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| Jun-21-22 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: 26 Nf5!!!!
Short enough to be a Monday puzzle. Tricksy enough to be a Tuesday one instead. |
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| Jun-21-22 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: Solving process:
1. Play around, eventually discovering that the essential challenge is to prevent flight via e7. 2. Since covering e7 w/ the Q or B doesn't work, try Nf5 instead. My initial thought after 26 Nf5 exf5 was 27 Qxg7+, which sets up a discovered check that could win Black's queen. (But ... Rxe1+ is a problem.) I eventually decided that mate-in-1 was better. :D |
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| Jun-21-22 | | Brenin: A nice finish, with the key move 26 Nf5 not so easy to see. The puzzle could have started a few moves back with the exchange sac 24 Rxg5: accepting the R leads to mate as in the game, whereas declining loses the B while the attack continues with Rxg7+ or Bh7+. Either way, Black is hopelessly lost. |
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| Jun-21-22 | | Honey Blend: Even 26. ♘f5 exf5 27. ♕xg7+ ♔e7 28. ♗xf5 is decisive enough.
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| Jun-21-22 | | Brenin: 26 Bd6+ Rxd6 (Ne7 or Re7 27 Qh8 mate) 27 Nf5 also leads to mate, but 26 Nf5 is more direct. |
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| Jun-21-22 | | Granny O Doul: Thematically similar to the recently bumped Euwe-Fischer, 1957, and to Ivkov-Karpov from Caracas, 1970. |
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| Jun-21-22 | | ChessHigherCat: I haven't tuned in for a million years or so but it seems like a better Monday puzzle than the old inevitable queen sacrifices. I noticed that Qxg7 would be mate if only the e-file were open, and then that Nf5 is an offer Black can't refuse. The only thing left is to discover what to do with the bishop, and you just have to give check, mate. |
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| Jun-21-22 | | ChessHigherCat: check on g7, of course |
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Jun-21-22
 | | Breunor: Nordstrom was wracked! |
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| Jun-21-22 | | agb2002: White has a bishop for a rook.
The black king has the e7 square to escape to.
The white rook x-rays e7. Hence, 26.Nf5:
A) 26... exf5 27.Bxg7# (27.Bd6+ and 28.Qh8# is one move slower). B) 26... Nf6 27.Qxg7#.
C) 26... Re7 27.Qh8#. |
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Jun-21-22
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: "Nordstrom Wracked." <Breunor>, that is *inspired.* |
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| Jun-21-22 | | saturn2: I choose 26.Bg6 winning clearly. |
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| Jun-21-22 | | goldfarbdj: After 26. Bg6 Ke7, white is doing well and probably winning, but it's a lot less "clearly" than forced mate in two moves. |
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Jun-21-22
 | | Dionysius1: Nice - got a Tuesday puzzle quickly.
Not only is 27.♕h8 # now, but 26...exf5 27.♗xg7 is # too. 
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| Jun-21-22 | | TheaN: Cute small combination where <26.Nf5 #2> is mate in all variations. White threatens Bxg7#, Qxg7# and Qh8#. The point of the puzzle being <26....exf5 27.Bxg7#>, 26....Re7 27.Qh8#, else Qxg7#. |
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| Jun-21-22 | | cocker: The combination started several moves earlier. |
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| Jun-21-22 | | paavoh: <My initial thought after 26 Nf5 exf5 was 27 Qxg7+, which sets up a discovered check that could win Black's queen.> Agreed, White had a big buffet of choices, so I first overlooked the simplest M-1 solution too. |
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| Jun-21-22 | | Lambda: I went for 26. Bd6+ Rxd6 27. Nf5, since that's also mate and I looked at it first. |
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| Jun-21-22 | | AlicesKnight: Found Nf5 after a few seconds. If the N is captured the B mates on g7, and if not the Q mates on g7 (or h8 if R moves). |
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| Jun-21-22 | | TheaN: <cocker: The combination started several moves earlier.> True. Having said that, Black was lost as early as 19....Qa5 +- (!), where White simply piles up on the king side. Instead of moving the queen away, Bc6 would have activated some pieces. Far from ideal but playable. Black could have pulled the emergency brake with 21....Rxd4 22.Bxd4 Qd8 23.Bd3 g6, but of course it's still lost, what does Black have after 24.Bc4 +-? However, 21....Nd5 is +9 after 22.Rg3 and +8 after the text. It just plays itself from there. 24.Rxg5 was flashy but far from necessary. |
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| Jun-21-22 | | Cellist: I considered Bg6 and Qxg7+. Both are winning clearly (+9 or +10), and it seems not that difficult to find a winning line even if Black declines the B after Bg6. Nf5 is very elegant, and I did not see it, but I thought there were quite a few winning lines and did not look further once I was pretty sure that the first two options were winning. Even Bxg7+ gives White a strong advantage (+6.7) because e7 is not a safe spot for the King. |
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| Jun-21-22 | | jrredfield: <Cellist: Even Bxg7+ gives White a strong advantage (+6.7) because e7 is not a safe spot for the King.> That was the move I also chose. I have to say the mate in 2 is one of the hardest mate in 2 puzzles I've ever seen. I totally missed that. |
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| Jun-21-22 | | JohnBoy: Same closing theme as yesterday’s GotD |
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| Jun-21-22 | | JohnBoy: Euwe vs Fischer, 1957 |
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Jun-21-22
 | | chrisowen: Yar bar flicks eulogy 26.Nf5 adepts net axiom jap bhangarh cad bet dug dub mention adrift jab flusher 26.Nf5 delicatea; |
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