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| Feb-27-17 | | dfcx: Dovetail mate! |
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| Feb-27-17 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: What is the point of White's opening, other than a generic desire to avoid book lines? |
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| Feb-27-17 | | stst: 53......Qxa2+
54.KxN Qa5#
Besides, the following also fun:
The fP is a great asset, so 53.........f2
WQ can only guard the promotion by
54.Qh3 Nc2+
55.Kb2 (if 55.Ka4 Qa5#) Ne3 dis+
56.Ka3 f1=Q, guarded by N.
(( 57.QxQ(f1) NxQ )) |
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Feb-27-17
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: <Cheapo by the Dozen>, the point of 4.Qxd4 consists of establishing a bind with c2-c4 after 4...Nc6; 5.Bb5,Bd7; 6.Bxc6,Bxc6; 7.c4 and White's space advantage compensates for the loss of the Two Bishops. 4...a6!? guarantees that the Queen must flee, but White won't mind after 5.c4,Nc6; 6.Qe3. If White likes the c4 & e4 vs. d6 and e7 pawn formation, this opening is a great choice. Which explains why 5.Bg5 is a mistake. From moves 6-9 Black makes all of the threats in a variation known to be good for the second player. 5.Bg5 is by no means a losing move, but it does not conform to White's needs or goals in the Qxd4 lines. |
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| Feb-27-17 | | Doniez: Again, like last week. Mating notation is missing Qa5#. |
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| Feb-27-17 | | agb2002: Black has a knight and a pawn for a bishop.
White threatens Qxf6.
Black can deliver mate in two with 53... Qxa2+ 54.Kxb4 Qa5#. |
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| Feb-27-17 | | saturn2: ..Qxa2 sacrifices the knught for a pawn and mate. |
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| Feb-27-17 | | YouRang: Yes, <53...Qxa2+> and mate next was quite easy. Looking for a more interesting variant, I tried <53...Nd3>,
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This also threatens mate (54...Qb2+ 55.Ka4 Qxa2#), but it gives white a chance to squirm. The squirming doesn't last long, but black needs to be accurate: <54.Bg8+ Kg7!> (54...Kxg8 is not good since 55.Qg4+ forces black to play 55...Qg5 to avoid a draw) <55.Qg4+ Kh8!>
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The black king uses the white bishop as a shield. Black can't give any meaningful checks, and cannot stop the ...Qb2+ mating threat. |
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| Feb-27-17 | | stacase: Took about two seconds to see that one. |
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| Feb-27-17 | | AlicesKnight: 53....Qxa2+ forces 54.Kxb4, when ...Qa5# has the White K in a cleft stick. But it was all over long before ... |
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| Feb-27-17 | | The Kings Domain: Nice game. Somewhat confused and all over the place, typical of a ladies' game. :-) |
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| Feb-27-17 | | cocker: The puzzle could have started on any of moves 50, 51, 52. |
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| Feb-27-17 | | whiteshark: I felt a bit sheepish about reporting
<The last move should indicate mate (#)> |
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| Feb-27-17 | | HowDoesTheHorsieMove: <Took about two seconds to see that one.> This was very easy, even for a Monday. Still, I spent more than two seconds just to see whose move it was. |
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| Feb-27-17 | | morfishine: The ole one-two: <53...Qxa2+> followed by <54...Qa5#> <YouRang> For goofs, I also looked at 53...Nd3, but with the immediate threat 54...Qa5# (since the Knight now covers <b2>) ***** |
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| Feb-27-17 | | Walter Glattke: In the YouRang diagram 2 follows 56.Qg7+ otherwise 56.-Qb4# or 56.-Qa5#, Qb2+ must be played after 55.Qe1 only. |
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| Feb-27-17 | | DrGridlock: The White King's journey in this game is to be studied: K-e2-f1-g2-f1-e1-d1-d2-c3-b4-a3-b2-a3-b4-mate
Kids, don't try this at home! |
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Feb-27-17
 | | chessgames.com: What immediately comes to mind, of course, is the finish to J Diaz vs D Freeman, 2004 ;-) |
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Feb-27-17
 | | gawain: This one sent me to the reference books to see what the mating pattern is called. Seems to be a variety of Dovetail. (Or Cozio? Are these the same thing?) This is quite a nice example. Such a long and winding road is taken by the poor White king! |
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| Feb-27-17 | | Marmot PFL: much simpler than last week |
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| Feb-27-17 | | kevin86: White gets chased around the corner to his doom! |
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| Feb-27-17 | | YouRang: <morfishine><Walter Glattke> Yep, in my variant line, I was so focused on giving check at b2 that I overlooked the one-move-quicker mates at b4 or a5. But then again, if I were so concerned about minimizing moves, I'd just go for 53...Qxa2+ ;-) |
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Feb-27-17
 | | Willber G: <chessgames.com: What immediately comes to mind, of course, is the finish to J Diaz vs D Freeman, 2004 ;-)> First time I've seen that game - nicely done. |
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Feb-27-17
 | | mjmorri: It seems like every time White offered a piece trade, Black's position improved. |
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| Feb-27-17 | | BOSTER: 23.c5 was very attractive.
If Bxc5 24.Bxe5. |
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