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| Aug-06-18 | | ChessHigherCat: COOKED AS A.LAMI
FWIW, I really liked this puzzle. Not one of those where you end up with a slight material advantage and then win in 39 moves. Great Friday puzzle, lousy Monday puzzle |
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| Aug-06-18 | | tjshann: I love Fridays! |
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| Aug-06-18 | | lost in space: Saw the generell idea....
18. Rxd7+ Kxd7 19. Nc5+ Kd6 (best move; other king moves lead to mate) 20. Qxe6+ Kxc5 21. b4+ Kd4 22. Bg2 and there are too many mate threats (after the whites next move Qd5+) Hard for a Monday |
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Aug-06-18
 | | Penguincw: Happy Civic Holiday to all that it applies to.
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I honestly thought this was a new puzzle, like a new Monday puzzle. It did have a blue link, but then I realized it was originally a Friday puzzle that I didn't bother with. But since it's Monday, anyone want a Monday puzzle? Here's one I randomly found. 30.?
click for larger viewSolution: P Soln vs N Fercec, 2001. Somewhat challenging Monday. |
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| Aug-06-18 | | diagonalley: looking back over these posts it would appear that master owen is alive (if not well) ... but thankfully CG offers the 'ignore user' option, which <diagonalley> successfully deployed against master owen - perhaps his real name is bates(?) - many moons ago... |
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| Aug-06-18 | | landshark: <Penguincw> Thanks for the real Monday. It did take me longer until I remembered - Q sac!
30.Qxh6+ Kxh6 31.Nf6# since it blocks the black Q from snarfing the h4 rook - |
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| Aug-06-18 | | Walter Glattke: 23.-Kc3 24.Qb5# / 23.-Ke3 24.Qe6+ Kf2 25.Qf4+ Kxg2 26.Qf1# / 23.-Ke3 24.Qe6+ Kd4 25.Qd5+ Ke3 26.Qe4+ Kf2 27.Qf3# / 24.-Kf4 25.Rf1+ Qf2 26.Rxf2# or 25.Qf5+ Ke3 26.Qe4+ Kf2 27.Rf1# or 27.Qf3# |
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| Aug-06-18 | | lost in space: Hi <Penguincw> 30. Qh6+ Kh6 (only move) 31. Nf6#
I love Mondays! |
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| Aug-06-18 | | ChessHigherCat: Thanks <Penguin>, excellent choice! |
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| Aug-06-18 | | malt: Thanks <Penguincw:> 30.Q:h6+ K:h6 31.Nf6#
I had composed one for today, you got in first. |
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| Aug-06-18 | | jith1207: So, next two day puzzles would be Saturday and Sunday toughness? <Thursdays are the New Mondays>. |
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| Aug-06-18 | | jith1207: Knowing it's not a Monday puzzle, and having not already seen its previous instance in June, I was able to solve in more than few ways, including the text line. I take it as an improvement over the years personally. Thank You, <Demetrius Cross>. |
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| Aug-06-18 | | Whitehat1963: Monday?? |
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Aug-06-18
 | | Richard Taylor: I recognized this. The method is as I saw last time. They are still lacking their Webmaster. |
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| Aug-06-18 | | Pawn Slayer: Holy cow. I got it (well, nearly all the way) but only after 30 mins thought. If that's a Monday, I dread Sunday's puzzle!!
As for chrisowen, I've always thought he was like the embarrassing distant relative at family reunions: the one who pulls lewd faces and swears, but everyone politely ignores and carries on as if he didn't exist. I thought there was some unwritten rule that no-one mentions him. I simply cannot understand what he gets out of it, but each to his own. |
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| Aug-06-18 | | Chess for life: What's going on with Chessgames.com? Wrong day puzzles, live games that happened 4 days ago... |
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Aug-06-18
 | | moronovich: <Aug-06-18
Chess for life: What's going on with Chessgames.com? Wrong day puzzles, live games that happened 4 days ago..> Daniel Freeman passed away about a week ago.So we must all bear with the new situation. |
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| Aug-06-18 | | Pasker: How come this is a Monday puzzle? Its not that easy. This is deep for us mere mortals. |
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| Aug-06-18 | | Olsonist: Looked at it last night and gave it a rest. Saw it this morning. The rook screamed to be sac'd and it was fill in the details from there. I love Wednesdays. That and I truly appreciate Daniel Freeman for the enjoyment he has afforded me. |
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Aug-06-18
 | | cu8sfan: Wow, that was difficult, even for me! |
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Aug-06-18
 | | catlover: Thanks, <Penguincw>. Your puzzle was perfect for today! |
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Aug-06-18
 | | gawain: I was aware that (due to the very sad recent setback suffered by the chessgames.com site) this puzzle, whatever it was, would likely not be a Monday Very Easy specimen. So it was a Friday. I believe it. Pretty tough to carry all the way through. I saw the general idea: enough to get the first 3 moves. |
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Aug-06-18
| | Penguincw: <landshark>, <lost in space>, <ChessHigherCat>, <catlover> You're welcome.
< malt: Thanks <Penguincw:>30.Q:h6+ K:h6 31.Nf6#
I had composed one for today, you got in first. > You're welcome too. But hey. On Thursday <cg> will release the Monday puzzle from Mon/Jun/18, so you could release your composition then. |
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| Aug-06-18 | | cormier: 
click for larger viewAnalysis by Houdini 4
16...Qxb7 17.Bg2 Qc7 18.Bxa8 Rxa8 19.Kb1 Qc4 20.Qe3 Rc8 21.Rd2 h6 22.Rhd1 Nf8 23.Qa7+ Rc7 24.Qxa6 Bf6 25.f5 Kf7 26.c3 exf5 27.gxf5 Qe4+ 28.Ka1 Qxf5 29.Rd5 Qh3 30.Rxb5 Qxh2 31.Rb7 Kg8 32.a4 Rc5 33.Qd3 Re5 34.Qc4+ Ne6 35.Rb5 Re3 36.a5 Qc2 37.Qb3 Qxb3 38.Rxb3 Nc5 39.Rb6
= (0.16) Depth: 25 dpa
16...Qxb7 17.Bg2
= (0.24 --) Depth: 26 dpa |
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Aug-06-18
 | | Breunor: I got this one right away. Looking back I missed it the first time, I played g5 when the puzzle was shown recently; so I suspect I remembered the game. |
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sac: 18.Rxd7+