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| Nov-17-15 | | morfishine: Its a forced mate in two starting with <42.Qxf6+> then follows 42...Kxf6 43.Ne8++ & mate ***** |
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| Nov-17-15 | | gofer: <42 Qxf6+ ...>
Black must accept the queen sacrifice...
42 ... Kf8
43 Qh8#
42 ... Kg8
43 Qxg6+ Kf8 (Kh8 44 Nxf7+ Rxf7 45 Qxf7 mating)
44 Qh6+ Kg8
45 Nxf7 Qxd5 (Rxf7 46 Rg6#)
46 Qh8+ Kxf7
47 Rf6#
42 ... Kh7
43 Nxf7 Re6 (Rxf7 44 Qxf7+ Kh8 43 Rxg6 mating)
44 Ng5+ Kh6
45 Qxe6 mating
<42 ... Kxf6>
Black is hoping that white will try to recapture the queen as this leads to a very even position... 43 Nxf7+/Nc7+ Kg7
44 Nxd8 Bxd8
...but white has bigger fish to fry...
<43 Ne8#> |
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| Nov-17-15 | | Cybe: morfishine: Its a forced mate in two.
Not true. 42. Q:f6+, 42... Kh7 (mate in 5).
agb2002: C) 42... Kg8 (or 42... Kh7) 43.Rc8 winning the queen. What for? 43. N:f7 goes to mate. |
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| Nov-17-15 | | saturn2: Encouraged by the fact it is a puzzle I concentrated on Qxf6 first.To see the best discovered check including mate for the knight it took me about 2 minutes. |
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| Nov-17-15 | | dnp: took 1 sec to solve. Thanks cyber for the mate in 5 |
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| Nov-17-15 | | saturn2: <dnp: took 1 sec to solve> wow! |
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| Nov-17-15 | | Naugh: <offramp>
Hot damn, what a prediction! |
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| Nov-17-15 | | Caissas Clown: Is this a queen sac which I see before me ,the crown toward f6? Come,let me clutch thee - I believe it not , and yet I see thee still. For it is Tuesday - thou art one day late ! |
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| Nov-17-15 | | whiteshark: I love Monday puzzles! |
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| Nov-17-15 | | moodini: if black refuses to take the queen and plays 42.. Kh7 then I saw 43. Nf5 which can lead to a nice mate after 43.. gxf5 44. Qh6+ and then Rg6#. If black tries to move the queen to protect g7 then the white rook proceeds to the back rank and things turn pretty ugly. After 42.. Kg8 I also think Nf5 works. |
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| Nov-17-15 | | dfcx: 42.Qxf6+ and black is being mated.
A. 42...Kxf6 43.Ne8#
B. 42...Kf8 43.Qh8#
C. 42...Kg8 43.Ne8 Qxe8 44.Qxg6+ Kf8/Kh8 45.Qh6+ Kg8 46.Rg6# D. 42...Kh7 43.Nxf7 Rxf7 44.Qxf7+ Kh8 45.Rxg6 and mates |
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| Nov-17-15 | | CHESSTTCAMPS: Material is even in this opposite-colored bishop middle-game, with all white pieces effectively posted for attack, while the black defenders are overloaded in a tight space. White can finish immediately with 42.Qxf6+ Kxf6 43.Ne8#. Any black alternative at move 42 is met by Bxf7 or Nxf7 with quick destruction of the black position. |
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| Nov-17-15 | | CHESSTTCAMPS: Of course, there are alternative quick mates there as others have pointed out. |
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| Nov-17-15 | | PJs Studio: Qxf6 and double checkmate! |
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Nov-17-15
 | | paulalbert: Saw the Ne8ch idea and N on f6 target and then it dawned on me, change the move order and take with Q on f6 first so Ne8ch is double check and mate, and also devastation for Black if he does not take Q on f6. Unfortunately in my seventies my brain does not automatically go into high gear; takes a few seconds more to see everything. |
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| Nov-17-15 | | thegoodanarchist: Always check, it might be mate!
42.Qxf6!  (42...Kxf6 43.Ne8#) |
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| Nov-17-15 | | kevin86: Queen sac and then double check and mate! Sounds like a Monday puzzle. |
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Nov-17-15
 | | gawain: Mmmm. 42 Qxf6# Kxf6 and I missed the easy mate because I had noticed (as I was supposed to) that white gets a free knight move with discovered check. "Goody," thought I, White can win back the queen with 43 Nb7+ and maybe end up ahead on material. Never saw the mate. And my move doesn't even win. |
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| Nov-17-15 | | saturn2: If 42 Qxf6 black grants white the pleasure and continues playing by 42..Kg8 I would prefer 43 Qxg6+ simply because I enjoy crosspinned pawns on f7. |
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| Nov-17-15 | | jith1207: I looked at the puzzle in the morning, and then in lunch, during the work, in the evening and also thinking during the driving. And, then when I was about to sleep, I noticed that Knight move was a double-check and check-mate, after all, after the queen sack! Puzzle level is said Easy, and I guess they mean it is very Easy to overlook the subtleties. |
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| Nov-17-15 | | jith1207: <paulalbert> What's wrong with me in my thirties? ;-) |
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| Nov-17-15 | | Longview: I got the moves backwards. I wanted to move Ne8 first. |
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| Nov-17-15 | | notyetagm: <kubbybulin: Polished off a third circle of 150 mon/tue level puzzles and immediately looked at this one.> From <Phony Benoni>?? |
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| Nov-17-15 | | patzer2: Because Tuesday puzzles are typically easy, I figured the Queen sacrifice 42. Qxf6+! was a good candidate. Sure enough, 42. Qxf6+! wins due to the threat of 42. Kxf6 Ne8# with a double discovered check and mate. Black's game slides down hill after the awkward Knight retreat <17...Nh7?>, allowing 18. Bd5  with an advantage White slowly builds on until he has a decisive attack. Instead, Deep Fritz 14 indicates Black can hold with 17... Bb8 when play might continue 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. g4 Bg6 20. Nh4 Bh7 21. Nf5 Qc7 22. Rc1 Bxf5 23. exf5 Red8 24. Qe3 Nd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Ne4 Qd8 = (0.00 @ 21 depth). Black's decisive mistake appears to be <29...h5?>, where Deep Fritz 14 finds a win White missed with 30. Nh6+! when play might continue 30...gxh6 31. Rxh6 Nh7 32. Qf3 Qc8 33. Rg6+ Kf8 34. Rc6 Bc7 35. Qxh5 Kg7 36. Rh6 Qg8 37. Bxf7 Rxf7 38. Rg6+ Kh8 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40. Qg6+ Kf8 41. f3 (+2.13 @ 21 depth). |
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Nov-17-15
 | | offramp: <Naugh: <offramp>
Hot damn, what a prediction>
Yeah! What are the chances of getting the right day? It must be one in a thousand. |
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