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Jul-29-25 A Graf vs S Kiselev, 1988    morea: I don't see the point of this puzzle. White is already up in material and only has to preserve his lead. The obvious 39. Rxd5 Bxd5 40. Nf6+ Kf7 41. Nxe4 Bxe4 does exactly that, but doesn't gain anything more. To that effect, many other moves work just as well, for example 39. Be3 Nge7      Jun-09-25 A Sherzer vs N Petrov, 1988    morea: Quite difficult for Monday. The slightly obvious 21. Rd8+ doesn't work: 21...Bxd8 22. Nd6+ Kf8 23. Nxc8 Bxh3 and White won the Queen, but for a Rook and a Bishop, which is hardly an easy win. The problem was that after gaining the Queen, Black could still strike back with the f5 ...      May-20-25 B Zuckerman vs R Hartoch, 1968    morea: After 17. Bh6 Rfe8 an even stronger continuation would have been 18. Be6! This paves the way for the Queen to come to g4, and Black has no other option than to give up his Queen: 18... Bf8 (the g7 square must be protected) 19. Bxd7 etc.      May-14-25 F Krudde vs A Dekker, 1990   morea: Exciting game! A Queen and a Knight are not enough to overpower the Bishop pair supporting two passed Pawns.      May-12-25 Burn vs F S Smith, 1901    morea: Is this really a win for White though? After 34... Kg7 White won't be able to protect both the Rook and Bishop. 34...Kg7 35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. Re7+ Kf8 37. Rxh7 Rxe6 and Black is only a Pawn down. So why did he resign?      May-05-25 G Marco vs R Loman, 1892    morea: White to move, 21. ? I don't think this is a good example of a very easy puzzle. White only had a quick win because Black blundered. 21. Bb3 is objectively the best, but after that 21. Bb3 Qc7 22. Nd5! The Black Queen has to protect f7, but can't stay on the 7th rank or move to ...      May-04-25 C Andhin vs F Mohamed, 2022    morea: <beatgiant> Thank you. But wouldn't then 40. Rxb4 be recorded in the score?      May-01-25 J Donaldson vs T Gordon, 1853   morea: White's attack was careless and unsound. At move 20 Black had many ways to win: Qd5, Nd7, even the simple h6. Instead, 20... Bg4?? and lost in two moves. But "21. ? White to play" would be a great choice for a Monday puzzle.      May-01-25 L Comas Fabrego vs P Cramling, 1990   morea: It's quite possible with such an intense game. There were some mistakes throughout, but the demonstrated fighting spirit was awesome as both players went for the kill! Some additional information as the game score today is missing a few details: This game was played in Round 7 of the ...      Apr-30-25 Y Liu vs S Vaibhav, 2017    morea: 42. White to move It seemed quite likely that the idea was an attack on g6, but how? My first thought was bringing in the other Rook: 42. Rg3. Black had better defend g6 somehow, and he can do that with 42... Bd3! Now 43. Rxd3 Rxd6 44. exd6 Qxf6 and Black is solid. So what if White ...

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