| Jun-14-23 | | jrredfield: I chose 26 Re4, thinking that it wasn't necessary for White to sac the rook so soon, and chasing the Black Q off of its rank. I then saw that the text move was the rook sac. However, it appears that 26 Re4 Qa5 27 Qe7+ Kc6 28 Rd1 Rfd8 29 Re3 a5 opens up King checks like 30 Rc3+ and 31 Rb3+, and is still a viable move. I then analyzed more and see that 26 Rxe5+ Kd7 (26 ... dxe5 27 Kxe5+ Kd7 28 Qe7+ Kc8 29 Qxf8+ Kc7 30 Qe7+ and Black is doomed) 27 Rxe5+ Kd7 28 Qe7+ Kc8 29 Qxf8+ is more crushing to Black than 26 Re4. |
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| Jun-14-23 | | Lambda: 26.Rxe5+, and if 26...dxe5 27.Rxe5+ Kd7 (Kf7 Re7+ and Qxh7#) 28.Qe7+ Kc8 (28...Kc6 29.Qc5+ Kd7 30.Re7+ Kd8 31.Qc7#) 29.Rc5+ Qc6 30.Rxc6+ bxc6 and 31.Qxf8+ goes up queen for rook, that should do. Black can decline with 26...Kd7 and there's no obvious mate, but in this case we've won a pawn and have lots more interesting checks to choose from against a very exposed king, so obviously a good move. |
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| Jun-14-23 | | Brenin: 26 Rxe5+ dxe5 (K moves are no better) 27 Rxe5+ Kd7 (Kf7 28 Re7+ Kg8 29 Qxh7 mate) 28 Qe7+ Kc6 (Kc8 29 Rc5+ with mate or win of Q+R) 29 Qc5+ Kd7 30 Re7+ Kd8 31 Qc7 mate. |
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| Jun-14-23 | | Brenin: After 26 Rxe5+, Black's only practical hope seems to be 26 ... Kd7 27 Qe7+ Kc6, using the P on d6 as a shield, and hoping that White doesn't see 28 Rd1 Rad8 (28 ... dxe5 29 Rd6+ with mate in a few move) 29 Re3 followed by 30 Rc3+. |
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| Jun-14-23 | | Mayankk: One of the more obvious Wednesdays, but still fun to mate Black King in the two sidelines. 26 Rxe5+ dxe5 27 Rxe5
1. 27 ... Kf7 28 Qxh7+ Kf6 29 Qe7#
2. 27 ... Kd7 28 Qe7+ Kc6 29 Qc5+ Kd7 30 Re7+ Kd8 31 Qc7# |
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| Jun-14-23 | | mel gibson: That was very easy.
Black must have fallen on his sword as Stockfish 15
can spin this game out for at least another 38 moves: 26. Rxe5+
(26. Rxe5+ (Re3xe5+ Ke8-d7 Qh4-e7+ Kd7-c6 Re1-d1
Ra8-d8 Re5-e3 Qa4xc2 Re3-c3+ Qc2xc3 b2xc3 Rf8-h8 Rd1-b1 Rd8-d7 Qe7-e4+
d6-d5 Qe4-e6+ Rd7-d6 Qe6-e7 Rh8-b8 Qe7xh7 a7-a6 Qh7-f7 b7-b5 Qf7-a7 Rd6-d8
Rb1-e1 Rd8-e8 Qa7xa6+ Kc6-c7 Qa6-a7+ Kc7-d6 Re1-d1 Re8-d8 Qa7-f7 Kd6-c6
Qf7-e7 Rd8-d7 Qe7-b4 Rb8-b6 a2-a4 b5xa4 Qb4xa4+ Kc6-d6 Rd1-e1 Rd7-c7 Qa4-d4
Rb6-b5 Re1-a1 Rb5-c5 Qd4-f6+ Kd6-d7 Ra1-e1 Rc5-c6 Qf6-e5 Rc6-b6 Qe5xd5+
Rb6-d6 Qd5-b5+ Rc7-c6 h2-h4 Rd6-e6 Re1xe6 Kd7xe6 Qb5xc6+ Ke6-f7) +10.83/38
644)
score for White +10.83 depth 38. |
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| Jun-14-23 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: Directly: 26. Rxe5+ dxe5 27. Rxe5+ (Kf7 28. Qxh7+ Kf6 29. Qe7#) Kd7 28. Qe7+ (Kc6 29. Qc5+ Kd7 30. Re7+ Kd8 31. Qc7#) Kc8 29. Rc5+ (Kb8 30. Qc7#) Qc6 30. Rxc6+ bxc6 31. Qxf8+ Kb7 32. Qe7+ Kb8 33. Qd8+ Kb7 34. Qd7+ Kb8 35. Qxc6... The last line can be improved with: 29. Qxf8+ Kc7 30. Rc5+ (Qc6 31. Rxc6+ Kxc6 32. Qxa8), then: 30... Qc6 32. Rxc6+ bxc6 33. Qd7 or 30... Kd7 31. Qf7+ Kd8 32. Rd5+ Kc8 33. Qe7 and Black will lose the ♕ again (I love it!) to avoid the check-mate. |
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| Jun-14-23 | | agb2002: The uncastled black king invites to play 26.Rxe5+: A) 26... dxe5 27.Rxe5+
A.1) 27... Kd7 28.Qe7+
A.1.a) 28... Kc6 29.Qc5+ Kd7 30.Re7+ Kd8 31.Qc7#. A.1.b) 28... Kc8 29.Qxf8+ Kc7 (29... Kd7 30.Rd5+ transposes to A.1.b.ii below) 30.Rc5+ A.1.b.i) 30... Kb6 31.Qd6+ Qc6 32.Rxc6+ wins decisive material. A.1.b.ii) 30... Kd7 31.Rd5+ Kc7 (31... Kc6 32.Qd6#; 31... Ke6 32.Rd6#) 32.Qd6+ Kc8 33.Qd8#. A.2) 27... Kf7 28.Re7+ Kg8 29.Qxh7#.
