| Feb-13-17 | | saturn2: Bf7 clears the way for the queen to mate on h7 |
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| Feb-13-17 | | YouRang: Easy Monday 43.?
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Our Bg6 is nice bishop and all that, but at the moment it's actually in the way of Qh7#. So, we would like a forcing move to get it out of the way, and the most obvious try is <43.Bf7+>
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Now Qh7# is not only threatened, but inevitable. |
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| Feb-13-17 | | tjshann: Bf7. Whether Black takes with the Knight or moves the King to g7, white's Queen mates next move |
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| Feb-13-17 | | diagonalley: black's position is simply abominable!... had to play through the game to see how on earth he managed to get there!! |
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| Feb-13-17 | | lost in space: Had a lot of fun making the usual Monday-Queen sac working: 43. Qxd8 Raxd8 44. Bf7+ Kg7 45. Bb2+ Rd4 46. Bxd4+ Qf6 47. Rxf6 Bc5 48. Rg5+ Kf8 49. Rg8+ Ke7 50. Rxe8+ Kd7 51. bxc5 bxc5 52. Be5 a5 53. Rd6# 
click for larger viewUnfortunately 43. Qxd8 loses after 43...Qg6
What a pity |
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| Feb-13-17 | | ChessHigherCat: I think white could have won a lot sooner with 25 h3! If Qxg3 26 Nf5 Qxf4 27. Rf1 etc. If 25...Qg6 26. f5! If 25. ...Qh5 26. g4 Qh3/h5 27. Nf5! |
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Feb-13-17
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: An amusing thought--43.Bxe8 might have won a move sooner, for surely Black would have resigned on the spot! |
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| Feb-13-17 | | agb2002: White has the bishop pair and two pawn for a bishop and a knight. The bishop and g6 blocks the path of the queen to h7. Hence, 43.Bf7+ and 44.Qh7#. Two moves longer is 43.Bh7+ Kh8 (43... Kg7 44.Qd4+ Re5 45.Qxe5+ Qf6 46.Qxf6#) 44.Bg8+ Qh6 (44... Bh6 45.Qh7#) 45.Rxh6+ and 46.Qh7#. Much longer is 43.Qxd8. For example, 43... Rexd8 44.Bf7+ Kg7 45.Bb2+ Qf6 46.Rxf6 wins a piece at least, or 43... Qxg6 44.Qd5+ Qe6 45.Bb2 Bg7 (45... Qxd5 46.Rh8#) 46.Rg5 Qxd5 47.Rxg7+ Kh8 48.Rg5+ Re5 49.Rxe5 Qa2 50.Rh5+ Kg8 51.Rh8#. |
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| Feb-13-17 | | patzer2: For a Black improvement, I'd replace the awkward 14...Bc6?! which allows 15. a3  (+0.48 @ 20 depth, Deep Fritz 15.)Instead, I prefer 14...a6 when play might continue 15. a3 Nc6 16. Qc2 h6 = (0.17 @ 20 depth, Deep Fritz 15). The losing move appears to be 17...d5? allowing 18. cxd5  (+1.66 @ 21 depth, Deep Fritz 15). Instead, 17...Nb8 18. Rac1 (0.39 @ 21 depth, Deep Fritz 15) gives Black a much better fighting chance. |
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| Feb-13-17 | | morfishine: Clearance Sale
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| Feb-13-17 | | zb2cr: Too many choices! I was examining 42. Rxf8+, 42. Rh8+, 42. Bxe8, before finally deciding that 42. Bf7+ was the intended end. |
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| Feb-13-17 | | whiteshark: It's only <Monday> and a 3rd class player picks just the 3rd best move... <43.Bxe8> :( |
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| Feb-13-17 | | stst: B-sac:
43.Bf7+ NxB
44.Qh7#
Other ways are considerably longer. |
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| Feb-13-17 | | Once: Of course, after 43...Kg7, we could play 44. Qh7#. But don't you think that 44. Rh7# is prettier?
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| Feb-13-17 | | mjmorri: Amazing how quickly the Black King's pawn shield disappeared. I do not recall seeing such a denuded king before with so many pieces still left on the board. |
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| Feb-13-17 | | AlicesKnight: Saw it - too slowly for comfort. |
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| Feb-13-17 | | Mrs Butterworth: I saw
43. Bf7+!, Nxf7
(or ...Kg7)
44. Qh7#
White has a big advantage, so pretty much any reasonable move wins, but that looks like the quickest line. |
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| Feb-13-17 | | NightKnight: "An Englishman: Good Evening: An amusing thought--43.Bxe8 might have won a move sooner, for surely Black would have resigned on the spot!" This is the kind of dilemma I`ve faced all too often... |
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| Feb-13-17 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: Just to say "I'm alive". Bf7+ Nxf7 Qh7#, but I prefer Bf7+ Kg7 Rh7#. Guess some didn't see this mate. |
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Feb-13-17
 | | benveniste: It's Monday, so I found a way to offer a Queen sac that wins. So there. 43. ♗e4 ♕xe4
44. ♖g5+ ♗g7
45. ♗b2 ... |
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Kibitzing
sac: 43.Bf7+
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