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| Oct-03-08 | | Kings Indian: Had to be a forced mate. That always makes a bold strategy a given. The rest was very pretty, but a bit predictable for Friday. Kings Indian's dad |
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| Oct-03-08 | | Woody Wood Pusher: 38.Qf8+ was the hardest move to find IMO |
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| Oct-03-08 | | VooDooMoves: <Miachonzinho> After 35. Bxg6+ Kxg6 36. Qd6+ Kh7 37. Qd3+ Kg7 38. Qxf3 Rxe5 39. Qc3 Qe3+! and white cannot avoid the queen trade as it allows black a perpetual. 40. Kg2 (or 40. Qxe3 Rxe3+ and 41...Rb3) 40...Qe2+ 41. Kg1 Qe3+ 42. Qxe3 Rxe3 43. Rd7 Rb3 44. Rxb7 Rxb2 45. a5 b5 46. a6 Ra2 47. a7 b4 and now a trade of pawns seems likely and with the only pawns left all on one side of the board a draw seems likely. 1 line runs 48. Kf1 b3 49. Ke1 b2 50. Kd1 b1=Q+ 51. Rxb1 Rxa7. |
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| Oct-03-08 | | newzild: Okay, I'm following Dzchiel's method, which is to write my comments in Notepad and paste them across, so I don't actually know what the move number is... Assess the position: Both sides are attacking. Black threatens 1...Qg2+ and 2...Qxh2++. This rules out a lot of first moves for white. Candidate moves:
1.Bxg6+
1.Rh8+
1.e6
Let's assess 1.Rh8+ first, because black has only one reply. 1.Rh8+ Kxh8
2.Qf8+ Kh7
3.Qxf7+ Kh8
4.Qf6+ and now...
4...Kh7
5.Bxg6+ Kg8
6.Qf7+ Kh8
7.Qh7++
or...
4...Kg8
5.Bc4+ Bd5
and white is stymied.
But white can win the black bishop and chew up all black's K-side pawns in this fashion: 4...Kg8
5.Qxg6+ Kf8
6.Qxh6+ Ke8
7.Qe6+ Kd8
8.Qf6+ K any
9.Qxf3
Is this the winning sequence? I suspect not. But my girlfriend is getting grumpy at me for being on the 'puter for more than 20 minutes. So it's DEFINITELY time to check... |
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| Oct-03-08 | | newzild: ..Grrr!
I got the key but missed the simple mate, although I think my line wins in the long run. |
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| Oct-03-08 | | DarthStapler: I got the first three moves |
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| Oct-03-08 | | I Offer You A Resign: I got it!!! Wooo! I can't believe it! LOL. Man I feel so good. Unfortunately, i usually can't get the other ones >.< |
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| Oct-03-08 | | MostlyAverageJoe: According to my engine-based evaluation, the difficulty of this puzzle is almost exactly on the average Wednesday level. This assessment appears to be confirmed by the fact that my 8-year old son figured it out as well after a bit of thinking (Thursdays and later puzzles are usually too difficult for his 1000 ELO rating). |
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| Oct-08-08 | | Everyone: <braimondi> Yesterday will be so much more hard than today... |
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| Sep-28-12 | | vinidivici: Deserves GOTD...i think |
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Jun-16-23
 | | takebackok: Hey its a puz, so Rh8+,fun move is the Bxg6+ with a naked king mate! Oh yea! |
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| Jun-16-23 | | Brenin: Threatened with mate, White has 35 Rh8+ with mate after 35 ... Kxh8 (Kg7 36 Qf8 mate) 36 Qf8+ Kh7 37 Qxf7+ Kh8 38 Qf8+ Kh7 39 Bxg6+ Kxg6 40 Qg8 mate. |
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Jun-16-23
 | | perfidious: Forintos' king is under deadly threat, but 35.Rh8+ Kxh8 36.Qf8+ Kh7 37.Qxf7+ forces at least a perpetual. Wait: does White have more?
