| Feb-10-08 | | Adriano Saldanha: 22.Rg6 (!) is great, although not unexpected as from Mr. Torre.
Threatens 23.Rxh6+, gxh6forced, 24.Qxh6++. Black´s 22. ...Bg5 is no defence (23.Bxb5), and black´s 22. ...fxg6 leads to a "reserve" mate line(23.fxg6+, Kh8forced, 24.Bxh6!, with 25.Bxg7++ or 25.Qxh6++ determined).
Salute, Mr Eugenio Torre! |
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| Aug-09-22 | | Brenin: Instead of Torre's 22 Rg6, I went for the less subtle but more direct 22 Rg7+, expecting either 22 ... Rxg7 23 Bxh6, with a deadly discovered check (or 23 ... Kg8 24 Bxg7 Kxg7 25 Ne7 mate), or else 22 ... Bxg7 23 Rg1 followed by 24 f6. |
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Aug-09-22
 | | Sally Simpson: It rang a Bell, was just looking at Rxg7+ first suddenly Rg6 popped up. 'that's it!' Must be in one of my combo books that I went through a few times. Possible a Reinfeld 1001 mates or combo's which I did cover to cover and started over again. |
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| Aug-09-22 | | TheaN: <22.Rg6 +-> however, there's one tricky line I only spotted upon board analyzing. Throughout analyzing it on the main page I was checking if Black could forcefully open the f-file to create counter chances, and it'll be, he can. White threatens 23.Rxh6+, and only fxg6 and Bg5 prevent this (ignoring Qd4+ and Qc2+ for obvious reasons). After 23....fxg6 immediately, White wins with 24.fxg6+ Kh8 25.Bxh6 and now Black can only throw in some spite checks followed by 26.Bg5# on any move except 25....gxh6 26.Qxh6#. If Black swaps around this defense, he gets one more move and White has to be careful: <23....Bg5 24.Bxg5> Rxg5 more than fine too, threatening Rxg7+, Qxh6 and Ne7#. <24....fxg6 25.fxg6+> here, if White fears the f-file and plays Qxg6+ it goes from a mate line to +5 which is quite a bit worse. <25....Kh8>:
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Black has managed to open the f-file, so can White safely play <26.Bxh6!>? Yes, he can: <26....Rxf2+ 27.Ke1!> and Black can't really keep up checks, as any move that allows Bh6 to move is mate! White forces the end at most seven moves later: <27....Rf1+ 27.Kxf1 Qa6+ 28.Kf2 Qf1+ 29.Rxf1 Re8 30.Be3+ Kg8 31.Qh7+ Kf8 32.Qh8#>. Bit scuffed I missed this line at first glance, but I'll claim the point for the main lines of 22.Rg6. |
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Aug-09-22
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Methinks O'Kelly would have done better to play his own defense, 2...a6. |
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| Aug-09-22 | | saturn2: 22.Rxg7+ Bxg7 (taking differently Kg7 or Rxg7 seems worse) 23.Rg1 was enough for me. White has too much even an occasional mate Ne7 if the king goes to g7 later. |
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| Aug-09-22 | | Vermit: I went down a completely different rabbit hole 22.Bxh6 gxh6 23. Rxg8 Kxg8 24.Qxh6 with Rg1+ to follow. I guess Black doesn't need to recapture on g8 |
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| Aug-09-22 | | agb2002: Black threatens Qxe4.
White can increase the pressure on h6 with 22.Rg6: A) 22... fxg6 23.fxg6+ Kh8 24.Bxh6 and mate in two (24... gxh6 25.Qxh5#). B) 22... Qxe4 23.Rxh6+ gxh6 24.Qxh6#.
C) 22... Bg5 23.Rxg5 (or 23.Bxg5 fxg6+ 24.fxg6+ Kh8 25.Bxh6 Rxf2+ 26.Ke1 Rb8 [27... Qxe4+ 28.Be3#] 27.Bg5+ Kg8 28.Qh7+ Kf8 29.Qh8#) C.1) 23... Qxe4 24.Rxg7+ Rxg7 (24... Kxg7 25.Qxh6#) 25.Qxh6+ Kg8 26.Ne7#. C.2) 23... f6 24.Rg4, with the threat Qg6+ followed by Bxh6, wins. |
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| Aug-09-22 | | agb2002: <TheaN:...
Black has managed to open the f-file>
Probably the most interesting detail in this puzzle. |
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Aug-09-22
 | | Check It Out: Tough puzzle |
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| Aug-09-22 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: I took much longer on this than on the typical Tuesday puzzle. However, once I convinced myself that any line with Rxg7+ would allow ... Rxg7 followed by the Black king hiding at g8, the solution quickly followed. The engine says I was actually WRONG to convince myself of that -- but hey, I did get to the solution. :) |
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Aug-09-22
 | | Teyss: Yes difficult one.
1. Find 22.Rg6.
2. On 22...fxg6, don't play 23.Qxg6+
3. On 22...Bg5 find the right continuation.
4. Check if today is really Tuesday.
5. Wait for Wednesday with anxiety. |
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| Aug-09-22 | | mel gibson: I didn't get this one today.
Stockfish 15 says mate in 11.
22. Rg6
(22. Rg6 (♖g1-g6 ♗f6-g5 ♗e3xg5 f7xg6 f5xg6+
♔h7-h8 ♗g5xh6 ♖f8xf2+ ♔d2-e1 ♖f2-e2+ ♔e1xe2 ♕a4-c4+ ♔e2-e1 ♕c4-e2+ ♔e1xe2
♖g8-c8 ♗h6-f4+ ♔h8-g8 ♕h5-h7+ ♔g8-f8 ♕h7-h8+) +M11/75 57) White wins _ mate in 11. |
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| Aug-09-22 | | Brenin: Brute force 22 Rxg7+, which I chose, also wins, though less elegantly and less decisively than 22 Rg6. Black's only hope of avoiding mate is 22 ... Rxg7 23 Bxh6 Rg6 24 Bxf8+ Kg8 25 fxg6 Kxf8 26 Qh7 fxg6 27 Qxg6 Qc4 (or Qb5, preparing a Q sac on d5) 28 Rg1 (threatening mate on g8) Qxd5+ (creating an escape via e7) 29 exd5 with Q+R vs B+N, an easy win. |
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| Aug-09-22 | | AlicesKnight: I went with Rg6. I see subsequently that there is more than one route, but still prefer it. |
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| Aug-09-22 | | TheaN: <Vermit: I went down a completely different rabbit hole 22.Bxh6 gxh6 23. Rxg8 Kxg8 24.Qxh6 with Rg1+ to follow. I guess Black doesn't need to recapture on g8> No indeed, he doesn't. Very crazy line, but Bxh6, that I also checked gets no points after 22.Bxh6 gxh6 23.Rxg8 Qxe4! 24.Rxf8 Qxd5+ 25.Kc2 Nxf8 ⩱
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And this is as good as balanced apparently. Lot of game left, but White isn't necessarily better. |
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Aug-09-22
 | | chrisowen: Lark in quoted Rg6 gobble hark aggregate arrived it so Rg6 con; |
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Aug-09-22
 | | Open Defence: missed this one, went with Rxg7+ |
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