Aug-30-23 G Fuster vs J Durao, 1958 
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| jrredfield: I saw this line right away:
28 ... Rxe3
29 Rxd4 Qxc1+
But didn't see the full mate sequence until later. 30 Qf1 Rxg3
31 Rd8+ Kg7
32 Rg8+ Kxg8
33 Qxc1 Rxg2+
34 Kh1 Rc2+
35 Kg1 Rxc1#
28 ... Qxc1 29 Rxc12 Rxe3 also looks like a win for Black. |
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Aug-29-23 C Moldovan vs A Ushenina, 2005
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| jrredfield: I chose
27 ... Qa7
28 Rf4 Bxd4+
29 Rdxd4 Rad8
30 Qe3 Rxd4
31 Rxd4 Qxd4
But as others have said, 27 ... Rxd4 also wins with 28 ... Qa7 following. |
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Aug-29-23 A Medina Garcia vs Ed. Lasker, 1952
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| jrredfield: Sorry I've been AWOL - just moved to a new house. Back in action now. Looks like 32 Rxg6+ is best, but I also looked at 32 a5 and 32 f4. Like many POTDs in the last few months, I see several moves that appear to be strong for White, revealing how tenuous Black's position is. |
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Aug-18-23 D H Campora vs P Cramling, 1994
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| jrredfield: I had no trouble seeing 24 d6 but then couldn't decide between 24 ... Bd5 or 24 ... Qxb2 Some possible lines:
24 ... Bd5
25 Bxd5 Nxd5
26 Bxe5 Rxe5
27 Rc8+
24 ... Qxb2
25 Bxf7+ Kf8
26 Nh7+ Nxh7
27 Qxh7 Kxf7
28 Rc7+ Ke6
29 Qxg7
24 ... Bxg2
25 Bxf7+ Kf8
26 ... |
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Aug-17-23 A Miltner vs M Thesing, 2006
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| jrredfield: I'm going with the fairly obvious, echoing what others have said: 27 ... Qxc1+
28 Nxc1 Rxc1+
29 Kh2 Rh1+
30 Kxh1 Ng3+
31 Kg1 Nxe2+
32 Kf2 Nc1
At this point, the pawns are essentially even and Black needs to utilize his extra piece to force White's hand. I don't see a ... |
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Aug-16-23 J Arnason vs C Hansen, 1986
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| jrredfield: White can afford to give up the rook to attack the black king head on with the queen. 49 Rxg6+ hxg6
50 Qxg6+ Kh8
After that I wasn't sure. Perhaps:
51 Bf5 (to prepare for Be6)
51 ... Rc7
52 Qh5+ and Black is doomed. |
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Aug-15-23 H Spangenberg vs Ftacnik, 1994
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| jrredfield: I wasn't sure at first between 24 ... Qg3 and 24 ... Ng3. It appeared after a longer look like Ng3 only results in a draw. So then I began to see the forks, especially the king/queen fork by the knight, and Black is quickly well ahead in material. 24 ... Qg3
25 Bxg3 Nxg3+
26 ... |
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Aug-14-23 J Diez del Corral vs A Medina Garcia, 1978
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| jrredfield: It took me less than 5 seconds to see 29 Rxd7+ Qxd7 30 Qxa8+ Qc8 but then I wasn't sure. One possible line is: 29 Rxd7+ Qxd7
30 Qxa8+ Qc8
31 Qd5 Re8
32 Nxd6 cxd6
33 Qxd6+ Qd7 (forced)
34 Qxf6+ (starting to pick off pawns)
This combination will put Black on defense and ... |
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Aug-13-23 Dolmatov vs Speelman, 1989
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| jrredfield: 18 Bxh7+ Kxh7 19 Qd3+ Kg8 was my first hunch, but if Black declines the sac, then I would play 18 Bxh7+ Kf8 19 Qg4 Rd8 20 Qxg7+ Ke8 21 Qh8+. It looks like whether or not Black accepts the sac, White attains a commanding lead. |
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Aug-11-23 G Oparin vs N Shukh, 2011
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| jrredfield: <mel gibson: You're right - so many good moves.> Agreed. Here are the top five moves per Komodo Dragon: +12.09 30.e6 Rxe6 31.Nxe6 Qxe6 32.Bxg7 Rc6 33.Ba1+ Ng5 34.fxg5 Bd6 35.gxh6+ +7.80 30.Nxg7 Bxg7 31.e6 f6 32.exd7 Rxd7 33.Qg6 Ree7 34.Nf5 Qe6 35.Rc1 +5.66 30.Re1 Re7 ... |
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