Feb-25-14
 | | Honza Cervenka: Great tactical melee. Alas that white missed 38.Nd5#. |
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| Mar-13-14 | | Cemoblanca: The moves 35.Rxg6!/36.e7+!/37.Qg8+! were amazing. Very entertaining game by Fridrik. :] |
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| May-18-22 | | Brenin: 35 Rxg6+ Kxg6 (otherwise Black has lost a piece) 36 e7+ (the point, gaining a tempo with the check) Rd6 (otherwise 37 exd8=Q) 37 Qg8+ Kf6 (37 ... Ng7 38 e8=Q+ or 37 ... Kh6 38 Qh8+ Kg6 39 Qxe8+) 38 Nd5 mate, a finish missed by White in the game |
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| May-18-22 | | mel gibson: Easy today -
I saw that in under 3 seconds.
Stockfish 15 says:
35. Rxg6+
(35. Rxg6+ (♖h6xg6+ ♔g7xg6 e6-e7+ ♖d8-d6
♕c4-g8+ ♔g6-h6 ♕g8-h8+ ♔h6-g5 h2-h4+ ♔g5-g4 ♕h8-g8+ ♔g4-f3 ♖c6xd6 ♖e1xf1+
♔g1xf1 ♕b7-a6+ ♔f1-g1 ♘e8xd6 ♕g8-g6 ♕a6-c4 ♕g6xd6 ♔f3-g4 ♔g1-g2 ♕c4-f1+
♔g2xf1 ♔g4-h3 ♔f1-g1 b6-b5 ♕d6-g6 b5-b4 ♕g6xf5+) +M16/69 78) White wins mate in 16. |
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| May-18-22 | | saturn2: 35.Rxg6 followed by e7 decides |
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May-18-22
 | | al wazir: 38. Nd5# is better. Oh, I see <Brenin> already posted that. I might have known. |
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| May-18-22 | | CaliWest: I got the whole thing today, plus the better 38. Nd5# Not often I get it right |
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| May-18-22 | | agb2002: White has a bishop and a pawn for a knight.
Black threatens Kxh6.
The rook on c6 x-rays g6. This suggests 35.Rxg6+ Kxg6 36.e7+ Rd6 37.Qg8+: A) 37... Kf6 38.Nd5#.
B) 37... Kh6 38.Qxe8 (38.Rxd6+ Nxd6 39.Qe6+ Kh7 40.Qxd6 Qa6) B.1) 38... Rxc6 39.Qh8+ Kg5 (39... Kg6 40.e8=Q+ wins) 40.Qh4+ Kg6 41.e8=Q+ wins. B.2) 38... Qxc6 39.Qh8+ Kg5 40.e8=Q wins (40... Rxf1+ 41.Kxf1 Qh1+ 42.Ke2). C) 37... Kh5 38.Qxe8+ wins. |
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| May-18-22 | | agb2002: Olafsson was surely on autopilot and under time pressure when he played 38.Qxe8. |
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| May-18-22 | | yrotcivca: The game move is good, but I think e7 also works 35. e7 Qxe7 36. Rcxg6+ Kf8 37. Qg8#
35. e7 Rd4 (or Rd1) 36. Rcxg6#
35. e7 Kxh6 36. exd8=Q Ng7 37. Rc7 Qf3 38. Qf7 Nh5 39. Qdg8 Qg4 40. Qfh7+ Kg5 41. h4+ Kf6 42. Qhf7# |
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| May-18-22 | | Lambda: 35.Rxg6 Kxg6 (only testing reply) 36.e7+ Rd6 (else exd8=Q) 37.Qg8+ Kh6 (37...Kf6 38.Nd5#, and black must avoid Qxe8 being check) 38.Qh8+ Kg5 39.h4+ Kg4 40.Qg8+ Kf3 41.Qxe8 and with Qh5# threatened and the long diagonal blocked, black has no good defence. Note that it's important for the Nc3 to guard d1. |
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May-18-22
 | | Teyss: <To all those who are surprised a GM didn't find 38.Nd5#> It was close to move 40 so he most likely was under time pressure as pointed out by <agb2002> and probably was expecting 37...Kh6 or Kh5 where he would play 38.Qxe8, so stuck to his plan. |
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| May-18-22 | | TheaN: <Lambda: 35.Rxg6 Kxg6 (only testing reply) 36.e7+ Rd6 (else exd8=Q) 37.Qg8+ Kh6 (37...Kf6 38.Nd5#, and black must avoid Qxe8 being check) 38.Qh8+ Kg5 39.h4+ Kg4 40.Qg8+ Kf3 41.Qxe8 and with Qh5# threatened and the long diagonal blocked, black has no good defence. Note that it's important for the Nc3 to guard d1.> I had <this> in its entirety, and though it's not crucial, 'just' winning both knights is risky for White because of the pin on Bf1. To shorten it, Lambda challenges this position: <35.Rxg6+ Kxg6 36.e7+ Rd6 37.Qg8+ Kh6?!>
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Turns out it doesn't matter too much. 38.Qxe8!? is +18, whereas Qh8+ is #13. The point is all the tempi lost by Black in the Qxe8 line that doesn't allow him a swindle, ie, 38....Rxc6? 39.Qh8+ Kg5 40.Qh4+ Kg6 41.e8Q+ +-. Not necessarily bonus points, but kudos if you saw <38.Qh8+ Kg5> if Kg6 now, Qxe8+ leaves no doubt. <39.h4+ Kg4 40.Qg8+ Kf3 41.Qxe8 #9>:
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And mate in 9, as White threatens Qh5# and the knight on c3 is defending against as good as any threat there is, ie <41....Rxf1+ 42.Kxf1 Qa6+ 43.Kg1 #7>. |
