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May-04-16
 | | Phony Benoni: First thought was 24. .Nf4, but the follow-up didn't seem effective. Then <24. ..Nxg5> came to mind. Queens hanging all over the board, but the inspirational point is 25.Bxd7 Nf3+ with rook+knight mating cooperation again. That looks right enough; while White stops the mate, Black can at least teach the bishop on h3 a lesson by grabbing it and things should collapse from there. |
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May-04-16
 | | Penguincw: May the 4th be with you.
Well, I got 24...Nxg5 25.Bxd7 <Nf3+> 26.Kh2 Rg1# 0-1. Looks correct to me, since it's double check, king must move. |
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| May-04-16 | | dfcx: black is about to lose its rook. But the rook also sits in the same file as the white king, led me to focus on the critical pawn in front of the rook. 24.,,Nxg5! attacking the queen white threatens mate.
A, 25.Bxd2?? Nf3++ 26.Kh1 Rg1#
B. 25.hxg6 Nxh3+ 26.Kh1 Bxb3 wins the queen.
C. 25.Bxg5 Rxg5+ 26.Kh1 Qxh3 wins two bishops plus pawn for a knight, with more attacks to follow. Other moves? Nf3++ mates |
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| May-04-16 | | Patriot: 24...Nxg5! and it's game over for the reasons mentioned above. |
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| May-04-16 | | Patriot: I wish I could give a "thumbs up" or a "like" to the comments above! |
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May-04-16
 | | tpstar: White is engaged to Levon Aronian and was nine years old when this game was played. |
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| May-04-16 | | stacase: And if White declines the offering of the Black Queen and takes the Rook <25.Pxg6> instead, he avoids the forced mate and after an exchange continues on down the Queen and a Pawn for a Rook. |
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| May-04-16 | | diagonalley: yep - 24... NxKNP wins... interesting position, a few continuations to calculate and a good wednesday puzzle |
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| May-04-16 | | agb2002: The material is identical.
White threatens 25.hxg6.
Black can create a double threat, a killing double check with rook and knight and an attack against the white queen, leads to 24... Nxg5: A) 25.Bxd7 Nh3+ (or 25... Nf3+ 26.Kh1 Rg1#) 26.Kh1 Rg1# (or 26... Nxf2#). B) 25.hxg6 Nxh3+ 26.Kg2 Bxb3 - + [Q vs R].
C) 25.Kh1 Nxh3 26.hxg6 (26.Qc2 Rg1#) 26... Bxb3 - + [Q vs R]. D) 25.Bg2 Nh3+ 26.Kh1 Rxg2 27.Kxg2 Bxb3 - + [Q vs R]. E) 25.Bxg5 Rxg5+ 26.Kh1 (26.Bg4 Rxg4+ 27.Nxg4 Qxg4+ 28.Ng3 Bxb3 wins; 26.Bg2 Bxb3 wins) 26... Qxh3 27.Ne(g)3 (else 27... Qg2#) 27... Bxb3 wins. F) 25.Ng3 Nxh3+ followed by 26... Bxb3 wins. |
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| May-04-16 | | morfishine: Took some counting before I finally figured out <24...Nxg5> wins in all variations; This one is mostly being able to add up material after all possible exchanges and Black always comes out ahead: he's always capturing with tempo |
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| May-04-16 | | gofer: <Queen-Sac> time! Yeeehhaa!!! <24 ... Nxg5!>
White has to avoid mate...
25 Bxd7 Nh3++/Nf3++
26 Kh1 Rg1#
but also doesn't want to lose its queen.
25 Bg2 Nh3+
26 Kh1 Nxf2+
27 Kg1 Bxb3 
The only sensible defence seems to be...
<25 Bxg5 Rxg5+>
<26 Ng3 Qxh3>
Black threatens Rxf2 in the future, so the queen must move to either c2 or b2 to
protect Pf2. Qc2 also protects Pe4...
