teyss: <AlicesKnight: Are we seing extra pop-ups now when we go to POTD window? Mildly irritating ....> Yes and GOTD, quite intrusive. If we can understand CG needs advertising to survive, there are limits to popup invasion. So I won't give you the easy reply "You can become premium member" because I sympathise with non-premium users (as well as with myself when I don't want to connect). Some are very active here and shouldn't be inconvenienced.

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Mar-08-22		chrisowen: No navarone raedings no?

Mar-08-22		Jimfromprovidence: If black plays 40...Qe1+, does that win? click for larger view If black plays 40...Qf1+, does that win? click for larger view

Mar-08-22		Lloyd Gross: At first I thought 40...Qxe2+ was the solution, but didn't notice your other two better choices 40...Qe1+ and 40...Qf1+.

Mar-08-22		gawain: Once again I had to stop working on the puzzle in order to make progress! "The pause that refreshes" (that old Coca-Cola slogan) has become a necessity for me. Possibly a sign of cognitive decline--or at least inflexibility.

Mar-08-22		johnnydeep: Much easier for me than yesterday. At least my week won't be a total loss.

Mar-09-22		Willber G: <Lloyd Gross: At first I thought 40...Qxe2+ was the solution> That loses quickly.

Mar-01-24		WTHarvey: Black mates in 4. click for larger view 40. ... ?

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