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Anastasiia Vovk vs Ksenya Rybenko
EU-ch U12 Girls (1996), Rimavska Sobota SVK, rd 8, Jul-??
Polish Opening: Czech Defense (A00)  ·  0-1

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May-03-16  agb2002: Black has a knight for two pawns.

Black can deliver mate with 39... Qxg2+ 40.Rxg2 Rxg2+ 41.Kf(h)1 Ng3#.

May-03-16  saturn2: 3 checks the final one beeing mate.
The nice thing about a check is you dont have to care about a zwischenzug.
May-03-16  stst: Since the R & Q are in line, a Q-sac by brute, supported by P@f3 is in order: 39..........QxP+
40.RxQ RxR+
41.Kf1/h1 Ng3#

Other moves, e.g. 39.f2, or fxg2, Ng3 etc are inviting complications and prolonged game.

May-03-16  Eduardo Leon: Tuesday is the new Monday.
May-03-16  Once: That's a delicious little mating attack.

If we are being picky, we might have wished for white to resign after 40...Rxg2+


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In most checkmating attacks, the beauty lies in the final position. The winning side has tied up all the king flight squares and the loser is crying "Red! Red! Red!"

But today the beauty comes one move earlier. After 40...Rxg2+, whether the white king runs to h1 or f1, black will lock the door to the room of pain with 41...Ng3#

That's a lovely bit of symmetry and a fitting end to the game. Is it too much to ask for?

May-03-16  morfishine: <29...Qxg2+> forces mate: 30.Kxg2 Rxg2 31.King any 31...Ng3#
May-03-16  zb2cr: White's moves here are all forced: 29. ... ♕xg2+; 30. ♖xg2, ♖xg2+. Now, White faces only the choice of what square she is to be mated on, 31. ♔h1 or 31. ♔f1 both being met with 31. ... ♘g3#.
May-03-16  cocker: Pretty smart for a 12-year-old. Am I allowed to say she looks quite good too?
May-03-16  wooden nickel: several other queen moves also win the harder way, for instance 39... Qd4+ or 39... Qh4 or 39... Qh3.
May-03-16  Cheapo by the Dozen: Feels like a Monday puzzle to me.
May-03-16  Boerboel Guy: <cocker: Pretty smart for a 12-year-old. Am I allowed to say she looks quite good too?>

Yes she is gorgeous! Photo taken when she was nineteen....she is now in her thirties.

May-03-16  rgr459: going for the Gutsko
May-03-16  whiteshark: Everything works better with Rybenko.
May-03-16  stacase: Having a well placed Knight is always a good thing.
May-03-16  alfiere nero: Agree: Monday and Tuesday puzzles have been switched. Are we Monday players supposed to know a pin when we see one?
May-03-16  CHESSTTCAMPS: White has advanced, connected passed pawns for a knight, but black's accumulation of force on the f and g-files is too much for the defensive cluster of white major pieces. Black can force checkmate with 39... Qxg2+ 40.Rxg2 Rxg3+ 41.Kf1/h1 Ng3#
May-03-16  thegoodanarchist: I solved it, but rejected the solution because I didn't see it would be mate! Oh brother, that's disappointing...
May-03-16  lentil: I spent more time checking my calculations than spotting the mate.
May-03-16  diagonalley: <devere> et al. ... quite agree ... (wonder if wednesday's and thursday's puzzles will be swapped too?!)
May-03-16  kevin86: The rooks and knight round up the white king...the queen is dispensable.
May-03-16  Castleinthesky: Missed it-I considered Q takes g2, but then turned to the Knight and lost my footing.
May-03-16  YetAnotherAmateur: All forced: 39. ... Qxg2+ 40. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 41. Kf/h1 Ng3#
May-03-16  Doniez: The right notation should be 41...Ng3#
May-03-16  King.Arthur.Brazil: Very easy and fun: 39...Qxg2+ 40.Rxg2 Rxg2+ 41.K moves Ng3#. If a was playing this game, after the 39 move, I'll announce "check mate in 2!". It's not good to take white king out the table... lgs.
May-03-16  Herma48852: Wasted too much time trying combinations which involved promotibg the f-pawn until I found the simple solution:

39...Qxg2+ 40.Rxg2 Rxg2+ 41. Kf1/Kh1 Ng3#

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