Nov-12-19 Suba vs I Madl, 1987
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| newzild: <Ceri Evans> After 17. Qd4 Qe5 18. fxg7+ Kxg7 White has two minor pieces for a rook, but Black can play on. |
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Nov-09-19 Caruana vs Le Quang Liem, 2019 
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| newzild: Caruana missed 30. Rf6!
This would make a good Wednesday puzzle. |
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Oct-20-19 N Pokern vs M Bassler, 1981
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| newzild: <An Englishman> It looks to me like simply 44...Kg8 wins. |
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Oct-18-19 D A Yeager vs Stripunsky, 2008
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| newzild: Shouldn't <morfishine> be censured for his comments in this thread? Completely out of line. |
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Oct-15-19 Alekhine vs Tylor, 1937
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| newzild: Straightforward stuff:
43.Rg8+ Kxg8
44.Nxf6+ Kf8
45. Nxh5 Ke7
46. Nf4 dxc4
47. Kg2 b5
48. Kf3 b4
49. Ke4
and the King arrives in time to deal with Black's q-side pawns. |
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Oct-14-19 Lombardy vs N Spiridonov, 1964
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| newzild: Simple and pretty. |
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Sep-24-19 C Costello vs M Fogg, 2011
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| newzild: An instructive technical win by White. |
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Sep-23-19 Anand vs Van Wely, 1998
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| newzild: After 35. Bxg6 hxg6 36. Rh2 Kf8, I saw a different mate to <agb2002>: 37. Qh8+ Ke7
38. Rh7+ Kd8
39. Qf6+ Re7
40. Qxe7#
36...Kf7 37. Qh7+ transposes.
I agree with other posters who say the 'new' Monday puzzles are harder than the 'old' ones - not that I object to ... |
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Sep-16-19 R H Steinmeyer vs Berliner, 1959
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| newzild: <erniecohen> Yes, good point. |
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Sep-15-19 Sarin Nihal vs E Safarli, 2019
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| newzild: Pun is back-to-front because it's actually Nihal who wins. Great combo at the end, though! |
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