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| Nov-20-09 | | swissteam: I'm sure I'm missing something simple; what's wrong with 14. Qxb7? |
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| Nov-20-09 | | Jim Bartle: Maybe 14...Bxc5 15 bxc5 Rb8, picking up the b2 bishop? |
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| Nov-21-09 | | RandomVisitor: <The Famous Chess Cat> Here is a quick computer look after 13.Qxf3: 1: Anthony Miles - Walter Shawn Browne, Lucerne (Switzerland) 1982
click for larger viewAnalysis by Rybka 3 : <18-ply> <1. (0.48): 13...Bd7> 14.Qxb7 Bxc5 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Be7 17.Bd3 f5 18.Qe2 Qb6 19.0-0 Bg5 20.Rc4 a5 21.Bd4 Qb7 22.Qe5 2. (0.57): 13...Bb8 14.Rd1 Qc7 15.Na4 Nd5 16.Be2 f6 17.g3 Ba7 18.0-0 Bd7 19.Nc3 Nxc3 20.Qxc3 Rad8 21.Bc4 b6 22.Rfe1 Rfe8 3. (0.67): 13...Qe7 14.Bd3 Bb8 15.0-0 a5 16.Rcd1 e5 17.h3 |
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| Nov-22-09 | | The Famous Chess Cat: <RandomVisitor>
Thank you! I had completely overlooked the obvious pin on the b4 pawn! Was a little *off* that day I suppose. |
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| Nov-23-09 | | kevin86: The mate will come soonest... |
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| Dec-03-09 | | grasser: This one is easy to memorize and blacks moves are natural so I'll probably get to play it again sometime. G Grasser vs M Camejo, 2009 |
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| Oct-31-10 | | sevenseaman: Its a clean, hands-free procedure Miles carried out. Why Black left his K only 3 squares to oscillate upon is material only to Browne's strategic planning; it has 'miles' to go. |
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| Oct-31-10 | | Elsinore: I just started looking at Miles' games, and I'm glad I found him. His game against Spassky (GOTD like 5 years ago) was amazing. |
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Dec-08-10
 | | Domdaniel: Miles was the first GM I ever played, and *still* the only one to offer me a draw. I said I'd think about it... Drone, drone.
10.Rc1 is interesting in this Symmetrical Tarrasch (10.Qc2 is more usual). It seems to have gone out of fashion after Smyslov lost to Sax in 1989, but the whole line is seen much less often than the mainline Tarrasch with g3. Miles liked Reversed Benoni/Gruenfeld positions, anything where a black pawn could be lured to d4. So this was right up his street. |
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Dec-08-10
| | Domdaniel: White's Queen and Bishops (and Rc1) look ready to roll on move 17, but the combination fails at this stage due to a nasty Queen check on e5. White must castle first. Browne should then have exchanged Bishops (or threatened mate with 17...Bb8 followed by 18.g3 Bxe4) but he walked into it with 17...Rad8?. In this line, the defence 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.Qh5+ Kg8 20.Bxg7 f6!? fails to 21.Qh8+ Kf7 22.Bxf8 and White wins because of the threat to the unguarded Qc7 along the rank (22...Rxf8 23.Qh7+). It might continue 22...Bb8 23.Qg7+ Ke8 24.Qxc7 Bxc7 25.Bd6! [killing counterplay] Bxd6 26.cxd6 Rxd6 27.Rfd1 and white wins easily. But after 17.Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.Qh5+ Kg8 19.Bxg7 f6 20.Qh8+ Kf7 21.Bxf8 Qe5+! 22.Kf1 Qg5, Black defends -- White can possibly draw, but no more. |
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| Apr-28-11 | | iking: the 18th move by Miles started the 2 bishops sacs that ended the game ....
