| Sep-02-06 | | Tsmoss: I don't understand what was supposed to be tricky about this one. |
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| Sep-02-06 | | EinZweiDrei: So this is that V.Egin Revolution I've been told about. |
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| Sep-02-06 | | EinZweiDrei: And, yeah, neither do I. |
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| Sep-02-06 | | dzechiel: I spent the first two moves analyzing a win for white, then noticed it was black to move. Even then, I found the wrong first move for black, trying to capture on f4 instead of d4, not noticing that the white queen had c2 covered. Shucks! |
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Sep-02-06
 | | Sneaky: A defensive combo. White is already up the exchange and Black pieces are swinging everywhere, but Black's resources are strong enough to require White to find an exact continuation. I suppose Rg4! is the key move that we were supposed to see. |
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| Sep-02-06 | | Counterpoint: 30...Rxf4
31.Ne6 Rg4 32.Qe8+ Kh7 33.Nf8+ Bxf8 34.Qxf8 Rg7
31.Rg1 Rf1!+ 32.Rxf1 Rxd4 33.Rg1 Qd2+ |
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| Sep-02-06 | | Tariqov: <counterpoint> 30....Rxf4?! 31.Rg1Rf1+!? 32.Rxf1Rxd4 33.Qe8+ and Qg6+ with DRAW. |
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| Sep-02-06 | | percyblakeney: I did find this one even if I didn't analyse beyond 32. ... Rg4. It's maybe possible to play 30. ... Rxc2+ followed by Rxf4, but it doesn't seem to work too good. |
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| Sep-02-06 | | EmperorAtahualpa: Hmm....weird puzzle today. I guess I was distracted by the fact that I was looking for an attacking combination rather than a defending one. Anyway, didn't solve this one. :( |
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| Sep-02-06 | | moppa: Didn't see Rg4, so I went for 30...Rxf4 31.Rg1 Rf1+. Too bad it's a draw. :( |
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| Sep-02-06 | | GlennOliver: I suppose that the tricky part is identifying the correct Black move, out of the various possibilities. As far as I can see, only 30. .... Rxd4 yields a Black win, with best play. All other moves seem, at most, to draw. |
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| Sep-02-06 | | Ashram64: white should play 33.Qxg4 Qxg4 34. Rxg4 and white would still up 1 pawn, and a much a bit more active play. |
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| Sep-02-06 | | DexterGordon: <Ashram64>, if 33.Qxg4 then Bxh6+ and White can hang up his cleats. |
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| Sep-02-06 | | kevin86: Rats! I too fell for ♖xf4-shame on me! |
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Sep-02-06
 | | al wazir: I would have played 31...Rxd4 like a shot. As for white's attack, I would have played 32. c3 before Bxh6: 32...Qc4 33. Rg1 Rg8 34. Bxh6 Rg4, and now 35. Rxg4. After 35...Qf1+ the white ♔ has an escape square on c2. |
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| Sep-02-06 | | officeplayer: <al wazir> In this line 35...Qf1+ is incorrect. Black just takes 35...Qxg4 [36.Qxg4 Bxh6+] 36.Bxg7+ Rxg7 and the queen is protected. |
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Sep-02-06
| | al wazir: <officeplayer>: Thanks. In addition to numbering the moves incorrectly, I left one out. And to top it off, you found a way to refute the line. |
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| Sep-02-06 | | patzer2: Today's problem solution with the defensive combination 30...Rxd4! reminds me of a line of dialogue from the movie Shrek per http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0126029...: <Shrek: Ogres are like onions.
Donkey: They stink?
Shrek: Yes. No.
Donkey: Oh, they make you cry.
Shrek: No.
Donkey: Oh, you leave em out in the sun, they get all brown, start sproutin' little white hairs.
Shrek: NO. Layers. Onions have layers. Ogres have layers. Onions have layers. You get it? We both have layers.
[sighs]
Donkey: Oh, you both have layers. Oh. You know, not everybody like onions.> In this case, chess games are like onions in that a deeper understanding of today's problem (30...?) reveals Black must come up with a strong tactical defensive followup move to win after the "obvious 30...Rxd4!" (first layer) and White's mate threat following the "not so obvious" 31. Rg1!? Rg8 32. Bxh6!? (second layer). Filling the bill is the surprise interference move 32...Rg4! (third layer), offering up a poison Rook with the double threat of mate or decisive win of material if White dares to capture it. The game continuation features an instructive winning escape from perpetual after 37...R7g6! (another layer?), due to the mate threats created by White's weakened back rank. |
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| Sep-03-06 | | LPeristy: Quite right, Patzer2. The point, if you will, is Rg4! |
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| Sep-03-06 | | LPeristy: That said, I still didn't get it. I also fell for Rxf4?!. |
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