B Hrabal vs Salomon Flohr (1930)

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B Hrabal vs Salomon Flohr
Kautsky mem7 (1930), Prague, rd 8
Queen Pawn Game: Torre Attack. Gossip Variation (D03) · 0-1

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Aug-28-24		Korora: Easy. Sac a crow for an x-ray attack. 25... ♖xc2+ 26.♗xc2 (only legal move) ♕xc2+ and the writing is on the wall.

Aug-28-24		takebackok: Break on through easy Wednesday, 25...Rxc2+ Bxc2 26. Qxc2+ Ke1 27. Bc3+ Nxc3 28. Ra1+ and mate next.

Aug-28-24		MarcusBierce: Black to play: 1..Rxc2 2.Bxc2 Qxc2+ 3.Ke1 Bc3+ If White to play: 1.Bxf5 gxf5?? 2.Rxg7+ Kxg7 3.Qg5+ Kf8 4.Rh8# What would Black�s best after 1.Bxf5?

Aug-28-24		MarcusBierce: If the Black Q wasn�t en prise of course

Aug-28-24		mel gibson: So easy that I thought maybe I had missed something but I hadn't. Stockfish 16.1 says mate in 5. 25. .. Rxc2+ (25. .. Rxc2+ (1. ... Rxc2+ 2.Bxc2 Qxc2+ 3.Ke1 Bc3+ 4.Nxc3 Ra1+ 5.Nd1 Rxd1+) +M5/221 10)

Aug-28-24		scormus: After relatively challenging "easy" puzzles on Mon/Tue, it's comforting be get something straightfoward. I think the move that makes it Wed instead of Mon is 27 ... Bc3+

Aug-28-24		Pyrandus: Bohumil Harabal ???

Aug-28-24		TheaN: Easy Wednesday, but still a #5 so I'll take it: <25....Rxc2+ 26.Bxc2 Qxc2+ 27.Ke1> is forced: click for larger view <27....Bc3+!> decides. This is the Wednesday move, as we're two moves in but a swift knockout is necessary. It's a bit hidden as we would really want to play Bc3+ without the knight on a4 and deliver mate, but 27....Rxa4?? 28.Qe8+ Bf8 29.Qxf7#. However, the knight was also doing something important. <28.Nxc3 (Kf1 Qd1#) Ra1+ 29.Nd1 (Nb1 Rxb1#) Rxd1#>.

Aug-28-24		Teyss: Agree with <scormus> and <TheaN>: it takes a bit of time to see the long-distance contribution of the g7 B. In the end <all> Black pieces participate to the action: the f5 B protects the Q and the a5 R delivers mate after 28.Nxc3.

Aug-28-24		Honza Cervenka: <Pyrandus: Bohumil Harabal ???> Almost certainly not. In 1930 Bohumil Hrabal was a 16 years old kid living in Nymburk, where he was studying at grammar school. Hrabal is quite common Czech surname, up to this date there are at least seven registered active players with this surname in the Czech Chess Union including two candidates of master.

Aug-28-24		chrisowen: In q its hup c jo fave its Rxc2 about lo at find gib ach its match its ho guff bih its Rxc2 dug

Aug-28-24		PawnSac: <MarcusBierce: What would Black's best after 1.Bxf5?> click for larger view best would be to call the arbiter since white is cheating, taking 2 moves in a row! < MarcusBierce: If the Black Q wasn't en prise of course > Marcus, you would have to set up a hypothetical position. Place the Q on your safe square of choice then ask the question. Do you know how to work with FEN strings? You can read about them here: https://www.chess.com/terms/fen-chess https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsy... Hover your mouse over the B8 square on the game board above. A little pop up window appears: < B8: show this position FEN string > Click on that and you will see the FEN. Copy, paste, edit as you like.

Aug-28-24		TheaN: <Marcus> took the liberty of doing it for you: click for larger view Best is 25....Qxh1 26.Rxh1 1-0 considering this is +6 and Black has nothing to play for. Kind of makes sense as the whole shot Black had was based on c2 being attacked three times, which it no longer is after 25.Bxf5.

Aug-28-24		Hercdon: So easy for a Wednesday

Aug-28-24		Damenlaeuferbauer: After long pondering, the very strong Ukrainian/Czech GM Salomon Flohr finally found the mate in 5 moves with the very nice exchange sacrifice 25.-,Rxc2+! 26.Bxc2,Qxc2+ 27.Ke1,Bc3+! 28.Nxc3 (28.Kf1,Qd1#) 28.-,Ra1+ 29.Nd1 (29.Nb1,Rxb1#) 29.-,Rxd1#/Qxd1#. I love Wednesdays!

Aug-28-24		King.Arthur.Brazil: It seems quickly: 25...Rxc2+ 26. Bxc2 (forced) Qxc2+ 27. Ke1 Bc3+ (28. Kf1 Qd1#) 28. Nxc3 Ra1+ 29. Nd1 Rxd1#. Easy peasy.

Aug-28-24		FSR: Easy, as all of you observed.

Aug-28-24		Halldor: I started with RxB†!! as if it were White's move... But this stupid mistake made me realize that Black has no time to lose: White can checkmate if it were his next move (he must check in all moves). So here Bronstein's proverb applies: “The most powerful weapon in Chess is to have the next move!”

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