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| Aug-08-12 | | bachbeet: I saw the better move of Qf2+. Wins the rook and threatens mate. Don't know how Wells missed it. |
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Aug-08-12
 | | LoveThatJoker: <28...Qf2+ 29. Kh1/Kh2 Nxe1 30. Qxe1> As Black threatened 30...Qxg2#
(30. Nf4? Qxd2  )
<30...Qxe1>
LTJ |
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| Aug-08-12 | | sevenseaman: 28...Qf2+ 29. Kh2 (or Kh1) Nxe1 settles the issue. White has no resource against the mate threat at g2. He could toss away his Q via 30. Qxe1 or via 30. Nf4 (which is even more of a tinsel defense). He loses the game any which way. White must be a weak player for it seems Wells won a jackpot. |
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| Aug-08-12 | | Djoker: 28... Qxf2+
29....Nxe1 with mate threat |
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| Aug-08-12 | | morfishine: After <28...Qf2+ 29.Kh2 Nxe1> White must surrender his Queen to prevent immediate mate at <g2> Even then, White cannot last long: His Bishop is hanging on <e5>, his Knight is en prise on <e2> and his Bishop on <c2> faces certain destruction courtesy of the marauding Black Queen After seeing what Black played, I could only groan. I was reminded of the age-old lesson: Always check your checks! |
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| Aug-08-12 | | poszvald: 28 ..Kf2+
29 Kh2 Nxe1
30 Qxe1 Qxe1
if 30 not taken with queen mate or even worse situation for white. |
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| Aug-08-12 | | gofer: <28 Qf2+ Kh1 29 Nxe1 ...> White is dead. Black threatens Qxg2# and the only way to
avoid that is to give up the white queen and a lot lot more... |
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| Aug-08-12 | | QueenMe: Saw 28) ... ♕xf2+ right away, but didn't see its value for a shamefully long time because I didn't notice I could then safely capture the rook. And even that isn't the real knock-out; it's that from that position, there's no real defence for the follow-up 29 ... ♕xg2+, except via 30) ♘f4, which undiscovers and donates the white queen (and which I suspect only delays mate briefly). Odd we have a spoiler puzzle so early in the week, but as I've painfully learned, God and stupidity have no limits. |
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| Aug-08-12 | | Moonwalker: I miscounted and thought material was equal, as such I planned on Qf2+ followed by Qxe1 then Nxe1 at which point both white bishops are hanging and black's material advantage is overwhelming. Poor excuse for not seeing the continuation of Nxe1 first setting up the mate! :-) |
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| Aug-08-12 | | James D Flynn: 28…….Qf2+ 29.Kh2(or Kh1) Nxe1 and the only defenses to avoid mate by Qxg2 are 30.Nf4 which loses the Q for nothing or Qxe1 when white must lose an additional 2 pieces). |
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| Aug-08-12 | | zb2cr: 28. ... Qf2+; 29, Kh2, Nxe1 looks very strong. |
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| Aug-08-12 | | SpoiltVictorianChild: I' baffled by two things: One, that this is a Wednesday puzzle, and two, that a 2500 player missed this?? |
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Aug-08-12
 | | alligator: Morfishine. Re: Your comment that "Check all checks" is old advice. I tell my students this but don't know who first said it. Does anyone know its origens?
When I was young the old timers at the Franklin Chess Club in Phila used to say "Always check, it may be mate" :-) |
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| Aug-08-12 | | njchess: 28. ... Qf2+ 29. Kh1 (or Kh2) Nxe1 and the only way White avoids mate is by sacrificing his queen. Time to check. |
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| Aug-08-12 | | Marmot PFL: 28...Qxf2+ and 29...Nxf1 are obvious moves (if the position is right). The last two puzzles make British chess seem pretty weak. |
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| Aug-08-12 | | psycho path: I am relatively new to chess I am 20 years old, just now starting to actually study chess and play. Will someone coach me on this and tell me if this is good. 28. .... Qf2 +
29. Kh1 Nxe1
at this point white is pretty much forced to resign right? |
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Aug-08-12
 | | Eggman: You got it right, psycho. |
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Aug-08-12
| | Eggman: Truthfully I don't see how this qualifies as a puzzle. It's not a combination, and there's nothing counterintuitive about it. Really bad double oversight by these players. |
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| Aug-08-12 | | psycho path: Thanks eggman,
Hard to find players around my area that want to play chess (hopefully when i get out of community college and to a 4-year school I can find a chess club), so I am stuck playing against CPU chess all day. I love having the board in front of me, I do not like the 2-dimensional feel of it. So I found this site and shredder chess that really help with the puzzles. Trying to study some openings now, from what I have learned: Sicilian,french, queens gambit declined, Nizmo Indian, Kings Indian attack/defence, are really popular, right now I am just studying the sicilian and queens gambit declined. Any pointers from any one? or any book or dvds I should get? |
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| Aug-08-12 | | Alex56171: <M.Hassan> Something is not right in your analysis. Black can not play 31. ... h6, because the pawn went to h5 in the 19th movement. Similarly, white can not play 34. Bxh6. |
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| Aug-08-12 | | Elo: Is this intended to be a "Puzzle of the Day" or an "Oversight of the Day"? 28...Qf2+ is obvious, probably the first thing everyone here (correctly) looked at. Wells hallucinated and missed it. How is that a Puzzle? |
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| Aug-08-12 | | The Last Straw: Solved this immediately from Emms' book himself so will take full credit. O my god this is the 3rd time <cg.com> has given out a puzzle from his book!!! |
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Aug-08-12
 | | FSR: 28...Qf2+ 29.Kh1 Nxe1 wins easily. As I recall, Wells reflexively recaptured on e5 instead. |
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| Aug-08-12 | | kevin86: Funny,I saw Qf2+ and wins the rook. I thought it was TOO easy. |
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| Aug-08-12 | | The Last Straw: <sevenseamen: White must be a weak player for it seems as if Wells won a jackpot.> I think it's due to carelessness. See Kasimdzhanov vs Kasparov, 2001. |
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