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| Apr-22-16 | | RandomVisitor: 
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<+3.31/34 29.Rxg7 Kxg7 30.Rg1+ Kf8 31.Bxf5> Bb7 32.Ne5 Rxe5 33.fxe5 Ke7 34.exf6+ Kd6 35.Qh5 Kc6 36.Qxf7 Qf4 37.Bh3 Qf3+ 38.Bg2 Qxd3 39.Qe6+ Kc7 40.f7 Bc6 41.Be5+ Kb7 42.Qd6 Qxd6 43.Bxd6 Nf8 44.Be7 Rc8 45.Bxc5 a5 46.Bd6 Ne6 47.Rf1 Rd8 48.e5 Bxg2+ 49.Kxg2 Kc6 50.Kg3 Kd5 51.Kg4 Rd7 52.h3 a4 53.bxa4 b3 54.Rd1+ Kc6 55.Kf5 Ng7+ 56.Kf6 Nh5+ 57.Kg5 Rxf7 58.Kxh5 Kd7 +3.30/34 29.Bxf5 Bh8 30.Rg3 Ke7 31.Kg1 Rg8 32.e5 Rxg3+ 33.hxg3 Re8 34.Bxh7 Kd8 35.Be4 Kc8 36.Nd6+ Qxd6 37.exd6 Nxe4 38.Bxh8 Nxd6 39.Qh5 Re3 40.Kf2 Rf3+ 41.Qxf3 Bxf3 42.Kxf3 f5 43.Ra1 Kb7 44.g4 fxg4+ 45.Kxg4 Kb6 46.Bg7 Nb7 47.Kf5 Nd8 48.Re1 Kc7 49.Re8 Nc6 50.Ke6 Nb6 51.f5 Nd8+ 52.Kf6 Nc6 53.Kg5 Nd7 54.f6 Nde5 55.Kf5 Kd6 +3.28/34 29.Ne3 Ne5 30.Bxe5 Rxe5 31.fxe5 Qxe5 32.Qg5 Bh8 33.Bxf5 Bb7 34.Nc4 Qd4 35.Bh3 Nxe4 36.dxe4 Qxe4+ 37.Bg2 Qxg2+ 38.Qxg2 Bxg2+ 39.Kxg2 Bd4 40.Rgf1 Rd5 41.h4 Rd7 42.Rde1 f6 43.Kh3 Kf7 44.Re2 Kg6 45.Rf3 Kf7 46.Rd2 Rd5 47.Rf1 h5 48.Rf3 Kg7 49.Re2 Rd7 50.Re8 Kh7 51.Rf1 Rg7 52.Rf5 Kg6 53.Rd5 |
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| Apr-23-16 | | CHESSTTCAMPS: White is down a knight and a pawn, but white's pieces are all placed well for attack, while the black pieces do not seriously threaten the white king. My first instinct was to play 29.Rxg7, but my intended follow-up 29... Kxg7 30.Qg5+ Kf8 did not control e7 effectively. So I started looking at 29.Qg5, without getting anything conclusive. Finally I found the key follow-up to the first choice: 29.Rxg7! eliminates the black king's best defender.
A.29... Kxg7 30.Ne3!! (the threat of Nf5+ gains a tempo) Rxe4 31.Nf5+ Kh8 32.Bxf6+ Nxf6 33.Qxf6+ Kg8 34.Qg7# A.1 30... fe 31.Nf5+ Kh8 (Kg6 32.Qh6#; Kf8 32.Qh6+; Kg8 32.Qg5+ all force mate) 32.Bxf6+ Nxf6 33.Qxf6+ Kg8 34.Qg7# A.2 30... Kf8 31.Nxf5 Re6 (Re7 32.Qh6+ Ke8 33.Ng7+ Kf8 34.Ne6+ wins the Q) 32.Qh6+ Ke8 33.Ng7+ Ke7 34.Nxe6 fe6 35.Qg7+ Ke8 (Kd6 36.Bd5+ Nxd5 37.ed+ wins the queen) 36.Bxf6 Qd6 37.Bxd8 leaves white up the exchange. B.29... Rxe4 30.dxe4 Bxe4+ 31.Rg2 - white has regained the material and the threat of Nd6 appears decisive. Time for review.. |
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| Apr-23-16 | | CHESSTTCAMPS: The try 29.Rxg7 Kxg7 30.Ne3 appears to be refuted by 30... Rg8. |
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Apr-29-16
 | | Penguincw: Before I even tried solving this puzzle, I saw a purple link, meaning it has to be a recent puzzle. Looking at my history, it was just the puzzle last Friday. Hmph. Didn't get anything out of this puzzle. However, judging by my post last week, looks like I didn't have any success then either. < Apr-22-16 Penguincw: I'd just like to say, happy Earth Day. > |
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Apr-29-16
 | | al wazir: Why are this week's puzzles so much harder than usual? What have we kibitzers done to deserve this? Is this supposed to make up for the Monday-level puzzle that <CG> mistakenly posted as "insane" on 4/24? |
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Apr-29-16
 | | agb2002: Too recent. |
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Apr-29-16
| | agb2002: A long time ago I decided to ignore the assigned/supposed level of difficulty and just go for it. I don't care whether it's an insane Monday or an easy peasy Sunday. Actually, I think this resembles real life more closely. Anyway, this is my personal opinion and stance. |
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| Apr-29-16 | | morfishine: DeJa Vu |
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| Apr-29-16 | | gofer: <I don't wish to complain but...> As a cheap-skate member of CG I am wary of starting in this vein, but
really repeating a POTD is a pretty rubbish idea in the first place and
I am luckily that it doesn't happen too often. But this one was POTD last Friday!
