Nov-20-12 A Fuderer vs J H Donner, 1952 
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| aidfarh: 14...gxh5 is not exactly forced. 14...Bxh2+ delays mate for quite a bit. Black is still lost, though. |
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Nov-09-12 Alekhine vs Marshall, 1927
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| aidfarh: Can someone please explain the pun? |
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Nov-05-12 D Sheppard vs R Fischer, 1995
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| aidfarh: I got the text move, but just as an exercise, I tried to figure out Black's best defence to 35. Rff8. Best I got was Black could delay mate by 3 moves as follows: 35. Rff8 Qe6
36. Rxe6 b5
37. Ree8 h5
38. Bd3 g6
39. Re7 h4
40. Bxg6 h3
41. Rh7# |
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Oct-18-12 Plachetka vs L Zinn, 1974
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| aidfarh: <gofer> If 12. Nxd7, then 12... Bxd7
13. Qh5 f6! and there's no mate. |
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Oct-02-12 W Peckford vs Z Vranesic, 1993
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| aidfarh: I got:
40. Qh7+ Kxh7
41. hxg+ Kg8
42. Rh8+ Kf7
After 43. g8=Q+ there might be a mate there somewhere, but I tried playing from that position and it's not straightforward. For me, the easiest is to simplify with 43. Rf8+ Ke7
44. Rxf3 Nxf3
45. g8=Q Nxg1
46. Qxg1
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Sep-12-12 E Kristiansen vs Kupreichik, 2012
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| aidfarh: I don't see a win after 36...h5+ 37. Kf3 Qe3+ 38. Kg2 h4 39. Bg4 Qg3+ 40. Kf1 Qxf4+ 41. Ke1. Black can force an exchange of Queens, but with different coloured Bishops, the two extra pawns are not enough to win. |
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Aug-26-12 Zherebukh vs A Shneider, 2011
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| aidfarh: Seriously, this is a Sunday puzzle? Way too easy. |
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Jul-13-12 H Schlemm vs S Wranay, 1872
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| aidfarh: What happens after 14...Ka6? After 15. Rxc8 Be7 I don't see how White can continue the offensive. |
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Jul-11-12 Grischuk vs Bologan, 2012
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| aidfarh: What happens after 50...Kf7 ? I can't quite see the win from there. |
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Jun-14-10 E Ghaem Maghami vs Karpov, 2009
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| aidfarh: No way is this the Nimzo-Indian Defense: Panov Attack. It's a Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack. |
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