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| May-16-15 | | JaylenL: Took me close to 20min to get this one but I like the threats made each move (hint) got it wrong first try and found a way to win a bishop with Rh1+ Instead of f4 but f4 definitely a nice touch. |
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May-16-15
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Not quite hard enough for the weekend; in simple English, solved it. The truly difficult shot to find was the move before the combination, 20.e5!!, which opens the b1-h7 diagonal with tempo. White had to see the winning attack possibly as early at 18.Bxf6 and that 20.e5 was the key. |
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| May-16-15 | | ToTheDeath: Found the first two moves but assumed Black would play 22...Bg7 which loses mundanely. f4! and g5! are indeed a nice touch, so only partial credit here. |
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| May-16-15 | | diagonalley: it immediately looks as if white may be able to invade on the light squares, which suggests the first three moves... but the advantage still has to be converted into a win. good puzzle... maybe friday level(?) |
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May-16-15
 | | Jimfromprovidence: 23...Rg8 was a mistake. Black could have better protected g6 with 23...Bg5+ 24 Kh1 Qb6.
click for larger viewWhite still wins material beginning 25 Rh1+ Bh4 26 Bxg6! 
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Play follows with 26...Qxg6 27 Rxh4+ Kg5 28 Rh5+ Qxh5 29 Qxh5+ Kf4. 
click for larger viewWhite can pick up another pawn here and will have a Queen + 2 pawns vs. 2 rook advantage. |
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| May-16-15 | | alkinoos: Pretty easy for a Saturday. The combination has a lot of forcing moves and the starting position is crying for the rook sacrifice. |
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| May-16-15 | | Moszkowski012273: White falsely saw a winning attack. 18...Bxe4 would of spoiled it completely. |
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| May-16-15 | | DanielHoseano: 21. Bc4 Is that good? |
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| May-16-15 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: The basic idea is
21 Rxh7+ Kxh7
22 Qf7+ Bg7
23 Bd3
and mate quickly follows, due mainly to the threat of Rh1 and secondarily to the threat of Qxg6. A much better try at defending for Black is
21 Rxh7+ Kxh7
22 Qf7+ Kh6
23 Bd3 Rg8
White now needs to do something about the c1-h6 diagonal. So let's continue with 24 f4 ef
25 g5+ Kxg5
26 Rg1+ Kh6 (to avert Qh7+)
27 Rxg6+
and mate next.
OK. This is hardly an exhaustive analysis, but if I got this far I'd be willing to take my shot at this line over the board. |
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| May-16-15 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: Looks like the Saturday puzzle that I got was accessible to unusually many other folks as well. But yes -- most of us, despite seeing the issues on the c1-h6 diagonal, seem to have overlooked <JimFromProvidence>'s defense. |
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| May-16-15 | | wooden nickel: Black must have seen trouble coming after 20.e5!, maybe that's why he didn't play 20... Bxe5 (instead of dxe5), it loses in a similar manner.
