Igor Nikolayev vs George Rusyniak (2004)

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Igor Nikolayev vs George Rusyniak
RCC Sat Open (2004), Rochester, NY, rd 2, Apr-10
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation. Barmen Defense (B22) · 1-0

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Sep-22-14		watwinc: First!?

Sep-22-14		Cheapo by the Dozen: Something different at h8 -- sac the rook to win the queen. First!

Sep-22-14		Phony Benoni: I've been solving too many Monday puzzles. My first instinct was to play 21.Qxf6 and then 22.Rh8+.

Sep-22-14		Cheapo by the Dozen: Well, it would be nice to type SOME kind of description of the solution if you want to claim "First". :)

Sep-22-14		Cheapo by the Dozen: Black should have developed his bishop before his rook.

Sep-22-14		lost in space: I love Mondays! 21. Rxh8+ Kxh8 22. Nxf7+ and the queen is gone Hope not last?

Sep-22-14		plumbst: Very Easy. White is down a bishop for a pawn. A classic tactic. 21.Rh8+! 21...Kxh8 22.Nxf7+ wins the queen.

Sep-22-14		agb2002: White has a pawn for a bishop. White would win the black queen with a knight fork if the black king were on h8. Hence, 21.Rh8+ Kxh8 22.Nxf7+ Kg8 23.Nxd6 Bd5 (23... Nh5 24.Qf7+ Kh7(8) 25.Qxh5+, etc.) 24.c4 + - [Q+2P vs R+B].

Sep-22-14		estrick: Hmm, White ends up a queen & 2 pawns for a rook & a bishop. I thought there might be something more, but I guess that's all there is. No checkmate on this Monday.

Sep-22-14		lostgalaxy: A knight fork is always a beauty.

Sep-22-14		Once: Eleventh!

Sep-22-14		abuzic: The original theme: 19. ♗xh7+; leaving it there would have raised the choice between 19. ♗xh7+ and 19. ♖g3. Of course fans like sacs so... Reaching today's 21.?, white a ♗ down for a ♙, trades his ♖ for black's ♕ and ♙ with 21.Rxh8+ Kxh8 22.Nxf7+, and the ♘ will be well protected on d6.

Sep-22-14		Santa Claus 77: My thought was 21. Ng6, which would win the Q without giving up the R, bc if black does not take (21... fxg6) than 22. Rh8#. If black takes the N, the Q is gone... am I missing something?

Sep-22-14		Once: <Santa Claus 77> Nice idea, but sadly the black queen is protected by the rook on d8. So 21. Ng6 fxg6 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 click for larger view Black is two pieces up.

Sep-22-14		morfishine: <21.Rh8+> followed by the Queen fork <22.Nxf7+> and White wins <Santa Claus 77> I think you have the position set up wrong. Black Queen is protected by the rook on <d8> *****

Sep-22-14		nottogoodabeginner: what's the big deal about being first? There's a verse in the Bible that says the last shall be first and the first last.

Sep-22-14		Sally Simpson: Funny how a wee puzzle like this triggers all kinds of memories from things written or read. The Yates Hastings Trick: He played the same idea as White at Hastings in 1923. click for larger view Yates vs G Norman, 1923 ....and walked into the same trick as Black at Hastings in 1927. click for larger view Colle vs Yates, 1927

Sep-22-14		Nick46: difficult for a Monday but I gor it

Sep-22-14		zb2cr: 21. Rh8+, Kxh8; 22. Nxf7+, Kg8; 23. Nxd6 and White has Q+2P vs. R+B.

Sep-22-14		Willber G: Second!

Sep-22-14		Monocle: <nottogoodabeginner> Most forums I've been on outright ban people from making inane "First" posts, because it's just irritating and pointless spam.

Sep-22-14		Sally Simpson: ...and they are wrong. Igor Nikolayev was first!

Sep-22-14		Once: There is perhaps a little more to this than winning the black queen. Here is the position after 21...Kxh8 22. Nxf7+ Kg8 23. Nxd6 click for larger view Yes white has won the black queen, but he has had to spend a bishop and a rook doing so. And in general terms a bishop and rook are more or less the same as a queen. More importantly, white has snaffled a couple of pawns during the exchange. The h7 pawn via the original bishop sac (19. Bxh7+) and the f7 pawn (22. Nxf7+). It is arguably those pawns that give white the win more than the trade of R+B for the black queen. That and the weakened black pawns left alive.

Sep-22-14		goodevans: <nottogoodabeginner: ... There's a verse in the Bible that says the last shall be first and the first last.> I believe that refers specifically to queues for public transport. Incidentally, I think your name is missing an "o". I'm not familiar with the verb "to good".

Sep-22-14		Penguincw: Finally a Monday puzzle! It's been a whole week since the last Monday puzzle. ;) Anyway, this puzzle is actually a little too easy, as 21.Rh8+ Kxh8 22.Nxf7+ picks up the queen. At the end of all this, white will be up a queen and 2 pawns for rook and bishop.

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