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| Jun-24-16 | | cro777: GM Arkadij Naiditsch: "A real masterpiece by Caruana, with great tactical blows, sacrifices and a beautiful mate in the very end ... The hero of the game was clearly the a1 rook, which went over a4 to h4 and finally mated the black king on
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| Jul-17-16 | | Ayaend: What a game again by Fabiano Caruana!! Very nice to look this wonderful game ! Well played from both players cause after 35 move Fab found Nh6+ And after the reply on Kf8 a check on the diagonal a3-f8 after black Knight or Bishop on c5 I don't see any winning compensation for White but after some exchange on c5,the amazing Brazilian Fab found the great 40.Nf5!! Finish the game!
Congratulations ! |
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| Jul-17-16 | | siggemannen: Damn, that's pretty impressive, especially considering rapid tc. |
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Sep-30-18
 | | offramp: A tale of two Nf5s. |
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Sep-30-18
 | | al wazir: I almost had the right idea. I wanted to play 32. Nxf6+, but unfortunately I preceded it with 31. Rh5. |
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Sep-30-18
 | | scormus: Tremendous vision by Fabiano, he must have seen the possibility of Rh8# right through. Opportunities on the h-file suggested tne first move to me, but I was oblivious to the power of Nxh6+!! A stunning combination |
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| Sep-30-18 | | Walter Glattke: 31.f4 wins: 31.-cxd5 32.exd5 f6 33.Bxg6 Nf8 34.Bxe8 Rxe8 35.Rc7 Bf2 36.d6 several win ways here. |
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| Sep-30-18 | | Walter Glattke: Final match position: decisive material after 40.-f6 41.Nxe7 Rxe7 42.Rh8+ Kf7 43.Rxa8 |
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| Sep-30-18 | | Mendrys: It's also mate after 40...f6. 41. Rh8+ Kf7 42. Qxe7+ Rxe7 43. Nd6# |
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| Sep-30-18 | | patzer2: Today's Sunday puzzle (31. ?) solution 31. g3! Qe7 32. Nxh6!! ± is an instructive example of the demolition of pawn structure tactic (sacrifice on h3/h6). I found the tactics easier to comprehend when I jumped to the end of the game, just before White's last (40. ?) move (diagram below): 
click for larger viewHere (diagram above) 40. Nf5! +- unleashes a decisive discovered attack threatening the Black Queen and mate. The next most instructive position for me was White's move 33 (diagram below): 
click for larger viewHere (diagram above) visualizing the discovered attack 33. Nf5! Bxf5 34. exf5 cxd5 35. f6+ +- (even stronger is 35. fxe6+! +-) gave me a better understanding of the entire combination. After looking at those two positions, I found it easier to visualize 31. g6! Qe7 32. Nxh6+!! +- and the moves which followed until the end of the game. P.S.: For a Black improvement, grabbing the pawn with 15...Nxd4 16. Rxd4! Bxd4 17. g4 Bxf2+ 18. Kf2 Bg6 19. b4 c6 = (-0.05 @ 31 ply, Stockfish 9) is apparently better than the game continuation 15...h6 16. Qc2 ⩲ (+0.61 @ 33 ply, Stockfish 9). |
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| Sep-30-18 | | mel gibson: Great game.
Black plays more strongly in this puzzle with a computer.Stockfish 9 says:
31. g3
(31. g3 (g2-g3 ♕h4-e7
♘g4xh6+ ♔g8-h8 ♘h6-f5 ♕e7-f8 ♖d5-d7 ♖a8-d8 ♖d7xb7 ♗a7xf2 ♔h2-g2 ♗f2-e1
♕c3xe1 ♗g6xf5 ♕e1-e3 ♗f5-h7 ♖c4xc6 ♖d8-c8 ♖b7-b6 ♖c8xc6 ♖b6xc6 ♖e8-c8
♖c6-c3 ♖c8xc3 ♗b2xc3 ♕f8-a8 b3-b4 ♕a8-c6 ♕e3-d3 f7-f6 h3-h4 ♗h7-g6 ♗c3-b2
♔h8-h7 ♗b2-c3 ♔h7-g8 ♔g2-h3 ♕c6-b7) +2.44/34 124) score for White +2.44 depth 34. |