Aha! 37.Qxf7+ Kh8 38.Qf8+ Kh7 39.Bxg6+ is a pretty way to close the proceedings; one might say Black's king gets tomohawked. |
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| Jun-16-23 | | Brenin: White's 32 f3 was a mistake, with 32 Qf8 winning. Then, instead of the impetuous 33 ... Qg1+, eliminating White's B first with 33 ... Rxb5 would have given Black a draw, e.g. 34 axb5 Qg1+ 35 Kf4 Bb1, threatening 36 ... g5 mate, e.g. 36 h4 Qh2+ 37 Ke3 Qxe5+ 38 Kd2 or Kf2 Qh2+ etc. |
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| Jun-16-23 | | Mayankk: With White King in a mating net, something needs to be done pretty quickly. That makes the solution easy to find. 35 Rh8+ Kxh8 36 Qf8+ Kg7 37 Qxf7+ Kh8.
So far so good. We have pushed the Black King in a corner and luckily for us, none of Black pieces have any say over the proceedings in this corner. Black Bishop and Queen are busy planning to mate White King while its Rook needs two moves to be of any help. After this it got murky for me. I didn't spot the pretty 38 Qf8+ Kh7 39 Bxg6+ Kxg6 40 Qg8# idea. Instead I digressed with 38 Qe8+. If 38 ... Kh7, its an easy mate with 39 Qxg6+ Kh8 40 Qh7#. If 38 ... Kg7, then I hoped 39 Qxg6+ Kf8 may lead to a mate down the line. Tricky ending after an easy-to-spot attack. |
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| Jun-16-23 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: Trying: 35. Bxg6+ (fxg6 36. Qe7#) Kxg6 36. Qd6+(Kg7 37. Qf6+ Kh7 38. Rh8#) Kh7 37. Qd3+ Kg7 38. Qxf3 Rxe5 and White attack seems to fail.
The other possibility is: 35. Rh8+ (Kg7 36. Qf8#) Kxh8 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Qxf7+ Kh8. Now, 38. Qf6+ Kh7 39. Bxg6+ Kg8 40. Qf7+ Kh8 41. Qh7# or 38... Kg8 39. Qxg6+ (Kh8 40. Qh7#) Kf8 40. Qd6+ (Ke8 41. Bg6#) 41. Bc4+ Kg7 42. Qf6+ Kh7 43. Qf7+ Kh8 44. Qg8# . But Black can resist with 41... Bd5 42. Bxd5+ Rxd5 43. Qxd5+ Ke8 44. Qe6+ Kd8 45. Qd6+ Ke8 46. e6. I don't know if this is enough to win the game. For this reason, maybe 38. Qxf3 can be the right continuation. Well, I didn't see the 38. Bxg6+ Kxg6 39. Qg8#. Believe it or not? |
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| Jun-16-23 | | jrredfield: I jumped at 35 Bxg6 since Bishop sacs like that are such a common theme with POTDs. Too hasty on my part, as I saw eventually that this leads most likely to a draw. My next choice was 35 Rh8+, which is a mate in 6. By the time White plays 40 Qg8#, the two White pawns are perfectly oriented to cut off Black's escape routes - ingenious! |
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| Jun-16-23 | | mel gibson: Easy one today - it's forced mate in 6. |
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| Jun-16-23 | | agb2002: Black threatens mate in two.
White's e- and g-pawns control a number of squares around the black king. This suggests 35.Rh8+ Kxh8 (35... Kg7 36.Qf8#) 36.Qf8+ Kh7 37.Qxf7+ Kh8 38.Qf8+ (38.Qe8+ Kg7 39.Qxg6+ Kf8 40.Qf6+ Kg8 [40... Ke8 41.Bg6+ Kd7 42.Qd6+ Kc8 43.Bf5#] 41.Bc4+ Bd5) 38... Kh7 39.Bxg6+ Kg6 40.Qg8#. |
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| Jun-16-23 | | stacase: And I'll be looking for the Rook sacrifice tomorrow(-: |
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Jun-16-23
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: The puzzle proves easier than the question--when did Forintos foresee the game move? Obviously, he knew what he would do when he played Bd3+, but did he see the winning move further back? |
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| Jun-16-23 | | sfm: 30.g4!!
Ice cold. Giving just enough room so that the White king can escape. Then ten move later that pawn is participating in the mating of the black king. Pretty! |
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| Jun-16-23 | | karik: <newzild> do you still have the same girlfriend? |
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| Jun-16-23 | | goodevans: That's just way too easy for a Friday. |
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| Jun-16-23 | | paavoh: Black has a mate in two, so White has to give check right away with Rh8+. Too easy for Friday. |
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sac: 35.Rh8+