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Lubomir Kavalek vs German Khodos
World Student Team Championship Final-A (1965), Sinaia ROU, rd 1, Aug-??
Sicilian Defense: Kan. Knight Variation (B43)  ·  1-0

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May-31-11
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  GrahamClayton: 23. ♖d8+! - great sacrifice.

23...♕xd8 24. ♕e6+ ♔f8 25. ♕f7#, while the prettiest variation is 23...♗xd8 24. ♕xh8! ♔xh8 25. ♖f8#.

Feb-13-14
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  Phony Benoni: Historical perspective: here's Zukertort vs Lipschutz, 1886, after <23.Qg3>


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Lipschutz actually missed the mate, but went on to win anyway.

Feb-13-14  lost in space: 22. Rd8+ is the shot!
Feb-13-14  andrewjsacks: Beautiful tactical shot.
Feb-13-14
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  FSR: 22.Rd8+! is a cute shot:

22...Bxd8 23.Qxh8+ Kxh8 24.Rf8#;

22...Qxd8 23.Qe6+ Kf8 24.Qf7#.

Feb-13-14  devere: 22.Rd8+ is very pretty but also quite easy to see.
Feb-13-14  xthred: Thanks for the explanation <GrahamClayton>
Feb-13-14  Granny O Doul: I guess superior intellect does prevail over puny weapons from time to time. Eh, Khodos?
Feb-13-14  agb2002: White has a bishop and a knight for the bishop pair and a pawn.

Black threatens 22... Q(R)xh3.

Pattern recognition finds two different mate positions:


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and


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They suggest 22.Rd8+:

A) 22... Qxd8 23.Qe6+ Kf8 24.Qf7#.

B) 22... Nxd8 23.Qxh8+ Kxh8 24.Rf8#.

Feb-13-14  patzer2: Pretty much a blitz move for me with today's Thursday solution of 22. Rd8+, which forces either one or the other of the two mate patterns pictured in the diagrams above by <agb2002:>.
Feb-13-14  legi: Interesting. This week, Monday was harder than Thursday.
Feb-13-14  diagonalley: (groan) .... didn't spot it... drat and double drat
Feb-13-14  Doniez: I found Rd8+. And now I can wait my next flight to come back home.
Feb-13-14  Diademas: Thursday seems to be the easiest puzzle this week. After feeling like an idiot all week, I'm now resdy to declear myself a genius (yet again ;)).
Feb-13-14
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  OhioChessFan: The theme is the overworked defender, as the Queen has to protect d8 and e6. A check forces the Queen's hand, and Rd8+ ends the game.
Feb-13-14  DanielLam: I agree with Diademas --- the three preceding puzzles this week were actually tougher than this one... This one should have been the Monday puzzle instead :)
Feb-13-14  Nick46: I got today's POTD after bombing out Monday thru Wednesday. PS saw <Diademas> & <DanielLam> after writing the above.
Feb-13-14  Mendrys: This puzzle was much more forcing. The "yeah, but what if.." is either 22...Qxd8 or 22...Bxd8 both of which lead to a quick mate. The earlier puzzles this week all seemed to have several "what ifs" that often lead to a significant plus but no forced mates like today.
Feb-13-14  morfishine: I goofed up the move order, but it looks sufficient to win

22.Rd8+ Bxd8 23.Rf8+ (I groaned when I saw the game score overlooking 23.Qxh8+ and mate next move)

23...Kxf8 24.Qxh8+ Ke7 25.Qxg7+ Kd6 26.Qxg6+ Ke7 27.Bc5+ (the saving deflection)

27...Qxc5 28.Qe6+ Kf8 29.Qf7#

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Feb-13-14
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  Richard Taylor: Fairly routine back rank theme. But beautiful! These only require practice to see quickly.
Feb-13-14
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  Richard Taylor: 7. ... b5 looks unwise. Black needs to develop before commencing pawn advances etc 7. ... d6 looks better.
Feb-13-14  handro1104: Qxc8++ What am i missing?
Feb-13-14  Refused: 22.Rd8+ Qxd8 23.Qe6+ Kf8 24.Qf7#
22.Rd8+ Bxd8 23.Qxh8+ Kxh6 24.Rf8#

Somehow this feels like the easiest puzzle this week. Pretty straight forward.

Feb-13-14
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  Benzol: <handro1104> <Qxc8++ What am i missing?>

22...Bxc8 perhaps?

Feb-13-14  Refused: <handro1104: Qxc8++ What am i missing?>

22.Qxc8+? Bxc8, my guess is you somehow thought that the B on f6 was pinned or something and that 23.Rd8+? would be mate. But 23.Rd8+? Bxd8

No idea if that's what you are missing. *shrug*

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