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Dec-19-09 | | rgr459: too easy |
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Dec-11-15 | | SeanAzarin: Knight of the Square Table |
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May-29-17
 | | FSR: I tried to submit <Good Knight> for this game, but someone beat me to it. |
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Dec-21-18 | | nalinw: Seemed easier than the previous two days .... |
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Dec-21-18 | | mel gibson: That was easy.
Stockfish 10 says:
mate in 6.
20. Qc4+
(20. Qc4+ (♕e2-c4+ ♔f7-f6 ♖e1-e6+ ♔f6xf5 d4-d5 ♕b6xf2+ ♔g1xf2
♗b4-e1+ ♖a1xe1 ♖e8xe6 ♕c4-f4+) +M6/65 14) |
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Dec-21-18
 | | agb2002: White has two pawns for a knight.
Black threatens Rxe2 and Bxe1.
The obvious maneuver is 20.Qc4+ Kf6 21.Re6+ Kxf5 (21... Kf7 22.Rxc6+ Re6 23.Qxe6#; 21... Rxe6 22.Qxe6#) 22.d5: A) 22... Rxe6 (or 22... Nf6) 23.Qf4#.
B) 22... Qc7 (or 22... g5, 22... Bd2, 22... Bd6) 23.Qe(g)4#. C) 22... cxd5 23.Qg4#. |
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Dec-21-18 | | ACMEKINGKRUSHER: WOW,
Not BAD for a 451 Point Rating Difference! Just by chance I happened to look it up! Congrats to SIMON!!
AKK |
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Dec-21-18 | | Mayankk: I got the first two moves in a jiffy but struggled to spot 22 d5. I wonder what is it with the simple pawn moves that I forget to evaluate them in the midst of tactical fights. |
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Dec-21-18 | | areknames: Definitely not Friday standard. |
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Dec-21-18 | | latebishop: Mayankk-Yes seeing 22.d5 is the challenging part in visualising the mate I think. |
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Dec-21-18 | | areknames: Unusual to see a GM murdered like this by an untitled player. |
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Dec-21-18 | | ChessHigherCat: Took me a little while but I think this works:
20. Qc4+ Kf6 21. Re6+ Kxf5 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qf7+ Ke4 24. Qxe8+ Kf3 (Kxd4 is kamikaze-ville) 25. Qe3# |
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Dec-21-18 | | ChessHigherCat: Whoops, missed the defense 23...Nf6. <Mayankk> I looked at d5 but didn't see the follow-up. |
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Dec-21-18 | | Eduardo Leon: Not that difficult.
<20.♕c4+ ♔f6 21.♖e6+ ♔xf5> 21...♖xe6 22.♕xe6#
<22.d5!>
Black cannot simultaneously stop both threats 23.♕f4# and 23.♕e4#. |
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Dec-21-18 | | stacase: <<Mayankk: I got the first two moves in a jiffy but struggled to spot 22 d5.> latebishop: Mayankk-Yes seeing 22.d5 is the challenging part in visualising the mate I think.> Same here I spent the most time on 22.d5 But then you had to make that first move, 20.Qc4+, in the puzzle correctly as 20.Pxg6+ was quicker to spot. But as one of those little tips you see when you post says, <"When you see a good move look for a better one">, definitely applied in this case. Too easy for a Friday? Yeah, I thought so but then at my level Chess is sometimes just plain dumb luck and you stumble on coming up with the best move (-: |
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Dec-21-18
 | | Richard Taylor: I found the moves. I forgot though that Qf4 was mate and calculated Qg4 which also wins. But I saw Qf4 mate in all other lines or Qg4 mate. Reasonably straightforward. Quite a beautiful attack by White. |
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Dec-21-18 | | Walter Glattke: Prolongue mate possible with e.g. 22.-Qxf2+ 23.Kxf2 Bc5+ 24.Kg2 Bd4 25.Qd3# |
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Dec-21-18 | | Walter Glattke: 22.d5 threatens 4 mates: Qe4/f4/g4/d3 |
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Dec-21-18 | | siggemannen: 17...Kf8 seems better |
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Dec-21-18
 | | malt: Have 20.Qc4+ Kf6 21.Re6+ K:f5 22.d5 cd5
23.Q:d5+ Ne5 24.Q:e5#
Noticed 23.Qg4# later. |
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Dec-21-18 | | gofer: 20 Qc4+ Kf6 (Re6 Qxe6#) 21 Re6+ Kxf5 (Rxe6 Qxe6#) At this point, there are probably lots of solutions. But one grabbing lots of bits seems to be... 22 Rxe8 (threatening Qf7#) Rxe8
23 Qf7+ Ke4
24 Qxe8+ Kf4/Kd4 (Kxd4 Be3+!)
25 Qxd7+ +-
Black escapes for a few more moves, but is a whole rook down and its probably time to resign... ~~~
<Doh!> 22 d5 is much cleaner!!! |
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Dec-21-18 | | Walter Glattke: gofer: 23.-Nf6 |
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Dec-21-18
 | | thegoodanarchist: Simon says "checkmate!" |
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Dec-21-18 | | eyalbd: Qc4+ and Re6 are obvious. The key move is d5! with deadly threats on the 4th rank. Not too difficult to find. |
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Dec-21-18
 | | Breunor: Also missed d5! I think I would have made the first two moves instinctively, maybe I would then have found d5 but I didn't see it from the beginning. |
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