What is worse is that this POTD was rubbish last week too. <The final position is winning for black!!!> So re-using <this> POTD is twice as bad as had it been a good POTD, by next week it will be exponentially worse... :-( |
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| Apr-29-16 | | dnp: is it me or what? How come the dates of posts are all April 22-16? I couldn't have slept a whole week without somehow noticing................could I? |
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| Apr-29-16 | | dnp: ah, right......... But still confused |
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| Apr-29-16 | | Boerboel Guy: Testing our memory banks! |
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Apr-29-16
 | | scormus: I see from the posts it was POTD last week but I was away and missed it. Certainly, it's a bit strange, 29 Eg7 is indicated but I surely 30 Rg1 should follow, denying B the g8 for his R. With 30 Bxf5 W seemed to have lost his way. But B playes .... Kf8 anyway giving W another bite at the Rg1 cherry. However, by then W had already played 30 Bf5 so 31 Bd7 was possible. B had to recapture with the N and 32 Qh6+ Ke7 33 Qg5+ Nf6 34 Bf6+ etc wins by force. After that both players continued to miss chances.
I propose a pun for this "Lost Highway" |
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| Apr-29-16 | | cocker: It was only last week, but I didn't recognise it until the final position, where Black has good chance of winning. |
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| Apr-29-16 | | leRevenant: <al wazir: Why are this week's puzzles so much harder than usual? What have we kibitzers done to deserve this? Is this supposed to make up for the Monday-level puzzle that <CG> mistakenly posted as "insane" on 4/24?>
Has the identity of CG recently changed, perhaps? |
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| Apr-29-16 | | Lingard Goulding: Oh dear, more interminable drivel from chrisowen. He is certainly no James Joyce. Does anybody actually read his unintelligible outpourings? |
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| Apr-29-16 | | N0B0DY: chriswho? ignored by N0b0dy since <Aug-16-12> |
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| Apr-29-16 | | WorstPlayerEver: Dunno why this repost, somehow it reminded me of the POTD of April 27th though. Seems there are some simularities. Kharlov vs Tseshkovsky, 1996 |
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Apr-29-16
 | | Dionysius1: Hi <Gofer> How is the final position winning for Black? Isn't White going to mate on g7 or h8? |
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| Apr-29-16 | | Nostrils: I think Chris has changed his algorithm recently. |
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| Apr-29-16 | | Nostrils: Is this CG's way of saying we didn't correctly solve the puzzle last week? |
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Apr-29-16
 | | thegoodanarchist: <Penguincw: Before I even tried solving this puzzle, I saw a purple link, meaning it has to be a recent puzzle. Looking at my history, it was just the puzzle last Friday> Maybe chessgames.com only has a few games in the database, and the rest are fakes. So they need to keep reusing games for puzzles. |
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| Apr-29-16 | | mel gibson: I saw this one straight away.
However my next move was to check the King with the other Rook & then take the pawn with the bishop -
slightly different order but it works just the same. |
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Apr-29-16
 | | chessgames.com: We are very sorry for the scheduling mishap that unintentionally recycled last week's puzzle. Under the unusual circumstances we'll have two puzzles today and show you as well a rerun from 2004. See you over at Piskov vs M Krasenkow, 1989 (43. ?) |
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Apr-29-16
| | Penguincw: < thegoodanarchist: ... Maybe chessgames.com only has a few games in the database, and the rest are fakes. So they need to keep reusing games for puzzles. > Well, it can be hard finding puzzles, even if they control everything on this site. I believe a while ago they made a bet to some user saying if you can find 10 Sunday-calibre puzzles, they'll give you a year of membership. I wonder if that bet is still on... chessgames.com chessforum |
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