Jan-23-25 So vs B van der Zwet, 2015 
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| Arlekhino: Right, <Goodevans>, thank you for the chance to explain. What I see is that the player with the black pieces found himself in a position where any move he could make would be useless to avoid defeat. And, of course, he had the obligation to move. Now I don´t sugest anyone ... |
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Jan-17-25 Mamedyarov vs Giri, 2022
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| Arlekhino: To AnEnglishman, alshatranji, Muttley101 and Teyss: Not all of Shakespeare´s 154 sonnets have 14 lines,
and not all of them have iambic pentameters totalizing ten syllables per line:
see numbers 99 (15 verses), 126 (12 verses, different rhyme scheme), and 145 (shorter verses). ... |
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Dec-27-24 Z Tanenbaum vs T Shi, 2020
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| Arlekhino: 28. Rxh7!
Nice shot (28. ? - could be a good Wednesday or Thursday puzzle)... Then, after 28... Nxe3 (if 28... Kxh7 29. Rh1+ followed by checkmate soon, Black can only choose how) 29. Nh6+!! Wow. |
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Dec-24-24 F Rhine vs NN, 2018
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| Arlekhino: <Jun-07-22 fredthebear: It seems that checkmate by castling is always long, to the queenside. Has anybody seen one when castling short?> There is this very well known example, by Morphy (against his own father). Even if it is an odds game, I guess it qualifies to illustrate ... |
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Dec-16-24 P Galperin vs J Hector, 2024
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| Arlekhino: <goodevans: Hard to believe that White was the higher rated player here (by some margin).> On the other hand, Johnny Hector´s highest rating achieved is 2558, and he won the Swedish Championship in 2002, at the age of 38. His opponent here was born in 2003, and also has ... |
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Dec-06-24 D Rogozenco vs G Fish, 2012
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| Arlekhino: <Dec-06-24 offramp: <The Picture of Dorian Grey> was a crappy short story by Oscar Wilde.> Actually it is a novel. And a highly praised one (deservedly so, IMHO). |
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Aug-26-24 S Boden vs J Owen, 1858
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| Arlekhino: <Aug-26-24 Premium Chessgames Member Teyss: The game score is incomplete: it continued 39...Rxg4 40.Rg8 Rxg8 41.f7 Rc8 42.e8=B+ Kd8 43.f8=B b5 44.Bh6 b4 45.Ba4 a5 46.Bg5#> Fantastic finish, I assume this is obviously a joke to undermine (or actually, "overmine") the pun... |
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Aug-26-24 D Rogozenco vs I Sofronie, 2002
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| Arlekhino: <Aug-25-24 DougRbbns: It looks like mate in 5 at: 24. .. R-h1. 25. Kxh1 Q-h8+ 26. B-h5 Qxh5+ 27. K-g1 Q-h2+ 28. K-f1 Q-h1##. Stockfish starts down this line but plays 27. .. B-g4 instead of Q-h2+, and says mate in 20. What am I missing?> As Alderdice83 has noted above, after |
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Aug-24-24 Schlechter vs W Napier, 1902
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| Arlekhino: Thank you for the answer and explanation, Teyss, now I see your point. You present very interesting criteria to judge and appreciate the so-called puns here at chessgames.com. |
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Apr-09-24 S Sjugirov vs Aronian, 2017
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| Arlekhino: <MissScarlett: I would play <19...Qxf3>; the pin is eternal.> I'm sorry, but that's a misjudgement. After 19... Qxf3(?) White can play 20. Qa4, threatening Qxa5 or b4 on the next move. Black would still have a very favorable position (for example, 20... Qf5, with the ... |
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