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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Shanglei Lu
World Rapid Championship (2016) (rapid), Doha QAT, rd 1, Dec-26
Dutch Defense: Queen's Knight Variation (A85)  ·  1-0

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Dec-26-16  Bruce Graham: Finishes with a nice Queen sac.
Dec-27-16  luzhin: Exquisite. Although 24.Ne8+ would have been an even more spectacular way to force the identical mating position.
Dec-27-16  CountryGirl: The BEST games these days are high level rapids, like this event, or strong opens, where the top guys like Shak get to reveal their tactical smarts. What a finish!
Dec-27-16  FairyPromotion: And then they're asking me why am I a Mamedyarov fan...

Lovely, lovely finish!

Dec-27-16
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  chancho: If 23...Ke7 then 24.Qd6+ Kf7 25.Qxd7+ Kf6 26.Bg5#
Aug-08-17
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  Phony Benoni: Oh, clearly <24.Ne8+ Bxc6 25.Nd6#<. Much funnier than 24.Nb5+.
Aug-08-17  zb2cr: Either 24. Ne8+ or 24. Nb5+ forces 24. ... Bxc6. That is then answered by 25. Nd6#. A strikingly unusual mate.
Aug-08-17  newzild: Two keys today - White needs to get his knight to d6, and can do that with both 24. Ne8+ and Nb5+.

It's always cute when two knights deliver mate.

Aug-08-17  ChessHigherCat: Tricky tricky! Ne8+ Bxc6 Nd8#. It's a short combination but a little difficult to find because there are so many different options and a Queen sacrifice is always a bit counter-intertuitive, so it took me a couple minutes
Aug-08-17  ChessHigherCat: 20. white to move would be a good Sunday puzzle.

What a demoniacal tactician! It's funny because Shakh is pronounced like the German word "Schach" so he seems to be fulfilling his destiny, but the start of his name probably means Sheik instead (which is no coincidence, of course, since "schach mat" = king/sheik dead). Does anybody know what riyar means?

Aug-08-17  Cheapo by the Dozen: Good Tuesday puzzle. Remarkably tricky for a mate-in-two. I finally got it by focusing on how to attack Black's king on its current square (there aren't a lot of options) and then also on how to cover b7 after ... Bxc5.
Aug-08-17  agb2002: White has an extra pawn.

Black threatens Bxc6.

White wins with 24.Nb5(e8)+ Bxc6 25.Nd6#.

Aug-08-17  stst: Q-sac is viable, but N-dance more beautiful!!

24.Ne8 and Black can resign, for if BxQ
25.Nd6+ and it's the Chinese-Style Double-Horse-Spring-Dip, Black K can only go under the horse-shoe.

Aug-08-17  Filip8184: Beautiful! Knights can be very effective.
Aug-08-17
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: Easy, yes, but still beautiful. The opening features an interesting gambit, declined by Black for good reason: if 5...Nxh5; 6.e4,fxe4; 7.Rxh5,gxh5; 8.Qxh5+,Kf8; 9.Bh6 has scored well.
Aug-08-17  diagonalley: easy?! ... maybe... but it took me several minutes to spot it... (i also went for N-K8)
Aug-08-17  jffun1958: 4-mate:
24. Nb5+ Bxc6 (only move) 25. Na7+ Kc7 (only move) 26. exf5 e5 27. Bxe5#

took me 5 to 7 minutes.

Aug-08-17  paavoh: Lovely finish. Took a bit more time than with the usual Tuesday puzzle.
Aug-08-17
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  OhioChessFan: Kept looking for the Knight fork on e7 then realized Ne8 wins.
Aug-08-17  AlicesKnight: 24.Ne8+ forces ...Bxc6, on which 25.Nd6 brings a pretty version of the 2Ns mate with Black self-blocked and an elegant picture of cavalry to the fore.
Aug-08-17  morfishine: The ole one-two: <24.Ne8+> followed by <25.Nd6#>

I didn't notice 24.Nb5+, but no matter

*****

Aug-08-17  jffun1958: Now I see:
It is 2-mate:
24. Nb5+ Bxc6 (only move) 25. Nd6#
Aug-08-17  Tietie007: Nice mat.
Aug-08-17
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  Willber G: "Two knights the knight"
Aug-08-17  saturn2: Me too I only noticed the knight hopping Ne8+, Nd6++ I think the reasons are:

a) if I see a mate in 2 I dont consider anything else

b) one is led to regard forward moves before backward moves.

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