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| Apr-03-12 | | luzhin: 29...f5?? provoked 31.Nxe5 (with the idea that after 31...f4 32.Qd4 dxe5 33.Qxc5 fxg3 Black is fine). Alas, White had the brilliant 32.Qxc5!! and after 32...dxc5 33.Rxd7 if Black had played 33...Qh4 then 34.Raa7 Nf6 35.Rxh7+! wins in all variations. |
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| Apr-03-12 | | Gilmoy: Fancy way to win one pawn! |
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Apr-03-12
 | | Penguincw: Looks like deflection to me. |
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| Apr-04-12 | | sofouuk: sunday puzzle after 30 ... gxf5, maybe thursday or friday after 31 ... f4 one of those combinations which dreams are made of |
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| Apr-04-12 | | notyetagm: Y Yu vs Li Shilong, 2012 32 ?
click for larger view<luzhin: 29...f5?? provoked 31.Nxe5 (with the idea that after 31...f4 32.Qd4 dxe5 33.Qxc5 fxg3 Black is fine). Alas, White had the brilliant 32.Qxc5!! and after 32...dxc5 33.Rxd7 if Black had played 33...Qh4 then 34.Raa7 Nf6 35.Rxh7+! wins in all variations.> 32 ♕e3x♘c5!!
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| Apr-04-12 | | notyetagm: Game Collection: THE UNDERRATED REMOVAL OF THE GUARD -- Heisman Y Yu vs Li Shilong, 2012 32 Qe3xNc5!! destroys dfndr of d7 for double attack 33 Ra7xBd7 |
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Apr-04-12
 | | offramp: It's a jigsaw-puzzle type of combination relying on loads of different things; the mate threat on h7 and the black rooks at forkable squares are just two of them. |
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| Mar-03-13 | | morfishine: My first line followed the game score thru 36...Rxf8 My second line looked at <32.Qd4> (Threatening 32.Ng6++ mate): 32...dxe5
33.Qxe5+ Nf6 34.Nh5 Nce4 35.Rxd7 Qxd7 36.Bxe4 Rbe8 37.Nxf6 Rxe5 38.Nxd7 Rxe4
39.Nxf8 Kg7 40.Ne6+
click for larger viewWhile there must be improvements for Black in Line #2, it sure was fun watching that Knight hop around! |
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| Mar-03-13 | | abstract: No way I solve such a puzzle |
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| Mar-03-13 | | newzild: I actually found this quite easy for a Sunday, as Nxe5 and Qxc5 both jump out as candidate moves. |
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Mar-03-13
 | | al wazir: I got the first move. After 31. Nxe5 f4 I wanted to play 32. Qd4, which has the virtue of threatening 33. Nf7#/Ng6#. I think white is winning, but don't ask me to prove it. |
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Mar-03-13
| | al wazir: I got the first move. After 31. Nxe5 f4 I wanted to play 32. Qd4, which has the virtue of threatening 33. Nf7#/Ng6#. I think white is winning, but don't ask me to prove it. Playing through the game I had a strong impression that black had better moves than the ones made. But I assume that <CG> has computer-analyzed the game and shown that not only is white winning in all variations, but the line played was the only way to win. |
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| Mar-03-13 | | M.Hassan: "Insane"
White to play 31.?
Equal
31.Nxe5!
Black opts not to take e5 Knight:
31...........f4
32.Qxc5 dxc5
33.Rxd7
threatening mate on h7
33.............Qxd7
34.Nxd7 fxg3
35.Nxf8 gxf2+
36.Kxf2 Rxf8+
37.Kg3 Nf6
38.d6
White is better, has one more pawn and will have a better endgame. Time to check |
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| Mar-03-13 | | DarthStapler: I didn't get it |
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| Mar-03-13 | | mistreaver: Sunday. White to play. Insane.31. ?
After missing yesterday's Saturday puzzle due to 2 rounds on international Zagreb open
tournament, i am back to fail once again.
I quite like the following move in the position:
31 Nxe5
immediatelly winning a pawn sinc black can't take with e pawn due to Qxc5 when he is much better
31... f4
seems like only reasonable reply, and i am convinced that solving the puzzle is connected with finding the correct reply
to the pawn fork here.
32 Qxc5
i quite like this move.
now black has 2 choices:
A)
32... dxc5
33 Rxd7 and now not (33...Qxd7 34Nxd7 fxg3 35 Nxf8 and white is material up)
but
33... Qh4(defending against the mate on h7)
34 Rxh7+ Qxh7
35 Bxh7 and now also Nd7 is threatened, and i think white remains material up
B)
32... fxg3
33 Rxd7 is immediate kill
Time to check.
