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Dec-18-17 | | morfishine: 31.Qxh7+
32.Rh4+
mate
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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#. |
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Dec-18-17 | | AlicesKnight: 31. Qxh7+ leads to mate; ....Kxh7; 32.Rh4+ etc. Missable in rapid perhaps. |
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Dec-18-17
 | | jffun1958: 31. Qxh7+ Kxh7 32. Rh4+ Kg8 33. Rh8# |
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Dec-18-17 | | Abdullah Alkhalifi: Why not move 30. Rd4 h6 |
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Dec-18-17 | | et1: Poor kid, this is what happens when you play a GM. Nice puzzle. |
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Dec-18-17 | | malt: Monday is back on track
31.Q:h7+ K:h7 32.Rh4+ Kg8 33.Rh8# |
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Dec-18-17
 | | Willber G: <lost in space: 31. Qxh7+ Kxh7 32. Rh4#> Nope, not yet... |
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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! |
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Dec-18-17 | | JonKing: You feel so good on Mondays :P |
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Dec-18-17 | | whiteshark: <31.Qxh7+!!> and that's it. |
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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. |
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Dec-18-17 | | awfulhangover: Saw the correct solution in 0.000001 seconds :-) |
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Dec-18-17 | | StevieB: Took a bit but eventually there it was. Good old queen sac on a Monday. |
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Dec-18-17 | | Halldor: Obviously a Monday today. Nice three-mover, ― with queen sac of course. |
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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. |
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Dec-18-17 | | JeffH1165: Hard to believe Black let his King get boxed in this late in the game with no means of escape. |
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Dec-18-17 | | leRevenant: Black's result derails and leaves to be desired. |
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Dec-18-17 | | johngalt5579: done in 1 second , not even worth looking at. |
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Dec-18-17 | | schweigzwang: Well then I guess *that's* a second of our lives we're never getting back! |
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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#.. |
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Dec-18-17
 | | Bubo bubo: Monday as we know it seems to be back again: 31.Qxh7+ Kxh7 32.Rh4+ Kg8 33.Rh8# |
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Dec-18-17 | | jinkinson: Almost instantly--didn't even have to look at the whole board! Now this is my kind of Monday problem. |
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Dec-18-17 | | Nullifidian: 31. ♕xh7+ ♔xh7 32. ♖h4+ ♔g8 33. ♖h8# |
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Dec-19-17 | | kevin86: Queen sac leads to Reti-Tartokower finish |
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