Mar-22-12 | | JohnBoy: At what point is black truly lost here? This is a beautiful effort by Kulaots, with both GotD and PotD potential. |
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Mar-23-12 | | JohnBoy: "Roiz Cools Out" |
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Mar-23-12
 | | Penguincw: White had a nice center, only to blow it up just to win a piece. |
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Mar-23-12 | | stanleys: Roiz had a good position,but 17...c6 was a serious mistake,allowing white to play a beautiful combination. 17...Bc5+ and 18...c6 seems to be ok for black |
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Jan-12-13
 | | Phony Benoni: The Bishop Murder Case. |
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Apr-09-23 | | morphynoman2: What a game! |
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Feb-23-25
 | | Breunor: Once again first few moves on obvious for a supposedly hard puzzle. |
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Feb-23-25 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: The king saw this line, but it didn't work in my opinion: 21. Rxd5 cxd5 22. Bxd5+ (Kh8?? 23. Rf8+ Rxf8 24. exf8=Q#) 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Rf7 h6 25. Bd7 Kg8 (26. Be6 Kh7 27. Bd7 Kg8 tied game) or 26. Be6 Kh7 27. Bd7 Kg8 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Rf8+ Rxf8 30. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 it is guaranteed that W win this end game? I don't know. |
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Feb-23-25 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: Even with the following try, B couldn't keep the game it seems: 24...h6 25. Kf2 Kh7 26. Ke3 Kg6 27. Ke4 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Kf6 29. Rf7+ Kxe6 30. Rxg7 Rc8 31. c3 Rc4+ 32. Kd3 Ra4.
One possibility is: 33. Rxb7 Rxa2 34. g4 Ra4 35. h3 h5 36. b4 hxg4 37. hxg4 a5 38. Rb6+ Kf7 39. Ke4 axb4 40. cxb4, W win. |
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Feb-23-25 | | mel gibson: I saw the first few moves.
Stockfish 17 says:
21. Rxd5
(21. Rxd5 (1.Rxd5 cxd5 2.Bxd5+ Be6 3.Bxe6+ Kh8 4.Rf7
h5 5.Rf5 Kh7 6.Bf7 g6 7.Rxe5 h4 8.Kf2 Kg7 9.Bxe8 Rxe8 10.Kf3 Kf6 11.Re4 Kg5
12.b4 Kf6 13.Kg4 h3 14.gxh3 b5 ) +5.76/42 613)
score for White +5.76 depth 42. |
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Feb-23-25 | | morea: This one was surprisingly simple: Rd5 jumps right out, because after 21. Rxd5 cxd5 22. Bxd5+
Black must already give back the Bishop to connect the Rooks on the base rank (otherwise 22...Kh8 23. Rf8+ Rxf8 24. exf8=R# ), so instead 22...Be6 23. Bxe6+ Kh8
and now the idea is to used the Bishop to nudge out the e8 Rook: 24. Rf7 e4
25. Bd7 Kg8
26. Bxe8 Rxe8
then finish up, winning a Pawn ahead in the endgame: 27. Rf8+ Rxf8
28. exf8=Q+ Kxf8
29. Kf2 g5
30. Ke3 Ke7
31. Kxe4
should be enough for the win
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My line deviated from Black's 24th. The text line is even stronger, since at the end of the line White threatens Bf7+ followed by Rxh5#, so 28...Kh6 29. Bxc8 Rxe7 30. Rxe5 and wins |
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Feb-23-25
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Saw the solution, and obviously, the position is terrible. However, 26...Kg6 creates a mating net where none had existed; 29.Bf7+,Kh6 or h7; 30.Rxh5X. Can 26...a5 intending ...Ra6 or ...a4 and ...Ra5 hold out longer? 26...a5; 27.Ke4,Ra6; 28.Kxe5,a4 and White's King lacks access to the vital d6 square. Instead, White will have to "settle" for Bd7 and a slower win. |
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Feb-23-25 | | Lambda: I like the position after 21...Be6 22.Rd8 Bxc4 23.Rf8+  click for larger view |
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Feb-23-25
 | | chrisowen: I q its she v luy its Rxd5 its abled its axled its cc imbibe boff tuff Rxd5 ear x |
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Feb-23-25 | | Hercdon: Got a Sunday puzzle for once, at least the first four moves |
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