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Aug-11-14 | | hoodrobin: "I tried everything, but it just wasn't enough. Life is like that and defeat is part of it." --- Kramnik |
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Aug-11-14 | | patzer2: White's combination actually begins with 22. Ng5!, if not sooner, and follows up with perfect technique for the win. Perhaps Black might have held with the Fritz suggestion of 20...Kg8 21. Nf3 Qg7! 22. d4 cxd4 23. cxd4 Be6 24. Ng5 Bc4 25. Rc1 to . |
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Aug-11-14
 | | Sneaky: "He tried to do his best but he could not." — Neil Young |
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Aug-11-14
 | | HeMateMe: I always loved that line. |
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Aug-11-14 | | Nick46: <Bad Zwesten op 8th (2004) · Sicilian Defense> Sergio Leone |
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Aug-11-14 | | leow: 28 Qh6 Kh6
29 Rh5 Kg7
30 Rh7 mate |
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Aug-11-14
 | | FSR: 28.Rxh5+ and 29.Qh6#. |
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Aug-11-14 | | morfishine: <28.Rxh5+> schpells big trouble for Black |
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Aug-11-14 | | Once: Of course, the finish that we really wanted to see was 27...g5 (instead of h5). Then 28. Rhxh6+ Kg7 29. Qxg5#
 click for larger viewI have no idea what that mating pattern is called, but I like it. The Overkill mate? |
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Aug-11-14 | | zb2cr: Well done, <chessgames.com>! Another Monday with no Queen sacrifice! 28. Rxh5+, gxh5; 29. Qh6#. Black also gets mated by Qh6# if he refuses the sacrifice with 28. ... Kg7. |
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Aug-11-14 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: Rxh5+ followed by Qh6#, with different rooks defending the queen after each of Black's two choices. |
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Aug-11-14 | | morfishine: <Once> How bout the steamroller mate? |
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Aug-11-14 | | Chess Dad: 28. Rxh5+ gxh5
29. Qh6#
or 28. Rxh5+ Kg7
29. Qh6# |
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Aug-11-14 | | dfcx: Mate in 2.
28.Rxh5+ gxh5/Kg7 29. Qh6# |
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Aug-11-14
 | | tobywan: 28 Rh5 <any>
29 Qh6#
I always wanted to say, <any>. |
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Aug-11-14 | | Once: <tobywan>
Ah, the Yorkshire Jedi knight! "May t'force be with you." May I present you with a gift? Not of these two droids, but this position:  click for larger viewYou are playing white in an old fashioned postal correspondence game. It is your move to play and announce mate in 5 - complete with 4 "any's". |
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Aug-11-14
 | | Penguincw: Regardless of how black replies, 29.Qh6# 1-0 wins. |
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Aug-11-14 | | TheTamale: By game's end, Black's queen couldn't be in a lamer position. Now it's time to play through from the beginning to see how she became such a wallflower. |
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Aug-11-14 | | Lighthorse: New here, so this is my first Monday. Nice to have an obviously easy one. But I always play the Sicilian as Black for King Pawn openings, so I hate to see such an obvious demolishment with the standard white plan (as <Once> so eloquently explains). |
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Aug-11-14 | | kevin86: The rook sac allows the queen to mate on h6, whether it is accepted or declined. |
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Aug-11-14
 | | gawain: A nice finish. Black's three heavy pieces are standing by helplessly. I love this sort of position--except of course when the helpless pieces are mine. |
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Aug-11-14 | | dufferps: As I watched the game, I couldn't understand why black moved 25. ... Kh7. I think THAT was the time to move 25. ... Rh8. White still has the upper hand, but now he must bring back rank rook up into a more active position. |
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Aug-11-14
 | | Sneaky: Welcome <Lighthorse>. Mondays are always the most fun days here, I think. There isn't much to say about the position so we make merriment in other ways :) |
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Aug-11-14
 | | Bubo bubo: It's Monday, so 28.Qh6+ has to be checked first, but to no avail. So better sac with 28.Rxh5+. Whether Black captures or not, one of the rooks will protect h6, allowing 29.Qh6#. |
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Aug-11-14 | | patzer2: <dufferps> If <25. ... Rh8>, then 26. Qe4 . |
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