click for larger view~ |
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| Nov-10-13 | | JustAnotherPatzer: Shades of "Very Garry"
Kasparov vs Portisch, 1983
apropos the double B sac |
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Nov-10-13
 | | profK: Shades of Lasker's Stonewall double bishop sac !! |
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Jul-30-16
 | | HeMateMe: Boom boom! The classic double bishop sacrifice at h7 and g7. Miles to go, before you sleep. |
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May-07-21
 | | plang: Note that White has to castle first; 17 Bxh7+? fails to 17..Kxh7 18 Qh5+..Kg8 19 Bxg7..f6! 20 Qh8+..Kf7 21 Bxf8..Qe5+. |
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| May-08-23 | | Brenin: The first B sac, 18 Bxh7+, should be obvious. The second, 20 Bxg7, and the subsequent Q checks, tie down Black's K in preparation for the entry of the R with 23 Rc4. |
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May-08-23
 | | Korora: Easy as 3.14159. |
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| May-08-23 | | jrredfield: this to me is hardly a Monday-level puzzle. I chose 18 Bxh7+ Kxh7 19 Qh5+ Kg8 right away but then there is no clear path to a quick material gain or mate. I don't doubt White's superior position after those moves above, but making it work requires many additional accurate moves by White. Perhaps 20 Bxg7 f6, but just not sure of how to proceed with any measure of finality. |
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| May-08-23 | | get Reti: I agree, this is advanced for a Monday. I saw the double bishop sac, but black has the ability to decline the second sac, and even if he doesn't you still have to get the queen to f6 or it might be a draw. |
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| May-08-23 | | jrredfield: Ok I see where White can at least win a rook with 21 Qh8+ Kf7 22 Bxf8, and by now Black's K is dangerously exposed. Just seems more like Tuesday or Wednesday fare. |
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May-08-23
 | | perfidious: Good POTD, but it is hardly a standard slambang Monday, and the motif is only too obvious to anyone who knows their classics. |
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| May-08-23 | | Brenin: Definitely hard for a Monday: one has to see that after 20 Bxg7, Black's 20 ... f6 (or f5) fails to 21 Qh8+ Kf7 22 Bxf8, and if 22 ... Rxf8 then 23 Qh7+ wins the hanging Q on c7. |
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| May-08-23 | | Mayankk: The only thing which makes this puzzle easier than a Wed or Thu puzzle is pattern recognition. You see two Bishops pointing at the King, a Queen ready to jump to the g and h files to deliver checks and a Rook at c1 waiting for a Rook lift via c4 to h4. So we try saccing one Bishop first, then the other, move Queen around to ensure Black has minimal counter play, pick the most opportune time for Rook lift, and we reach this move order. 18 Bxh7+ (first Bishop sac) Kxh7 19 Qh5+ Kg8 20 Bxg7 (second Bishop sac) Kxg7 21 Qg5+ (critical intermezzo to push King on the h file) Kh8 22 Rc4 with Rh4# to follow soon. However given the 20th and 21st moves aren't checks, other defences are definitely possible. So yes, not the usual slam bang Monday. |
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| May-08-23 | | Allderdice83: This is NOT "very easy." I sweated for a while on 18. Bxh7+. I couldn't see any win for White, but ultimately figured it would come with 20. Bxg7, saccing both bishops to shatter Black's kingside. Unfortunately, I forgot that I'd x'ed out my analysis and clicked on the actual moves of the game before I was ready. You not only have to see the first sac, then the second sac, you have to see the queen checks to box the king in, and THEN, you have to see Rc4 rather than Rc3 so that Black can't sac the queen for the rook on g3, although I think Rc3 still wins, just not as quickly. |
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Nov-27-24
 | | Sally Simpson: I've started reading 'An Incorrect Opening' by Tony Boucher. There are 25 chapters, each one headed by the White moves from this game. Chapter one is 1.Nf3 Chapter two is 2.Pc4. etc onto Chapter twenty five which is 25.Qg7 mate (even though the game did not end in mate I figure perhaps the story may have too, I'm only on chapter three 3.Nc3.) The story so far...
The main character has been given a chess set by a complete stranger and the set appears to be haunted. The book has been dedicated to Tony Miles. |
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