Jun-22-22 B Finegold vs K Sorenson, 1982 
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| raymondhow: After getting the first three moves, I blanked out on the simple 22.Bc6, wanted to play 22.Rc7 instead. Still winning, but not sure I deserve full credit. |
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Jun-20-22 A A Zaremba vs R Antonio, 1995
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| raymondhow: Isn't two weeks a bit soon to be repeating a Monday puzzle? |
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Jun-19-22 Murey vs R Ravisekhar, 1986
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| raymondhow: I got the first two moves to feel like a contender, but then chose 24.Rh8+, a real clunker as it turns out. |
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Jun-18-22 F Antognini vs M Klauser, 2009
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| raymondhow: I chose the first six moves, then wanted to play 30.Qa8+. That doesn't make progress, so I would've repeated the position and tried Qc8+ as in the game. On that basis, think I can claim a Saturday solve, my first in some time. |
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Jun-16-22 H Heinicke vs Gilg, 1940
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| raymondhow: < ah, ok, if white declines to take the rook with the pawn, black's victory is not so immediate. > And that's an issue in general with puzzles. Since White does not put up the best resistance, we are really solving a simpler puzzle. I like to think I would have solved if ... |
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Jun-15-22 de Firmian vs Yudasin, 1990
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| raymondhow: I picked all the moves that de Firmian did, none seemed easy except maybe the first. At least Thursday level, maybe Friday. |
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Jun-12-22 Portisch vs Geller, 1961
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| raymondhow: Hmm, maybe my comment on the first POTD made them change it. Went wrong on this one with 25...Nxf4. |
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Jun-12-22 Xiong vs So, 2017
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| raymondhow: After the first two moves, I wanted to play 23...c3. The engine agrees, but says it leads to equality. Don't feel like I really solved much, on the other hand I did not go wrong. |
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Jun-07-22 D Mayers vs Fischer, 1953
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| raymondhow: After 15...Be7 is a fun Monday puzzle. |
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Jun-02-22 V Lilov vs B Rzayev, 2009
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| raymondhow: I went for 16.Qh5 which is good as the game move according to the engine. |
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