Jul-08-20 L McLaren vs A Ismail, 2017 
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| Cheapo by the Dozen: I went with:
17 Rxg7+ Kh8 (the rook is poisoned)
18 Bxf6 Qf5 (to protect against discovered checks) 19 Qh6, and mate quickly follows even though Black's queen defends h7 |
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Jul-07-20 Judit Polgar vs E Morricone, 2004
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| Cheapo by the Dozen: OK, but why is "Music of the Archangels" a phrase to pun on? Googling on the phrase didn't immediately produce an answer. |
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Jul-07-20 Huebner vs Adorjan, 1980
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| Cheapo by the Dozen: Fun one.
Monday-easy, really, because the pin on White's rook means he simply doesn't have very many moves he could reasonably consider. (In particular, there's no chance to complicate things with Rg6+.) |
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Jul-06-20 Denker vs D MacMurray, 1932
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| Cheapo by the Dozen: Pow, and pow again. |
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Jul-05-20 Vyzmanavin vs Ulibin, 1995
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| Cheapo by the Dozen: I also went with ... N(e)xf2 on Spielmannesque faith. In this case, the faith turned out to be misplaced. |
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Jul-05-20 N Hald vs L Uedemann, 1902
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| Cheapo by the Dozen: Mate in 3 is a lot easier to find than mate in 2: 43 Push the b-pawn
44 Queen the d-pawn
45 Mate as you please |
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Jul-03-20 S Nadel vs I Margulis, 1932
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| Cheapo by the Dozen: The German word Nadel can mean either "needle" or "pin". Unfortunately, this wonderful little game doesn't much involve pins, and it's Nadel's only game in the database. Nadel Unpinned? |
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Jul-01-20 Stahlberg vs T Salo, 1956
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| Cheapo by the Dozen: At first glance White wind up ahead by the Exchange in a won endgame. But wait -- there's more! Black doesn't have time to save his night, because iif he tries an innocuous move like 44 ... Qa8, it's so innocuous that White has time to play 45 Rxe4 (i.e. RxN), and queen ... |
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Jul-01-20 P Mach vs A Flumbort, 1998
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| Cheapo by the Dozen: Either Black lost on time or, which is less common, he resigned too soon. In one theory he was too slow and in the other he was too fast. Either way, that improves the pun. :) |
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Jun-29-20 R Kiuttu vs A Giri, 2005
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| Cheapo by the Dozen: I struggled too. |
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