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| Apr-07-17 | | paavoh: I think 15.Bxf6 was a big mistake. Giving Black the Bishop pair and the mobile f pawn is all a French player could hope for. |
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| Apr-07-17 | | protonchess: Contemptus Bishopus - admittedly a subtler case than most, because White seems to have some activity at first; but not for long. |
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Sep-11-18
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: A French Defense where Black's light squared Bishop is the strongest minor piece on the board? Pretty good indicator that something went very wrong for White. |
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| Sep-11-18 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: And this seems like a real Tuesday puzzle!
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess is, once again, an appropriate reference. White's weaknesses are a back-rank mate threat and a loose-ish knight, and 28 ... Rd2 attacks both of them. 29 Nf6+ doesn't happen to solve anything for White. |
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Sep-11-18
 | | Penguincw: Moment of silence for the day today.
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Wow. Interesting Tuesday puzzle.
The line I went for was 28...Rcd2. If 29.Nf6+ Kf7 30.Rf1 fxg2 and black crashes through on g3. (else knight is hanging) But I did miss 29.Nc5. Grabbing on f2 results in a perpetual at best for black. Else 30.Nd3 saves the day just in time. |
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| Sep-11-18 | | lost in space: 28...Rd2 wins. Bobby teaches chess alike. |
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| Sep-11-18 | | patzer2: White's weak back rank gives Black a neat double attack with 28...Rd2! -+ (-6.15 @ 33 ply, Stockfish 9), when the first player has nothing better than dropping a piece with 29. Re1 29...Rxd7 -+ or resigning as in the game. For an early White improvement, instead of 11. b3?! a6 ⩱ (-0.59 @ 31 ply, Stockfish 9), 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ = keeps it level. |
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| Sep-11-18 | | saturn2: 28..Rd2 and neither
29 Rd4 nor 29 Nf6+ save white from losing a piece. |
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| Sep-11-18 | | WorstPlayerEver: Remembered the names, but not the puzzle. |
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Sep-11-18
 | | FSR: <Penguincw> You mean 28...Rcc2. |
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| Sep-11-18 | | WorstPlayerEver: <FSR>
No, he meant 28... Rbc2. Now White can play 29. Nc5 |
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| Sep-11-18 | | Mayankk: I kept wondering what’s wrong with the prosaic Rcc2 and so missed the brilliant Rd2 trick. As they say - even if you see a good-looking move, always seek something better. |
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| Sep-11-18 | | agb2002: Black has a bishop for a knight.
White is about to play Nc5.
The white king runs the risk of a back rank mate and the alignment of the knight and one rook on the d-file suggest 28... Rd2: A) 29.Rxd2 Rc1+ 30.Rd1 Rxc1#.
B) 29.Nf6+ Kf7 wins the knight.
C) 29.Rd4 Rxd4 wins a rook and the knight.
D) 29.Re1 Rxd7 - + [b]. |
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| Sep-11-18 | | johnlspouge: The White Rd1 is overburdened, defending the back rank mate on the rank and the Nd7 on the file. It therefore may not move, but 28...Rd2
ensures that it must. |
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| Sep-11-18 | | WorstPlayerEver: Dropped a puzzle here:
O Naegeli vs Alekhine, 1925 |
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| Sep-11-18 | | malt: 28...Rd2 wins a Knight
29.Nf6+ Kf7 30.Re1 K:f6
29.Re1 R:d7 |
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Sep-11-18
| | Penguincw: <FSR>, <WorstPlayerEver> I meant 28...Rcc2, doubling on the 2nd rank. |
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| Sep-11-18 | | RKnight: How many of you actually saw 28...Rd2 right away? I sure didn't. Couldn't solve it. Came back to it later, it's "easy" so I was too embarrassed to give up. Then finally saw it. I call this a fine puzzle, obvious only in retrospect. |
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| Sep-11-18 | | WorstPlayerEver: <Penguincw>
Ah, my confusion, I did not read your last line too well. Thanks for explaining. |
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Sep-11-18
 | | AylerKupp: <<An Englishman> A French Defense where Black's light squared Bishop is the strongest minor piece on the board? Pretty good indicator that something went very wrong for White.> I agree. The French Defense used to be my main response to 1.e4 and I once (as Black) got a passed e-pawn and won the game. Another pretty good indication that something went very wrong for White. |
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| Sep-11-18 | | saturn2: Black has avoided successfully
26...exf3 27. Rxf4 fxg2 28. Rg4+ Kh8 29. Nf6 with white winning. |
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| Sep-11-18 | | cormier: stockfish ... 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 |
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Sep-11-18
 | | Bubo bubo: The Rd1 must not leave the back rank, hence Black can fork that rook and the knight with 28...Rd2, winning a piece (29.Nf6+ Kf7). |
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Sep-11-18
 | | beatgiant: <cormier> <stockfish ... 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8> By the way, Stockfish 9 prefers 3. exd5 (+0.18) over 3. Nd2 (+0.06) at 33 ply. Can that be where White first started to let the game slip? (Sorry, couldn't resist the temptation....) |
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Sep-12-18
 | | perfidious: Maybe 3.Nd2 is the beginning of the end, though Capablanca did not fare so well with Stockfish's preference in the first game of his title bout with Alekhine--perhaps both lose by force, despite the evaluation of the silicon monster. |
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