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May-18-22
 | | chrisowen: Lad job um I dangle Rxg6 eel ablush bubble yob baffle pe7 fluff brush zap uvray Qg8 goggle clubhouse racy gotcha Rxg6 eel; |
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| May-18-22 | | Brenin: <Lambda, TheaN>: I missed 38 ... Kg5! in my earlier posting, so thanks for reassuring us that it is still a win for White, though only just, with the N on c3 snuffng out any Black counter-attacks when White runs out of good checks with the Black K on f3. In fact, in addition to 41 Qxe8, White can also deliver mate (in about a dozen moves) with Rxd6 or Qg5 at this point. |
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May-18-22
 | | PawnSac: < agb2002: Olafsson was surely on autopilot and under time pressure when he played 38.Qxe8. > Agreed. It happens. When I looked at the position from the front page, the exchange sac with discovered check was obvious, and as soon as I saw that the pawn push would clear the line for the back rank check, I thought.. "the pawn will queen!" Instant justification for Rxg6+ Now, this was in the days of straight time. No increments. If both players clocks were low, white wouldn't have the luxury of thinking on black's time, and I can completely imagine both players blitz the sequence and miss Nd5# in the scramble. But it's one of those occasions where you snap off the knight, hit the clock, and instantly the thought flashes in your brain.. "Oh crap! I just missed mate!" LOL No doubt they mentioned it at the board immediately after black resigned; possibly even laughed about it. |
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| May-18-22 | | thegoodanarchist: <Honza Cervenka: Great tactical melee. Alas that white missed 38.Nd5#.> Maybe time trouble. At least he still won. You'd hate to miss mate in 1, and then lose. |
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May-18-22
| | chrisowen: < Bed it in > no :) |
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| May-18-22 | | TheaN: Some good points have been brought up about White missing a mate in one. I'd rather just challenge those that questioned it. Ever been in a tactical swashbuckling with moments to spare? 38.Nd5# was <not> a very typical pattern, so if White was down to less than a minute I can understand the safe option, alas seeing all potential counterattacks in a short amount of time wouldn't be possible either; it was probably what White was focusing on though. "Am I getting mated, no, Qxe8". Also, time pressure in relation to time controls is a weird concept. In a blitz game most of us would see Nd5# with less than a minute. In a classical game, as I just stated, we are more inclined to believe it can be missed. I always get a lot more anxious with time pressure in a classical game, even with more time on the clock than we have for an entire blitz game. Mindset, I reckon. Classical, we aren't wired to play fast, and everything sinks in a bit slower. In Blitz, we are set to play fast (and accept potentially much more severe mistakes given limited time). Worth a psychological study in itself. |
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| May-18-22 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: I found the combination, but it is surreal that a GMI didn't see a check-mate in one with 38.♘d5#. Maybe high time pressure. If 37...♔h5 38. h4 and also check mate next. However, with 37...♔h6 there is no immediate mate, then White must be humble with 37...♔h6 38. ♖xd6+ ♘xd6 39. ♕e6+ ♔g7 40. ♕xd6 ♔f7 41. ♘d5. The possibility of ♖xf1+ 41. ♔xf1 ♕h1+ 42. ♔e2 e4 trying to find a perpetual check, fails due to 43.♕e5+, when answers like 43...♔g8 or 43...♔h8 or 43...♔g6 or 43...♔f7 meets 44.e8=♕+, while 43...♔h7 faces 44.♕xf5+. For 43...♔h6, White continues with 44.♕f6+ followed by the same 45.♕xf5+ and no checks for Black. |
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| May-18-22 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: I planned
37. Rxd6+ Nxd6
38. Qe6+ Kh7
39. Qxd6
Up to a point that's simpler. But it isn't really, in that it allows Black counterplay trying for mate or perpetual check. Still, it wins nicely according to the engine, and who's to say better lines might not have become apparent over the board? |
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Kibitzing
sac: 35.Rxg6+