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Hmm, i think i can take credit for this one. Shame is that i missed Luzhin's move Raa7 (instead of Rxh7+), altought this move still wins and i evaluated the position correctly. I should have perhaps just continued the variation A) for few more moves:
So after
35 Bxh7 ...
if
1)
35...fxg3
then
36 Ra7 threatens mate on g6
36... Rb6
37 Ng6+ transposes into won ending.
if
2)
35... Kxh7
36 Ne4 is quite simply altought there is lenghty
computer line with
36 Ra7+ |
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| Mar-03-13 | | hez: It was very easy to follow the sequence Qd4 etc... But I Totally missed the Qxc5 idea! |
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| Mar-03-13 | | dark.horse: <sofouuk>
"The stuff that dreams are made of." quote from the film, "The "Maltese Falcon". also: "We are such stuff As dreams are made on...", Shakespeare (The Tempest) |
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| Mar-03-13 | | timepass: This is not a puzzle! It is like predicting almost half the game. |
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| Mar-03-13 | | TheTamale: It seems that most solvers included 31)... f4 in their calculations as the continuation for Black. But as it opens up the possibility of mate on h7 on move 34, forcing Black to toss his queen, isn't there some better option? The whole thing is a bit over my head, some I'm not even going to hazard a guess. |
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| Mar-03-13 | | snakebyt: I got the first move Nxe5. Blk didn't step into the obvious trap to take Ne5. I need to think more about defensive moves to solve puzzles like this. f4 HELLO! |
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Mar-03-13
 | | PawnSac: <Gilmoy: Fancy way to win one pawn!> Yea but it's a passer!
The resulting pawn formation adds up to a clear win. the D passer and a 2-1 pair on the king side. Black could not have been faulted for resigning on move 38 but white finishes it out convincingly to earn the point. Very nice combo. |
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Mar-03-13
| | PawnSac: <White's brings a "leash along" (Li Shilong) to drag in the full point.> |
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| Mar-03-13 | | Garech: Okay, so I thought I would have a crack at the puzzle today instead of impatiently going straight through to the answer after a quick guess. Material is even but white enjoys the a file, with pressure on the Bd7. The first thought that comes to mind is 31.Nxe5, undermining the support of the c5 knight, which the white queen has pressure against. However, I now see that f4! Is ostensibly winning a piece, and indeed black has this threat for the next move. Okay; that changes things a little. Nxe5 f4 Qd4 looks good, although how to continue the attack is unclear after dxe5 Qxe5+ and black moving a piece to f6 – probably the knight, or Nh5 is coming with tempo, although it’s unclear if that truly matters, as black is a piece up at this point anyway. Maybe it is better to play Rxd7 before Nxe5, but I don’t see what this achieves after Nxd7. Hmmm – maybe white can sac a different way; Nxf5 is starting to look interesting as a first move. If Bxf5 then Nxe5!? I don’t know; it’s getting too complex, but I’m pretty sure one of these lines must be right. Other forcing moves – Qxc5!? Surely not on a Sunday! Qxc5 dxc5 Nxe5 threatening to take on d7…I don’t think white has anything here. Something else has occurred to me though – Rxd7 and then taking on f5. Rxd7 Qxd7 forced to save f5, this also makes Qg5 possible … perhaps this is it! Won’t white even have crazy moves like Ra7 afterwards? Rxd7 Qxd7 Nxe5! Looks dangerous as well. Black always has Nxd7 though – f5 is falling then but will white have enough for the exchange? Black can always give it back anyway, with Rxf5 if white takes there with a piece. It’s too much. I have to look! I must be on the right line somewhere, surely… -Garech
P.s. "The Stuff that Dreams are made of" Is also in the film "Explorers" where three young kids build a spaceship. |
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| Mar-03-13 | | Garech: Argh! I was kinda there ... bit more thinking might have got it! -Garech |
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Mar-03-13
| | PawnSac: < al wazir: Playing through the game I had a strong impression that black had better moves than the ones made. But I assume that <CG> has computer-analyzed the game and shown that not only is white winning in all variations, but the line played was the only way to win.> I don't know if they do that. Maybe we should ask in the chat forum. I seem to recall some games that were won with less than best moves, which is typical of most games. BUT.. It is interesting to note that black is forced to accept the queen sac, since if he takes the knight instead, trying to break whites combo, he still faces the mate threat.. 32. Qxc5 dxe5 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Ra7
White's play looks pretty sound. |
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