B) 26... Kd7 27.Qxh7+ (27.Qe7+ Kc6 28.R5e3 Qd4 29.Kh1 Qxb2) B.1) 27... Kc6 28.Qxg6 Qxf4 29.Qe4+ wins two pawns. B.2) 27... Kc8 28.Re7 Qd4+ (28... Qc6 29.Qxg6 wins three pawns) 29.Kh1 Qb6 30.Qxg6 Qxb2 31.Qxd6 wins. |
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| Jun-14-23 | | saturn2: If one does not want to sacrifice a rook and calculate numerous lines 26.Re4 is a safe alternative. It results in white picking up pawns and with a naked black king in the center. |
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| Jun-14-23 | | stacase: Move for move to the end.
Two continuations:
29. Re6+ Kd5
30. Re5+ Kc6
31. Qc5+ Kd7
32. Re7+ Kd8
33. Qd6+ Kc8
34. Qc7#
Or 29. Re6+ Kb5
30. Qg5+ Kb4
31. Re4#
So far this week it's been easy peazy (-: |
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| Jun-14-23 | | Ariogermano: 26. Qxh7 ? |
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Jun-14-23
 | | chrisowen: I crust pan dug bbq it's hack mow it's u v jelly it's Rxe5+ arrived it's odd affable it's pack forth age it's que it's hub Rxe5+ faith; |
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Jun-14-23
 | | benveniste: Had this puzzle been 25. White to move, the solution would have been pretty much the same. |
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| Jun-14-23 | | paavoh: <29. Re6+ Kb5 30. Qg5+ Kb4> Instead of 30.- Kb4, Black will play 30.- Rf5. |
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| Jun-14-23 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: Opening: one intriguing possibility: 10. Bxc6 (bxc6 11. Nxe4. lose the ♘ or 10... Nxc3? 11.Bxd7+ lose a piece too), forced: 10... Bxc6 11. Nxc6 Nxc3 12. bxc3 bxc6 13. Qa6 (Bxc3 14. Qxc6+ lose the ♗ at least). 13... Qb7 or O-O 14. Rb1. Will White attack recover the ♙ with advantage? This shows that the correct answer is the game one: 10.Nxe4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bxd4 12.Nxd6+, where White recovers the ♙ with sure positional advantage. |
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Jun-14-23
 | | Diocletian: Nice to see a daily puzzle with William Winter, author of my first and favorite chess book, Kings of Chess. Best wishes to William Winter. |
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Apr-08-25
 | | FSR: A lesson in the dangers of pawn grabbing while one's king is in the center. Obviously Winter overlooked 12.Nxd6+! |
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Apr-09-25
 | | Sally Simpson: <Hi FSR>
You are right, in hindsight he should have castled before even thinking about 9...Nxe4 but I do not think he missed 12.Nxd6+ Winter was not that bad a player. I think it's round one and he underestimated Abrahams who was playing in his first British Championship. I'm also guessing the move he has missed when going into this back on move 9 was the move 13.Qe2-c5! 
click for larger viewLooking at it is 13...Be6 a move. 14.Qxd5 say 14...Rg8 the d6 Knight is pinned and cannot unpin protecting the WQ, though Black's position is still looking dire. Most likely Black loses in a different way. Britbase reports that after 28...Kc6 White announced mate in three. Two good thought provoking and controversial writers about the game these two. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 26.Rxe5+