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| Sep-30-18 | | Walter Glattke: I think, 31.g3 is a security move, so 31.f4 always wins, e.g. 31.-cxd5 32.exd5 Nd4 (where they are afraid of) 33.Rxd4 Bxc2 34.Rc4 f6 35.Qxc2 Qh5 36.Rc7 or 33.-Bxd4 34.Qxd4 f6 35.Bxg6 Qe1 36.d6? Qxa5! so 36.Bc3 Qe2 37.Bb4 Rfd8!? 38.Nxf6+ gf6 mating or 37.-Qb5 38.Bxf8 Rxf8 39.Ne3 Qxa5 40.d6 Rd8 41.Nf5 Rd7 42.Ne7+ Kh8 43.Bf7 or 42.-Kf8 43.Qc4 mating both |
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Sep-30-18
 | | beatgiant: <Walter Glattke>
Black has 31. f4 cxd5 32. exd5 Nd4 33. Rxd4 <Qe1> which seems to force a queen trade into a good endgame for Black. What say you? |
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| Sep-30-18 | | Walter Glattke: 31.f4 Bb8 32.Rf5 (32.g3? Bxf4!) 32.-f6? 33.g3 / 32.-h5 33.g3 Bxf4 35.Rxf4 Nxf4 36.gxh4 hxg4 advangage white. 32.-Qe7 33.Nxh6+ 1 pawn for white, gxh6?? Qh8#.So, Kibitzers or metal brains, what would you play after 32.Nf5, and how to refute 31.f4!? |
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| Sep-30-18 | | cormier: patzer2: <ths> P.S.: For a Black improvement, grabbing the pawn with 15...Nxd4 16. Rxd4! Bxd4 17. g4 Bxf2+ 18. Kf2 Bg6 19. b4 c6 = (-0.05 @ 31 ply, Stockfish 9) is apparently better than the game continuation |
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| Sep-30-18 | | Walter Glattke: Ah, the first comment.31.f4 cxd5 32.exd5 Nxd4 33.Rxd4 Qe1!? your move, I play 34.Re4 f6 35.Rxe1 or 34.-Bxe4 35.Qxg7# |
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| Sep-30-18 | | Walter Glattke: Ah, no pawn on c2, that irritated me, are you sure for 34.Qxe1 Bxd4 35.Bxd4 Bxc2 36.Nxh6+ Kh7 37.Qe5 mating can not be stopped by 37.-Rg8 38.Nxg8 Rxg8 Qh5# |
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| Sep-30-18 | | saturn2: 31 g3 diverting the queen from protecting h6 was obviously a good move to settle quickly on. |
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Sep-30-18
| | beatgiant: <Walter Glattke>
31. f4 cxd5 32. exd5 Nxd4 33. Rxd4 Qe1 34. Qxe1 <Rxe1> is what I had in mind. |
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Sep-30-18
 | | agb2002: Black threatens cxd5.
The open diagonal b8-h2 discards Rd6 or Re5. This suggests 31.g3: A) 31... Qe7 32.Nxh6+
A.1) 32... gxh6 33.Qh8#.
A.2) 32... Kf8 33.Nf5
A.2.a) 33... Bxf5 34.Rxf5 wins a pawn with a much better position. A.2.b) 33... Qc7 34.Nxg7 looks winning (34... cxd5 35.Rxc7). A.2.c) 33... Qf6 34.Qxf6 gxf6 35.Rd7 wins a pawn and threatens Rxb7 and Bxf6. A.2.d) 33... Qg5 34.f4 cxd5 35.fxg5 dxc4 36.Nxg7 looks very good for White. A.2.e) 33... cxd5 34.Nxe7 dxc4 35.Nxg6+ fxg6 36.Qf6+ Kg8 37.Qxg6+ Kf8 38.Ba3+ wins decisive material (38... Bc5 39.Bxc5+ Nxc5 40.Qd6+; 38... Nc5 39.Qd6+). A.3) 32... Kh7 33.Nf5 looks similar.
B) 31... cxd5 32.gxh4 dxc4 33.Nxg6+ followed by Nf5 looks good for White. |
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| Sep-30-18 | | messachess: Fun combination. Not very difficult. |
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| Sep-30-18 | | messachess: By the way, has anyone ever found out what the deal is with <chrisowen>? |
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| Sep-30-18 | | john barleycorn: <messachess: By the way, has anyone ever found out what the deal is with <chrisowen>?> He analyses chess positions pretty well. |
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| Sep-30-18 | | Imran Iskandar: Stunning sequence of moves uncorked by Caruana. I won't pretend that I even remotely solved the puzzle. |
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Sep-30-18
 | | Breunor: On 31 f4, Stockfish gives:
1) -0.71 (21 ply) 31...cxd5 32.exd5 Nd4 33.Bxg6 fxg6 34.Rxd4 Qe1 35.Qd3 Kh7 36.Bc3 Qe2 37.Qxe2 Rxe2 38.Rb4 h5 39.Ne5 Rc8 40.Nc4 Rc7 41.Be5 Rd7 42.Nb6 Bxb6 43.Rxb6 Rxd5 44.Rxb7 Rxa5 45.Rxg7+ Kh6 The game move 31 g3 is considered best, see Mel Gibson's post above. |
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sac: 33.Nf5