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May-18-07
 | | SwitchingQuylthulg: Yet another problem I knew beforehand - I've read too many combination books it seems ;-) Isn't this the game described as the "Comedy of Errors"? |
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| May-18-07 | | iccsumant: Isn't ♕xd5 obvious? How can white miss it? |
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May-18-07
 | | Richard Taylor: Obvious?! Are these things obvious? Not OTB they are not - one might consider them but they are certainly not obvious! I saw 48 Qxd5 and also 48 Bh6+ Ne8 49 Qxd5 and I thought both won. But who knows how much time Reshevksy had? I thought that either Qxd5 or Bh6+ were the moves -
I missed that after 48 Bh6+ Ne8 49 Qxd4 Nxh6 can happen. After 48 Qxd5 I was looking for mate (on f8 of course) and Black can wriggle out I thought with h5 altho White probably still wins (so I then went for 48 Bh6+). If 48 Qxd5 Qa4 49 Bh6+ and I thought that then 49 Qc6 cooked Black's goose. But perhaps 49 Be7+ is stronger. Also after 48 Qxd6 h5 49 Be7+ So I kind of found the main idea of the "solution" (or is it a non-solution?) which was what Reshevksy missed... |
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| May-18-07 | | Manic: Wow, this one jumped straight out for me as well. As soon as I realised that the knight and queen were the obstacles to a bank rank mate, Qxd5 jumped straight at me. However, in a real game, there is almost no way that I would've probably even considered such a move. |
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May-18-07
| | Richard Taylor: The other method I thought of was 48 Qxd5 Qxa4 49 Bh6+ Ne8 50 Qe5 Nd6 51 Qxd6 |
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| May-18-07 | | latebishop: The defence I puzzled over was 48.Qxd5!! h5 but then I saw 49.Be7+!, interposing between Black's Queen and Rook; after which: 49...Kg7 50.Bxf6+ Kh6 [50...Kxf6 51.Qe5 mate]51.Rh8+ Rh7 52.Qxd7 and Black is completely lost. |
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May-18-07
| | Richard Taylor: <manic> Why not? You now know that it can be fairly easily calculated - the problem might be you would not have enough time to calculate all the lines. (And fear some "hidden" defence - which is natural as such devastating defences occur so often ... but..)) I would go for it as it would be too good to pass up..you have to even risk losing a game to learn about combinations - Fine may not have found the best defence in any case. 48 Qxd5 has psycholgical power as well as it looks pretty strong - it would have great shock value!. It is still not "obvious" but the idea of trying to force the mate on f8 is pretty well known to resonably strong players - so one would certainly attempt to find a win via Bh6+ or Qxd5. |
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May-18-07
 | | pittpanther: I concur with <latebishop> that 48 ...h5 is potentially a tricky resouce to help black but 49. Be7 settles the matter. I think one needs to have considered the h5 defense in order to get full credit. |
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| May-18-07 | | kbaumen: Now, when I knew there is a combination, I found Qxd5!! but I'm not sure I would've found in a game (if not CC). |
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| May-18-07 | | Marmot PFL: This was not so hard, easier for me than yesterday. Surprised Sammy missed it. |
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| May-18-07 | | realbrob: I also considered 48.Bh6+, but after 48..Ne8 49.Qxd5 Nxh6 50.Qxd7 Rxd7 51.Rxe8+ White merely exchanged the two queens and a bishop for a knight - still up the exchange, but maybe not enough to win. Perhaps Reshevsky saw this line, it was really obvious to move the bishop and check black's king. 48.Qxd5 is the only real win here. |
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| May-18-07 | | erasmusdurer: After getting whipped last night by an 11 year old chess whiz in our club's May Swiss, I am surprised I actually found Q x d5. Maybe all is not lost after all. |
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| May-18-07 | | ounos: Quite easier than yesterday's puzzle. Well, too bad Reshevsky didn't have the clue that this was a puzzle position :-) |
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| May-18-07 | | goodevans: There I was congratulating myself on how quickly I’d got a FRIDAY puzzle when I checked the scoresheet only to see Reshevsky’s 48 Bd6. Then I saw Ray Keene’s note and all was well with the world! 5/5 for me this week, but with the exception of Tuesday I do think this has been a particularly easy week so far. |
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| May-18-07 | | zb2cr: It sure helps when you know that there is a winning move to be found. I was experimenting with the discovered check, and then suddenly saw 48. Qxd5, Nxd5; 49. Bh6+, Qxc8: 50. Rxc8+, Rf8; 51. Rxf8#. 48. Qxd5, Qxd5; 49. Bh6+ was even worse for Black; he has only three useless interpositions. I felt sure I was on the right track. Now how could Black decline in a useful way? I din't see 48. ... Qxa4, as others have alluded to. I did some thinking on the seemingly desparate 48. ... h5.
It stops the mate, but after 49. Be7+, Black can't play 49. ... Ne8, because that leaves his Queen hanging. So 49. ... Kg7 is forced. Then 50. Bxf6+, and Black can't retake with either King (50. ... Kxf6; 51. Qe5#) or Rook (50. ... Rxf6; 51. Qxd7+). This was as far out as I followed the line, noting that White's Queen was hanging but he could exchange it next move and be a Rook up. |
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| May-18-07 | | DMBFan23: <Isn't Qxd5 obvious? How can white miss it?> When I play chess, I wish I had a little man sitting on my shoulder who would pop out and say "white to move and win!" :) |
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| May-18-07 | | D4n: Putting the Opponent in Check is always a start, Bd6+. Pawntoefour, what is shredder? |
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| May-18-07 | | blair45: Good one DMBFan23! I want that guy on my shoulder too! |
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| May-18-07 | | MostlyAverageJoe: <D4n: ... what is shredder?> http://www.shredderchess.com/ |
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| May-18-07 | | YouRang: <MostlyAverageJoe: My first guess was Bh6+, with Qxd5 in the next move.> Same here. It looked "winning enough" that I was satisfied that it *had* to be the solution. Keene's suggestion that we start with Qxd5! is, admittedly, prettier, and more effective. |
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| May-18-07 | | JG27Pyth: Nailed it... but it is an easy Friday. Oh well, you've got to cut some slack to whomever is in charge of the puzzles. I'm sure he thought, "well, it seems only moderately difficult, but if Reshevsky missed it maybe it's harder to spot than I think." There's no way to know how hard a puzzle really is until it's up. It is funny how you get to the text move, 48.Bd6+ and it's like, "What? No. That's lame. My move's better, I'm sure it is..." and then you see Keene's note and feel much better. |
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| May-18-07 | | Justawoodpusher: My first Monday-Friday week! But I have to admit that it was an rather easy one... |
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| May-18-07 | | newton296: go figure , friday is the first 1 I solved this week! Easy !! black's weak back rank and weak dark squares are glaring. Qxd5 ! offering the Q to soften e8 before playing Bh6+ and mate soon follows so white cant take the q with either piece! disappointed to see sammy missed Qd5!! Guess It wasn't that obvious.; |
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| May-18-07 | | newton296: lots of post stating obvious, or easy found it in seconds! Im not impressed considering that ur prompted by "White to move and win " |
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| May-18-07 | | jackpawn: Fairly easy for a Friday. I actually think I would have got this in an actual game, assuming I wasn't in time trouble. I assume that's why Reshevsky missed it. |
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