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Mar-21-05 | | kevin86: Smothered mate week-I hope :)
Note,the pawn cascade after move 4! |
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Mar-21-05 | | hintza: "Smothered mate week" would be excessively silly! |
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Mar-21-05 | | kevin86: <hintza> It could be done with nuances.For example-smothered mates with other pieces,sm on a queen,etc. I have this quicky:1 c4 ♘c6 2 e3 ♘e5 3 ♘e2 ♘d3# |
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Mar-21-05
 | | cu8sfan: <"Smothered mate week" would be excessively silly!> No it wouldn't. I don't remember when that was but we've HAD smothered mate week before! |
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Mar-21-05 | | hintza: OK, maybe it would not be so silly. But I just can't help being amused at games like <1 c4 ♘c6 2 e3 ♘e5 3 ♘e2 ♘d3#>! |
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Mar-21-05 | | patzer2: Or as a compromise, we could have a discovered check week, for which smothered mate is, at least in this case, a subcategory. |
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Mar-21-05 | | Tony Fly: Can someone help a beginner? What's wrong with 37 ...Kg8? |
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Mar-21-05 | | hintza: <Tony Fly> If Black plays 37...Kg8 then White mates with 38.Nh6+ Kh8 39.Qg8+ Rxg8 40.Nf7#. |
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Mar-21-05 | | Tony Fly: Thanks hintza. I'm going in for a brain replacement next week. |
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Mar-21-05
 | | chessgames.com: <smothered mate week> We won't have another smothered-mate week for a while, but yes that was a lot of fun, and it was amazing how subtle some of the smothered-mate combinations became near the end of the week. Balanel vs A Pytlakowski, 1951 23...? was a great one. |
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Mar-21-05 | | aw1988: I got Qb5, which should win. |
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Mar-21-05 | | Avion: This may draw I think... |
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Mar-21-05 | | aw1988: White is a piece up. |
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Mar-21-05 | | JoshuaJ8588: 36. Qb3 works also with the same effects. |
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Mar-21-05 | | unferth: <aw1988> I got Qb5, which should win. Maybe, but I sure wouldn't want to have to prove it over the board after Qxb5 Nxb5. |
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Mar-21-05 | | alayo: Correction: The puzzle should read: White to play and mate in 5, not White to play and win. White is already winning with an extra piece in the end game. Any move that is not a blunder will continue to win. |
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Mar-22-05 | | unferth: <alayo> White is already winning with an extra piece in the end game. Any move that is not a blunder will continue to win. It's not that clear-cut. Black has two pawns, one an outside passer, for the knight. If the queens come off, white's going to have to work pretty hard for more than a draw. |
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May-02-05 | | square dance: here you go <rookfile>. |
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May-02-05 | | WillC21: <square dance> But isn't he playing a patzer in this game? |
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May-02-05 | | square dance: i dont think that was part of the criteria. |
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May-02-05 | | iron maiden: One example of a Kasparov endgame win against a strong opponent might be his game against Dreev at Moscow last year. |
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Nov-24-05 | | DeepBlade: In the final position
37. ...Rxf7 loses to 38.Qd8+ Qe8 39.Qxe8+ Rf8 40.Qxf8++ 37. ...Kg8 loses to 38. Nh6+
[38. ...Rf7 39.Nxf7+ Kg8 40.Nh6+ with the threat of 40. ...Kg8 41.Nh6+
now Black has 2 mate threats
-41. ...Kh8 Qg8++
-41. ...Kf8 Qf7++]
last but not least the smothered mate variation
37. ...Kg8 38.Nh6+ Kh8 39.Qg8+ Rxg8 40.Nf7++
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Mar-21-06 | | LluviaSean: OH!! Is that a smothered mate i see? |
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Jul-27-11 | | kia0708: wow, this is master of all grand masters ! |
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Jun-28-19 | | Patzer Natmas: Game featured in "New in Chess - Tactics Training - Garry Kasparov " Solve for white on move 31 |
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