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| Apr-07-08 | | Rainier Wolfcastle: Qxf3. Very easy to see. |
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| Apr-07-08 | | JG27Pyth: When, for example, White delivers a smothered mate upon Black, the White player looks a bit of a genius, whereas when White delivers an epaulet mate upon Black, it is rather the Black player who looks something of an idiot. -- The quotable JG27Pyth |
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| Apr-07-08 | | max201: easy but enjoyable |
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| Apr-07-08 | | zb2cr: Hi <JG27Pyth>,
Bravo! Bravo! Bravissmo!
(In other words, I liked it.) |
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| Apr-07-08 | | YouRang: I spent a bunch of time trying to make something happen with my bishop & back rank threats, before finally noticing that the knight was free for the taking. |
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| Apr-07-08 | | D.Observer: Hmm, I didn't notice that! |
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Apr-07-08
 | | playground player: It's not really a sacrifice, because of White takes the Queen, he's dead. His position is so bad, he might as well resign before he bothers to take the Queen. Black is fully mobilized, while White has only the Queen in play. |
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| Apr-07-08 | | kevin86: black's queen sac at f3 opens the white position as clean as a surgeon's scalpel. |
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| Apr-07-08 | | MaxxLange: That's not a sacrifice, I agree. It's noticing that a piece can be taken with impunity, and just taking it. |
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| Apr-07-08 | | Alterno: 23. ... Lxf2+
24. Rxf2 Rb1+
and mate in a couple of moves.
Do I miss anything? |
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| Apr-07-08 | | YouRang: <Alterno: 23. ... Lxf2+
24. Rxf2 Rb1+
and mate in a couple of moves.
Do I miss anything?>
I'm not sure which piece 'L' refers to, but either way, 24...Rb1+ is illegal. |
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| Apr-07-08 | | capybara: I got today's puzzle very quickly, the white king is trapped by the rook on f1, so a check down the g file was likely. |
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| Apr-07-08 | | Riverbeast: A weird type of back rank mate |
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| Apr-07-08 | | BishopofBlunder: Despite this being a rather simple tactic, and a relatively easy puzzle, it's something I probably would miss in the heat of the battle of OTB play. One reason why I remain a blunderous patzer. <sigh> |
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| Apr-07-08 | | Samagonka: Well, if this puzzle was very easy then I'm the father of Halle Berry's baby! |
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Apr-07-08
 | | offramp: <Riverbeast: A weird type of back rank mate> That is a very funny comment. The most original here. |
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| Apr-07-08 | | GibGezr: Looked at Bxf2 and Qxf2, both of which are silly, and then immediately saw that the rook on d6 was the important piece to the puzzle. QxNf3 and it's all over. |
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| Apr-07-08 | | mig55: <Samagonka:> It "is" very easy, so you are the father...:-) |
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| Apr-07-08 | | DeepThought: Easy only after finding the right solution...five minutes before, I was nearly despaired. |
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| Apr-07-08 | | suenteus po 147: Ugh. It was so easy I couldn't figure it out. |
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| Apr-07-08 | | wals: Static evaluation: White is tied up tighter than a virgins chastity belt.
with virtually no play by the pieces.
Dynamic evaluation: The Queen taking f3 would be fine if gxf3 allowing
Rg6#, but what if g2 moved to g3? Moving Rb8 to e8 would result in its loss by Qa4
if Qe2x f3.
Reasonable moves, Rxd5, Qxf3, Rd6-g6.
23. ...Qxf3 24.g2-g3 ...Rxd5 25.Qd1 ...Rxd1 26.Rxd1 ...Qf2# PM=
O yes, can assume I popped the chastity belts's lock |
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| Apr-07-08 | | Cibator: A ridiculous pattern indeed, <Gawain>! So ridiculous, it would take playing thru the game score to convince me that that wasn't the QR on h1 :) |
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| Apr-07-08 | | Jason Frost: Wow this one actually took me a while find, I kept thinking that their was no rook on h1 even though I had seen it earlier |
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| Apr-07-08 | | jheiner: Material is about to be even, the pawn on e5 is loose, but Black can do much better. The White King's situation is very poor. After looking at various sac's and pins, wishful thinking, the defining feature of the position is Black's Rooks. Neither of them have access to the back rank, which would allow for some back rank tactics. But the Black rook on the 6th rank has access to the g-file. After capturing 23...Qxf3, White can't recapture due to 24.gxf3 Rg6#. Maybe there's something better, but this is good enough for a win. White's position quickly falls apart after 24...Rg6 regardless. Yep, easy. I wonder if this one was played out as a courtesy, as was the style at the time. Once you see it, it is glaring. I particularly liked this puzzle because it hilights a tactic for destroying the Kingside. This is one of those "how to punish" patterns to keep in the back of one's mind. I remember a quote someone posted last week about "Patzer's don't see the ranks" or something along those lines. Here's a good example. Good to be back on Monday Puzzles. :) |
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| Apr-07-08 | | MaxxLange: <a quote someone posted last week> Probably me, since I mentioned it. But I don't know if it is a quote from anything known, or just a bit of chess folklore. Black did him a favor, really, letting him self-mate, just to get the game over with. Look at that poor White King, buried in by his Rooks. Albin took quite a stomping indeed after playing exd5?? |
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