Jul-02-10
 | | Chessical: Johner soon after played the Black side of what was then cutting edge theory: Tartakower vs P F Johner, 1906
The game is hard fought. Johner plays very aggressively from the start, and it is clear he is going for a K-side kill. Soon it seems Johner has burnt his bridges by over-doing his K-side ambitions <12.g4?!>, but Gattie is rather too cautious to capitalise on this. There was no need to retreat his R on the 17th move either R(a)f8 or Rc8 was much better. Similarly <21...Qxb2> was powerful, Gattie seems transfixed with Johner's build up of heavy pieces on the K-side and ignores his own opportunities to attack. <24.f5!?> is a speculative pawn sacrifice which pays off. He does not want a Black N powerfully ensconced on <f5>. Gattie allows Johner to regroup on the K- side.
<26...Be8?!> is a waste of a move, the Bishop belongs on <b5> to support a Q-side attack. <36 or 37...Rxf6> is equal, as played Johner is able to crash through to victory. |
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| Dec-20-12 | | TheFocus: The finish was much more striking.
Actual ending was 42...Bh7 43.Qxh7+ Rxh7 44.Rg8 mate. |
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Sep-26-22
 | | fredthebear: Yes, a striking Q sacrifice for an Arabian Mate! Here's a rather similar finish on the g-file: Lasker / Maroczy vs NN, 1900 |
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| Jun-02-25 | | mel gibson: Easy peasy Monday. LOL |
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Jun-02-25
 | | takebackok: Yea queen sac Monday returns! No think all forced 43. Qxh7+ Rxh7 44. Rg8# |
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| Jun-02-25 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: Good Mondays, everybody: Qxh7+ and mate next. |
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Jun-02-25
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: The real puzzle consisted of this--how did Black's Bishop end up on h7? Nice comeback by Johner after a terrible opening. Black stood much better after 14...Rxf5. |
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| Jun-02-25 | | mel gibson: As an aside - for beginners -
this is a good puzzle to show that in certain
positions a Knight can be very powerful.
In some ways - it is the most powerful piece on
the board in this position -
even the nearby Black Queen is rendered helpless to defend her King. |
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| Jun-02-25 | | TheaN: <43.Qxh7+ Rxh7 44.Rg8#> was a near-instant spot with the knight on f6, especially given move switching is not available (similar patterns see the rook elsewhere on the seventh where Rg8+ is also possible, in this case that'd be mate). <An Englishman: (...) Nice comeback by Johner after a terrible opening. Black stood much better after 14...Rxf5.> first off, objectively you're right. It's close to -1... however, not sure I'd prefer Black. Typically Black is still dealing with French problems: LSB locked in, White has the center and in addition White can start a king side attack over the g-file that eventually decided the game. Black's advantage probably comes from the holes on the queenside, bishop pair and better development, but I see no clear path to advantage. White messed up more though: most differentials occurred around move 21-27: 21.Rxg5? was terrible objectively: 21....Qxb2 22.Rag1 Rgf8! -+ threatening Nxd4 and Rxf4. Understandable Black didn't calculate that out, but keeps a large advantage either way til move 26, where trading on e3 seems pointless. After 27....Be8?! (Bb5 ⩱) Black's advantage is gone and White has an ideal position to start an attack which succeeded. |
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| Jun-02-25 | | cocker: Thank goodness for a good old-fashioned Monday POTD. |
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Jun-02-25
 | | chrisowen: I many its owe its cud v its z Qxh7+ its afc pick its eel its aad dank its aai its sak i Qxh7+ gib; |
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| Jun-02-25 | | Walter Glattke: Qxh7+ Rxh7 Rg8# |
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| Jun-02-25 | | Walter Glattke: In German they have other names for special mates. The "arabisches matt" with Nf6 Rh7 and Kh8 was descrived still anno 1140 in arabic scrifts, that is, what I have learned. Calling Rg8# as "Arabic Mate" is possibly wrong. My comment so far was deleted, and I don't know the reason. Hope, you don't hate me. |
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| Jun-02-25 | | Damenlaeuferbauer: After long pondering, the six-times Swiss champion Paul Johner finally found the mate in 2 moves with the nice queen sacrifice 43.Qxh7+!,Rxh7 44.Rg8#. Did I already mention, that I love Mondays? |
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| Jun-02-25 | | Hercdon: Nice and easy, just the way I like it lol |
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| Jun-02-25 | | Halldor: A decent Monday at last! A nice and not too difficult pondering. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 43.Qxh7+