Nov-12-03 | | AdrianP: Nice finish (23 Kc1 Nb3#)... a v. economical mating pattern. |
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May-29-17
 | | tpstar: Black to Play and Win after 21. g3.
Very nice. |
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Mar-16-20
 | | WTHarvey: <tpstar>
Black mates in 3.
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Nov-20-22
 | | fredthebear: Epaulette Mate with Knight and Rook. |
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Sep-12-23
 | | Breunor: Easy peasy. |
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Sep-12-23 | | Mayankk: Black wants to play Nb3# but the b3 square is guarded by the c2 pawn. 21 ... Rxc2+ 22 Kxc2 Ra2+ 23 Kc1 brings us back to the original position sans the c2 pawn. And now 23 ... Nb3# works like a charm. |
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Sep-12-23 | | Brenin: Having castled Q-side, and faced with Black pawns on a6, b5 and c4, White's 12 a4 and 14 axb5 were, shall we say, brave decisions. Once the a-file was open, White could do little but rearrange his pieces while Black steadily built up his attack. White's 21 g3 showed complete blindness to what was coming: 21 R4d2 was needed, letting White survive in an uncomfortable position. |
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Sep-12-23
 | | takebackok: No think Tuesday, |
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Sep-12-23 | | mel gibson: Easy peasy - LOL
That's all forced with only one reply each time. |
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Sep-12-23
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Easy problem, only one legal move for White at each turn, yet still an aesthetically pleasing finish. |
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Sep-12-23 | | saturn2: Without the Pc2 black could checkmate by Nb3. So comes the idea. |
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Sep-12-23 | | agb2002: Black has a bishop and a knight for the bishop pair. The pawn on c2 prevents Nb3#. Hence, 21... Rxc2+ 22.Kxc2 Ra2+ 23.Kc1 Nb3#. |
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Sep-12-23 | | TheaN: Given it's Tuesday I had to check twice this is an actual mate in three. It is. Bit of an odd choice in that regard, but I like the involved patterns. |
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Sep-12-23
 | | chrisowen: We v its hq guilty its z cuff jah its Rxc2+ aeo ooh its doh its awooga jug its deep its Rxc2+ flick? |
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Sep-12-23 | | Hercdon: Funny to get a mate in 2 in this position. I saw the 2 moves to get to mate but for some reason did not see it as mate. Need more coffee � |
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Sep-12-23 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: 21...Rxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Ra2+ 23. Kc1 Nb3# |
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Sep-12-23 | | devere: 21.g3?? was a blunder. White can instead defend with 21.R(4)-d2, and then who knows what might happen. As Richard Teichmann said, "Chess is 99% tactics." |
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Sep-12-23 | | Damenlaeuferbauer: After long pondering, the strong Georgian GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili, winner of Strumica 1995 and European champion from 2003, finally found the mate in 3 moves with the very nice rook sacrifice 21.-,Rxc2+! 22.Kxc2,Ta2+ 23.Kc1,Nb3#. This is exactly the way how to play Modern Defense with the black pieces! |
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Sep-12-23
 | | perfidious: <DLB.....the strong Georgian GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili, winner of Strumica 1995....> Which event?
Ohhh, you mean one of the biggest frauds of all time, where his opponents dumped games to him, of which one was the following: Azmaiparashvili vs B Kurajica, 1995. |
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