Apr-24-10 Chiburdanidze vs P Feustel, 1976 
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| Criswell: The answer to the puzzle was obvious...but the continuation was what made this puzzle a "Saturday" puzzle in my mind. |
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Jan-28-10 N Kosolapov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1936
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| Criswell: Very cleverly done, and quite frankly beyond my ability. My solution was 22...Ng3+ but the queen sack (I even looked at that possibility) was beyond me. |
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Nov-24-09 R Nezhmetdinov vs Y Kotkov, 1957
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| Criswell: this one took me about 45 seconds, but at least I got it lol...hopefully 25. Re8+!
The only responses are 25. ...Bxe8 26. Qg8# or 25. ...Qxe8 26.Qxf6# I assume black resigned at this point. |
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Nov-09-09 Gelfand vs Carlsen, 2009
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| Criswell: I don't understand why Carlsen would accept a draw. He has a forward pawn on an open rank with a Queen backing it and plenty of potential support later on. Is this a theoretical draw or just a mistake on Carlsen's part? |
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Nov-01-09 A Kosikov vs V Bezman, 1986
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| Criswell: Ok..I look at this position and the immediate 50. Rg2! shouts to me saying "Hey look I threaten mate!" so 50. Rg2 it is! -------------------
50. Rf2. Interesting move but I fail to see why it is superior to Rg2. Anyone care to point me in the right direction? |
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Oct-31-09 Rublevsky vs A Volzhin, 1995
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| Criswell: <lost in space: Haven't got it. I tried to trap the Na2 with 39...Bd6.
I will now try with the help of Rybka, if this is working out or not.> I thought the same thing but after either 39. Bd6 or 39. Be1 Black simply replies 39. ...a5! making the knight untrappable. |
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Oct-30-09 H Munoz Sotomayor vs H Salazar Jacob, 1990
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| Criswell: Wow. This one was easier than some previously in the week. 55. ...d3! is pretty apparent because white would be forced to recapture the pawn 56. cxd3 and then black just marches his c-file pawn to victory after keeping white's rook off the c-file. |
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Oct-16-09 Spassky vs Gufeld, 1988
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| Criswell: Wow, I think this is one of the first Difficult level puzzles that makes sense to me. 31. Rxf6 Rxf6
32. d5
If the rook doesn't retreat immediately then you can force the king out of his hole. If it does move immediately here is an example:
32. d5 Rf8
33. Qd4 threatening a ... |
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Aug-02-09 B Ivanovic vs G Ginsburg, 2003
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| Criswell: 22. Bh6 gxh6 23. Nh5
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30. Re1
are brilliant moves. I've always valued forced play. Black was clearly outplayed. |
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Jul-23-09 A Sokolov vs Bagirov, 1993
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| Criswell: Here goes nothing.
The first move that comes to mind is 23. Qd4
This threatens the mate with 24. Qxg7# as the f7 pawn is pinned by white's bishop on d5. -------------------
Hmm...I hadn't considered 23. Rxg6! but it essentially accomplishes the same thing. I wonder why Sokolov ... |
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