<27 Qc2 Bxh5>
click for larger viewBlack has won B + 2P and has a huge attack with Bf3 or Rf3, white has to defend f3, but can't do that with Qc2 as that is protecting against Rxf2. <28 Re3 Rf4!>
click for larger viewBlack doesn't need control of f3! <29 ... Rh4> is deadly! ~~~
Yep... |
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| May-04-16 | | jith1207: You all got it wrong. <tpstar> got the solution or answer to today's Question right. You win the day, Sir. On a side note, is this All Blacks week? |
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| May-04-16 | | Elrathia Kingi: I personally find the smothered mate, 26...Nxf2# more aesthetically pleasing, but there is no accounting for taste, and results matter more than beauty at the chess board. |
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| May-04-16 | | clement41: I prefer the ...Nh3++ line as it enables black to ask his opponent "now choose your death".
A nice double check, where both checking pieces are en prise on their square but thanks to the magics of double check are nevertheless immune |
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| May-04-16 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: Wednesdays can be cool.
The basic idea is that 24 ... Nxg5 threatens mate in 2, uncovers an attack against the h3 bishop, and also uncovers an attack against the queen. However, after the move Black's queen and rook are both en prise. The only defense I see that has any hope of both stopping mate and maintaining material parity is 25 Bg4, so let's focus on that. 24 ... Nxg5
25 Bg4 Nf3+
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26 Nxf3 Qxg4+ and mate next
26 Kh1 (Kg2 looks even worse) Bxb3 and Black can snag the e1 rook next. I didn't check to see whether Black can mate instead. |
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| May-04-16 | | eblunt: < Cheapo > 25 Bg4 then 24 ...Bxb3 wins immediately. |
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| May-04-16 | | alfiere nero: Well, I saw this one right away, but never believed white would take the black queen and fall in the trap. |
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| May-04-16 | | alfiere nero: Oh, I see, she was only nine years old. |
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| May-04-16 | | DarthStapler: I kept thinking Nf4 |
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| May-04-16 | | saturn2: 24..Nxg5 threats a) QxBh3 followed by mate Qg2 and b) Nf3 followed by mate Rg1. |
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| May-04-16 | | CHESSTTCAMPS: In this middle-game position, material is even. It is apparent that white's pawn advances have backfired: white is behind in development and the castled position is severely weakened on the g-file. White threatens hxg6 and may be counting on 24... Rxg5+ 25.Bxg5 in view of the trapped position of the rook. But white's assumption that the Ne6 is pinned is misplaced: 24... Nxg5!! unleashes two discovered attacks (and prepares a third discovered attack!), forcing mate quickly or winning the queen: A.25.hxg6 (or Ng3, Ng4, Ne3, Nd2) Nxh3+ followed by 26.K moves Bxb3 leaves black up a queen for a rook and a winning king-side attack, with the pleasant choice of Rxf2 or Nxf2. B.25.Bxg5 Rxg5+ 26.Kh1 Qxh3 and white must give up the queen to stop 27... Qg2#. C.25.Kg2 Qxh3+ 26.Kg1 Bxb3 wins.
D.25.Kh1 Nxh3 followed by 26... Bxb3 if white does not defend 26... Rg1# E.25.other Nxh3+/Nf3+ 26.Kh1 Rg1#
Time for review... |
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| May-04-16 | | mel gibson: Saw it in 3 seconds - must have been a Monday puzzle?
Why would white be so stupid as to take the Queen?
In any case white is in big trouble & loses. |
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| May-04-16 | | kevin86: A Finish similar to the Reti-Tartakower trap in the opening. Black's pieces are BOTH en prise, but both can be NOT TAKEN at once. |
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May-04-16
 | | gawain: Spotted that the final position could be a mate delivered by the rook at g1, protected by a knight--but had trouble visualizing how Black would bring it about. More and more often I find myself needing an actual chessboard. |
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May-04-16
 | | scormus: <gawain> of course, it was a Green Knight |
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