... also tried
21.Bc4 Rxc4 22.Rxh7+ Kxh7 23.Qf7+
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but Black can escape to 23... Kh6! |
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| May-16-15 | | DanielHoseano: Oh thanks wooden nickel |
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| May-16-15 | | patzer2: Here's my look at the game and the Saturday puzzle (21?) with Fritz: <18. Bxf6 Bxf6> Better for Black is 18... Bxe4! 19. fxe4 Bxf6 20. Qd5+ =. <19. Qxd5+ Kg7 20. e5 dxe5?> The decisive error. Instead, Black can hold on with only a small White edge after 20... Bxe5 21. Bd3 Rh8 22. Kb1 Qa4 23. Qe6 Qf4 24. Qxe7+ Qf7 25. Qh4  . <21. Rxh7+!!> This solves today's Saturday puzzle. <21...Kxh7 22. Qf7+ Kh6 23. Bd3 Rg8> Got this far with my Saturday puzzle solution try, but calculated a different follow-up than the game continuation. <24. f4!> Fritz indicates this is strongest, forcing mate-in-seven. My planned follow-up was 24. Rh1+ Kg5 25. Qh7  , which Fritz shows forcing mate-in-18. <24...exf4>
If 24...Bh4, then 25. g5+ Bxg5 (25... Kh5 26. Be2#) 26. Rh1+ Bh4 27. Rxh4#. <25. g5+ Kxg5>
If 25... Kh5, then 26. Qh7+ Kg4 27. Rg1+ Kf3 28. Qh3+ Kf2 29. Rf1#. <26. Rg1+ Kh6 27.Rxg6+ 1-0> Black resigns in lieu of 27...Rxg6 28.Qxg6# or 27...Kh5 28.Qh7#. |
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| May-16-15 | | HaydenB: I didn't find this very difficult at all. I saw the rook sac theme on h7 followed by the Queen to f7 in less than 10 seconds. I was hoping however that the Bishop could find his way to c4, a la Kurt Richter, but after a few more seconds realized the Queen and Rook could not mate by themselves. |
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May-16-15
 | | Penguincw: I got 21.Rxh7+ Kxh7 22.Qf7+ (any) 23.Bd3, and eventually got the idea of bringing the rook over to the kingside. |
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| May-16-15 | | gars: I completely agree with <HaydenB>. I did not solve it by I saw five of the seven moves of the combination and I am a weak player. |
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| May-16-15 | | morfishine: I figured after <21.Rxh7+> Black is toast after 21...Kxh7 22.Qf7+ since White has 23.Bd3 followed by 24.Rh1+ ***** |
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| May-16-15 | | paavoh: Yes, I agree: a bit easy for a Saturday. Rxh7+, Qf7 is standard, so finding a simple Bd3 to attack g6 and open the route for R to h1 was sufficient. |
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| May-16-15 | | Tiggler: I did not see 24.f4, which is a brilliant way to finish, but 24.Rh1+ also wins. |
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May-16-15
 | | Sally Simpson: A success! went with the Bg5+ line defended g6 with Rb6 but everything works and I got the key moves. Those that say today was easy....have you considered that you may be getting better! |
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| May-16-15 | | Tiggler: <patzer2> Did Fritz not see that 23. ..Bg5+ holds out longer? There is no forced mate then, but a Q+4p vs R+4p ending. |
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| May-16-15 | | kevin86: Even for a Saturday, the key was obviously. When the king is trapped along the side, an early demise for black is inevitable. |
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May-16-15
| | Jimfromprovidence: <Sally Simpson> <...went with the Bg5+ line defended g6 with Rb6...> Thanks for pointing that out. I assume you meant 23...Bg5+ 24 Kb1 Rb6. 
click for larger viewI did not think of 24...Rb6. Unfortunately, it is now a forced mate for white. But it made me figure out why 24...Qb6 is the only playable move here. This is a richer puzzle than some imagined. |
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May-16-15
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| May-16-15 | | M.Hassan: "Very Difficult"
White to play 21.?
White is a pawn down.
The open h file and posssibility of a Queen check suggests a Rook sac.: 21.Rxh7+ Kxh7(forced if not:...Kf8 22.Qf7#)
22.Qf7+
A)
22..........Kh8
23.Bd3 Bg7
24.Rh1+ Bh6
25.Rxh6#
B)
22...........Kh6
23.Bd3 Rg8
24.g5+!
B.1)
24...........Bxg5
25.Rh1+ Bh4
26.Rxh4+ Kg5
27.Rg4+ Kh5
28>Bxh6+ Rxh6
29.Qxh6#
B.2)
24...........Kxg5
Looks like in this line the King can run away. I must have overlooked pushing the g pawn ahead, apparently first f pawn should have been pushed. I probably give myself 50% credit!! |
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sac: 21.Rxh7+