| Dec-23-24 | | whiteshark: <34.Qxd6+> When you can finally win a ♙, but the ♕s come off the board... |
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| Dec-23-24 | | Mayankk: 34 Qxd6+ Kxd6 35 Be1+ K-somewhere 36 Bxh4 tactics is simple enough and jumps right off the board when you see it. But it only wins a pawn and you need to spend more time convincing yourself that it is a forced win. It should be as the Bishop pair is quite powerful in this open position. f4 and f5 is looming and once the two Bishops occupy the diagonals adjacent to Black King, Black will have to sacrifice/lose a piece to stave off all the threats around his King. |
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Dec-23-24
 | | takebackok: Confused time trouble Monday, It's 34. Qxd6+ Kxd6 35. Bg5+ Ke6 36. Bxh4 two bishops racking whites got to be better but winning no. |
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| Dec-23-24 | | mel gibson: This must be an insane level Sunday puzzle on Monday. LOL. Stockfish 17 chose a different ply:
34. Qe3
(34. Qe3 (1.Qe3 Qh3 2.Bc3 Qe6 3.Bb5 Qa2+ 4.Kc1 Qe6 5.b3 Rh8 6.Kb1 Rd8 7.Qe2 Nh5 8.Qd2 Nf6 9.Qe3 Kb7 10.Qe2 Ne8 11.f4
Nc6 12.Ba6+ Kc7 13.Bc4 Qe7 14.Qd3 Kb7 ) +1.85/47 341) score for White +1.85 depth 47.
If I force SF to play the game ply:
34. Qxd6+ Kxd6
(34. .. Kxd6 (1. ... Kxd6 2.Be1+ Kc6 3.Bxh4 Nh5 4.Be7 Ng3 5.Rd6+ Kc7 6.Rd2 Re8 7.Bd6+ Kc6 8.Bxe5 Rxe5 9.Bc4 f5
10.Rg2 f4 11.Ka2 Rh5 12.Rd2 Rh8 13.b4 b5 14.Bd5+ Kb6 ) -0.34/48 261) score for Black -0.34 depth 48. |
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Dec-23-24
 | | perfidious: <takebackok....It's 34. Qxd6+ Kxd6 35. Bg5+ Ke6 36. Bxh4 two bishops racking whites got to be better but winning no.> A good pawn more and the bishop pair on an open board with the enemy king exposed, while the knights have no support points, adds up to a winning edge for White. |
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| Dec-23-24 | | saturn2: 34 Qxd6 Kxd6 35 Be1 or Bg5 but black can play on. Carlsen holds it against below 2500. |
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Dec-23-24
 | | scormus: My gut feeling was 34 Qxd6 was the move played, but I wasn't sure if it was best. The fourth time it's been that way in the last week. What's up with <CG>? |
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| Dec-23-24 | | Damenlaeuferbauer: Of course, after 34.Qxd6+!,Kxd6 35.Bg5+,Ke6 36.Bxh4 white won a pawn and had the bishop pair, but I am not sure, if we would win this in a classical game without engines against e.g. Garry Kasparov or Magnus Carlsen. I wish every true chess player out there a peaceful, happy and blessed Christmas! |
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Dec-23-24
 | | chrisowen: I lump its skid q its wc front its a hug v its jet Qxd6+ its ae its hoh its aeb oblong co Qxd6+ fog! |
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| Dec-23-24 | | Tiggler: I chose 34. Bg5 Qxg5 35. Qxd6+ Kb7 36. Qe7+ and mate next move. Anything wrong with that? |
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| Dec-23-24 | | TheaN: Eh. CG, explanation please. Was this meant for us to spot <34.Qxd6+!? Kxd6 35.Bg5+/Be1+ Kc6 36.Bxh4 ⩲> as tactical shot, or <34.Qe3! ±> keeping the queens on the board? Because Stockfish does <not> agree the bishops and one pawn is enough against the knights in this rather simplified position. Sure, in practice terrible to play for Black, but it's not winning. This is a prime example of the quality control we're missing recently. It feels like someone just spots a combination 'worthy' of a particular day in the week and then it just gets published, rather to actually check if it's best or using an obvious spoiler. Because in this case, if we're supposed to see 34.Qe3 ± being superior, that's ridiculous for a Monday (I'd argue it doesn't qualify as puzzle at all in that case). I get these come from games, so there's no <set> quality. However, simply stating we need to "find the best move in the position" is a bit of the easy way out for what are supposed to be 'Very easy' combinations. <Tiggler: I chose 34. Bg5 Qxg5 35. Qxd6+ Kb7 36. Qe7+ and mate next move. Anything wrong with that?> 34....cxd4. This leads to the same but without Pd6. |
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Dec-24-24
 | | noads4me: I think this puzzle was chosen was for the Queen sac which actually was a trade! |
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| Dec-24-24 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: Initially, the king went on with 34. Qxd6+?1 Kxd6 35. Bg5+ Ke6 36. Bxh4, where an extra mera ♙ is obtained and a pair of ♗ x a pair of ♘ end game, not convincing one. Therefore, the reordering the moves, seems a requirement: 34. Bg5?! which B must refuse: 34. Qxg5?? 35. Qxd6+ Kb7 36. Qe7+ Ned7 37. Rxd7+ Kc6 38. Qd6# or Kc8(Kb8) 38. Qd8#. Therefore, 37. Nxd7 Qxg5 win the enemy's ♕. On 36... Kc6 37. Qd6# or 36... Kc8( Kb8) 37. Rd8#. B answer is forced: cxd4 35. Bxh4 Nfd7 36. Rxd4 Rh8 37. Be7 Rh6 38. f4 Nc6 39. Rc4?! b5 40. Rc3 Kb6 41. Bg5 Rh1+ 42. Ka2 Nc5 (43. Bf3?? Nb4+ 44. Ka3 Ra1+ 45. Kxb4 Ra4#) 43. b3 Rh2 44. Bf3 Nb4+ 45. Kb2... I really don't like this position. Preferable is: 38. b4!? Nc6 39. Rc4 Kb7 40. Bg5 Rh1+ 41. Kb2 b5 42. Rc3 (now: Kb6 43. Be3+). Other way could be: 38. Bb5 Nc6 39. Rc4 Nc5 40. Bg5 Rh1+ 41. Ka2 Ne5... and also seems B is out of the problems. The correct move for W is: 38. Bb5 Nc6 39. Rc4 Nc5 40. Bxc6 Kxc6 41. b4 b5 42. Rc3 Kd7 43. bxc5 Kxe7 44. c6 or 41. Kd7 42. bxc5 Kxe7 43. cxb6. It both cases seems that W has better chances than in the previous analyzes here presented. Question: is it easy? |
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Kibitzing
sac: 34.Qxd6+