Marin Bosiocic vs Igor Kowalski (2017)

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Marin Bosiocic vs Igor Kowalski
European Rapid Championship (2017) (rapid), Katowice POL, rd 4, Dec-16
Trompowsky Attack: General (A45) · 1-0

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Dec-18-17		morfishine: 31.Qxh7+ 32.Rh4+ mate *****

Dec-18-17		agb2002: White has a bishop and a knight for the bishop pair and a pawn. Black threatens Rxb3+ followed by fxg6 and Be4 with the idea Bxc2+ Bxc2 Qb6+. White can deliver mate in three with 31.Qxh7+ Kxh7 32.Rh4+ Kh7 33.Rh8#.

Dec-18-17		AlicesKnight: 31. Qxh7+ leads to mate; ....Kxh7; 32.Rh4+ etc. Missable in rapid perhaps.

Dec-18-17		jffun1958: 31. Qxh7+ Kxh7 32. Rh4+ Kg8 33. Rh8#

Dec-18-17		Abdullah Alkhalifi: Why not move 30. Rd4 h6

Dec-18-17		et1: Poor kid, this is what happens when you play a GM. Nice puzzle.

Dec-18-17		malt: Monday is back on track 31.Q:h7+ K:h7 32.Rh4+ Kg8 33.Rh8#

Dec-18-17		Willber G: <lost in space: 31. Qxh7+ Kxh7 32. Rh4#> Nope, not yet...

Dec-18-17		sid299792: How did I solve this puzzle? Step 1: Checked where I could sac my Queen Step 2: Calculated a few moves ahead This is how I usually eat my Monday meal!

Dec-18-17		JonKing: You feel so good on Mondays :P

Dec-18-17		whiteshark: <31.Qxh7+!!> and that's it.

Dec-18-17		zb2cr: It's not mate in two, it's mate in three. 31. Qxh7+, Kxh7; 32. Rh4+, Kg8. Seems a number of posters here missed that the King has that escape square to temporarily flee his fate. But it's only temporary, as 33. Rh8# is, finally, checkmate.

Dec-18-17		awfulhangover: Saw the correct solution in 0.000001 seconds :-)

Dec-18-17		StevieB: Took a bit but eventually there it was. Good old queen sac on a Monday.

Dec-18-17		Halldor: Obviously a Monday today. Nice three-mover, ― with queen sac of course.

Dec-18-17		benjaminpugh: My first thought on Mondays is usually: how did the position get so bad? Here is a lesson in protecting your king over gobbling up pieces. After 30.Rd4, clearly setting up the rook sweep to h4, instead of protecting mate, black takes the now unprotected e pawn? The simple h6 prevents the attack completely, though black is still behind.

Dec-18-17		JeffH1165: Hard to believe Black let his King get boxed in this late in the game with no means of escape.

Dec-18-17		leRevenant: Black's result derails and leaves to be desired.

Dec-18-17		johngalt5579: done in 1 second , not even worth looking at.

Dec-18-17		schweigzwang: Well then I guess that's a second of our lives we're never getting back!

Dec-18-17		ChessHigherCat: The puzzle was easy and everything's already been said, but I get the feeling black missed a fairly easy win with 18...d4!! If 19. Nxc3 exf3 If 19. Nxd4 Rxd4! followed by Qa3 If white trades bishops his king is more exposed than a Polynesian flasher. Black is also threatening Bxb3 and white has to recapture with b2 to prevent Qa1#..

Dec-18-17		Bubo bubo: Monday as we know it seems to be back again: 31.Qxh7+ Kxh7 32.Rh4+ Kg8 33.Rh8#

Dec-18-17		jinkinson: Almost instantly--didn't even have to look at the whole board! Now this is my kind of Monday problem.

Dec-18-17		Nullifidian: 31. ♕xh7+ ♔xh7 32. ♖h4+ ♔g8 33. ♖h8#

Dec-19-17		kevin86: Queen sac leads to Reti-Tartokower finish

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