|
< Earlier Kibitzing · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·
Later Kibitzing> |
| Sep-28-15 | | greed and death: 36. Rf6+ gxf6 31. Rxf6# |
|
Sep-28-15
 | | Phony Benoni: Well, of course 36.Rf6+ is "best" if you're looking for the quickest solution. But, just for the record, 36.g4+ is mate in 3, and even 36.Rh6 works eventually. But who looks for mate in 6 on a Monday? |
|
| Sep-28-15 | | diagonalley: darn it... i had 36.R-KN6 followed by 37.R-N5# (looked pretty) |
|
| Sep-28-15 | | zb2cr: A reloader! 36. Rf6+, gxf6; 37. Rf6#. |
|
| Sep-28-15 | | Gregor Samsa Mendel: <Penguincw: (should be in 1 post) < Gregor Samsa Mendel: Move 36 white to play would make good Monday puzzle material. > Good job <GSM>! :)> Thanks, <Penguincw>. I figure I'm a good judge of Monday puzzle material, since it's about all I can solve. |
|
| Sep-28-15 | | stst: R-sac, R#
36.R(d)f6+ gxf6
37.Rxf6# |
|
| Sep-28-15 | | agb2002: White has a knight for a bishop and a pawn.
The black king doesn't have a single legal move and White can force mate in two with 36.Rg6 followed by 37.Rg5# or 36.Rf6+ gxf6 37.Rxf6#. |
|
| Sep-28-15 | | ASchultz: I played g4 threatening Rf6 and then I realized it was a Monday puzzle and I didn't have to threaten. Fritz gives Rg6 and White doesn't have to sac a rook, as Rg5# is unstoppable, which I find amusing. |
|
| Sep-28-15 | | thegoldenband: The ending of this game vaguely reminds me of Robin Williams's old joke about unarmed British policemen: "Stop! Or I'll yell stop again!" Here it's "You'd better resign -- or I'll play Rf6 again!" |
|
| Sep-28-15 | | saturn2: Rf6 is good, but Ke3 threatening g4 also wins |
|
| Sep-28-15 | | gofer: White is spoilt for choice...
36 Rg6 any move
37 Rg5#
or
36 Rf6+ gxf6
37 Rxf6#
Which do I prefer? The sadist in me prefers, Rg6! As it forces black to
realise that every single possible move he can make loses... |
|
| Sep-28-15 | | M.Hassan: IMHO this is a fine example of "loss due to greed"
35......Bxa2 Black gains a pawn but opens up 6th rank for White's Rooks attack. 36.Rxf6+ gxf6
37.Rxf6#
Had the Bishop stayed on e6, mate would not have happened. |
|
Sep-28-15
 | | perfidious: <Edmontonchessclub: I overheard Pechenkin say to Shankland, right after the game: "That's why I hate playing GMs. They never let me develop my pieces."> Been there, done that: Ashley vs A Shaw, 2000 |
|
| Sep-28-15 | | Once: <Edmontonchessclub: I overheard Pechenkin say to Shankland, right after the game: "That's why I hate playing GMs. They never let me develop my pieces."> Nice quote. I'm not so sure about white not letting black develop his pieces though. Black does make a hell of a lot of minor piece moves in the opening and early middlegame. He doesn't get his rooks moving until 26...Ra7. Some of that is due to white's pressure, but not all. One thing I have noticed about very strong players is that they are often the first to get their rooks into the game. Then the tactics flow more easily because they have more pieces in play. |
|
| Sep-28-15 | | wooden nickel: Along 36.Rf6+ and Rg6, a 3rd rook move also wins the hard way:
36.Rh6 Be6 37.Rcxe6 Rxe6 38.g4+ Kf4 39.Rh5 Rf7 40.Ng5 Rd6 41.Nh3#
click for larger viewI wonder if 5... Bf8 is a good response to Qg4. |
|
| Sep-28-15 | | whiteshark: Yet another R+N # |
|
| Sep-28-15 | | Caissas Clown: <Phony Benoni>: Well, of course 36.Rf6+ is "best" if you're looking for the quickest solution. But, just for the record, 36.g4+ is mate in 3, and even 36.Rh6 works eventually.
But who looks for mate in 6 on a Monday?
---
Yep,I saw the other wins,too.To seek other,longer wins is a fun way to spice up a Monday. But I am normally forced to eschew such frivolities by Thursday at latest ! :-). |
|
| Sep-28-15 | | patzer2: Wasn't looking to make the Monday puzzle solution longer, but I found the mate-in-three 36. g4+ Kf4 37. Rf6+ gxf6 38. Rxf6# before seeing the mate-in-two 36. Rf6+ gxf6 37. Rxf6#. Instead of <30...h5?!>, Black can improve with 30... Rc8 when play might continue 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. g3 Rc7 33. Kf2 Rc2 34. Ke3 Kg5 35. Ne4+ Kh5 36. Rd2 Rxd2 37. Nxd2 Kg6 38. Ne4 a5 39. Nc5 Bf5 40. g4 Bb1 41. a3 Kf6 42. Nb7 Ba2 = (0.16 @ 22 depth, Deep Fritz 14). In the opening, instead of <9...dxc4>, Black might try the Fritz suggestion 9... a6 when play might continue 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Bxd7+ Bxd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qd4 Qc4 14. Bd2 Ne7 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Rc1 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. O-O Be7 20.Rfe1 O-O = (+0.17 @ 25 depth). Also, instead of <14...Bxd2+> Black can facilitate his development with 14... Nc6 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 = (-0.22 @ 24 depth). |
|
Sep-28-15
 | | Bubo bubo: Mate in two, somewhat akin to the arabian mate: 36.Rf6+ gxf6 37.Rxf6# |
|
| Sep-28-15 | | kevin86: White sacs a rook so that the other can mate...almost too easy. |
|
| Sep-28-15 | | RonB52734: <patzer2> I did the same thing. |
|
Sep-28-15
 | | gawain: Fantastic finish. I love to see different ways for the K to be checkmated in the middle of the board. |
|
| Sep-28-15 | | dark.horse: King ain't got no squares. |
|
| Sep-28-15 | | Abdel Irada: The puzzle is not hard to solve, but I am interested in the play that led to the puzzle position. Material is dead even: Both sides have two rooks, a minor piece and four pawns. But White has long held the initiative, and by move 35, he has converted it into a striking qualitative superiority of his knight over Black's bishop. Notice Black's immediate tactical quandary, a direct result of that disparity. As the finishing combination proves, Black can't move his bishop without getting mated. What is less immediately obvious is that he also can't keep the bishop where it is without losing it; 36. g4+ is too strong a threat, forcing the king away from the defense of the bishop. ∞ |
|
| Sep-28-15 | | Nullifidian: Super easy, even for a Monday:
36. ♖f6+ ♙gxf6 37. ♖xf6# |
|
 |
|
< Earlier Kibitzing · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·
Later Kibitzing> |
Kibitzing
