If the King moves to the back rank instead of taking the Bishop, it's mate-in-one (i.e. 39. Kc1 Rf1#; 39. Kd1 Rf1#; 39. Ke1 Rf1#).

White's decisive mistake was the pawn grab 35. Rxa7? allowing 35...Nf3+! (-3.46 @ 27 depth, Deep Fritz 15).

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White has just picked up Pa7 and now Black is four pawns down for its knight.

How can black best recover this situation...?

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The Opening Explorer indicates that after 3...Bf5 Black's chances are quite good, as Black has won slightly more often (39.3%) than White (36.8%) in this line. Stockfish 7 gives the continuation 4. c3 e6 5. Nd2 = to (0.34 @ 30 depth) with a near level game.

Here is the mainline:

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Now, <39.Ke1> seems best (39.Kc1 Nc4 ; 39.Kd1 Bc2 ; 39.Ke3? Re2#)

Then, <39...Re2+ 40.Kd1> (40.Kf2 Nf3 )

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Here <40...Nf3!> hits all the right squares to (1) prevent escape at d2 and (2) threaten Re1#. This leaves <41.Kc1 Rc2+ 42.Kb1> (42.Kd1 Rb2 )

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Then the finish: <42...Nd2+ 43.Ka1 Bc4>

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and there's nothing to stop ...Ra2# next. (There are places where white can pause this line with Rg7+, but Black just plays ...Kh4 and continues. The white pieces are rather pathetic.)

Thats Rule #1 for analyzing

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Vanderbilt physicist Joe Hamilton played a key role in the discovery of element 117, a new super-heavy element that has been created and identified by an international scientific team.

Discovery of the new element provides new information about the basic organization of matter and strengthens the likelihood that still more massive elements may form an “island of stability”: a cluster of stable super-heavy elements that could form novel materials with exotic and as yet unimagined scientific and practical applications.

The report of the discovery – made by scientists from the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Vanderbilt University, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Research Institute for Advanced Reactors in Dimitorovgrad, Russia – has been accepted for publication in the Physical Review Letters.

Atomic nuclei consist of protons and neutrons. Elements are determined by the number of positively charged protons in their nuclei. Atoms with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons have the same chemical properties but weigh slightly differently and are called isotopes. The lightest natural element is hydrogen with one proton. The heaviest natural element is uranium with 92 protons.

In recent years, physicists at Dubna led by Yuri Oganessian have developed a method of making super-heavy elements by smashing calcium ions, with 20 protons, into various targets. In this way they had discovered elements 114, 115, 116 and 118. They were unable to create element 117, however, because the target required was itself a very exotic and expensive element, berkelium, with 97 protons.

When I talked to the people at Oak Ridge National Laboratory who have the ability to create berkelium, I was told it would cost $3.5 million“When I talked to the people at Oak Ridge National Laboratory who have the ability to create berkelium, I was told it would cost $3.5 million,” said Hamilton, the Landon C. Garland Distinguished Professor of Physics. “That was too much, so I kept looking.”

After several years of checking regularly with his Oak Ridge contacts, Hamilton finally saw the opportunity he was looking for when he heard that they had agreed to make the element californium for a commercial project. He realized that berkelium could be extracted at the same time so he worked out a deal that would produce the target material.

The two-year experimental campaign began at the High Flux Isotope Reactor in Oak Ridge with a 250-day irradiation in the world’s most intense neutron flux that produced 22 milligrams of berkelium. This was followed by 90 days of processing at Oak Ridge to separate and purify the berkelium. The material was sent to Dimitrovgrad for target preparation and then transferred to Dubna, where it was placed in one of he world’s most powerful heavy ion accelerators. Six atoms of element 117 were produced after 150 days of bombardment. The data from these six events were analyzed at Dubna and Livermore, and the results were double-checked by the entire team.

Element 117 is the 26th new element that has been added to the periodic table since 1940. As scientists created heavier and heavier artificial elements, they became increasingly unstable until reaching a limit at element 113. Then the Dubna scientists developed their calcium-bombardment technique and lifetimes began to climb.

The longer lifetimes of the new isotopes observed in our discovery of element 117 makes it possible to study the chemistry of these super-heavy elements.“These new elements provide important tests of nuclear theories,” said Hamilton. “The longer lifetimes of the new isotopes observed in our discovery of element 117 makes it possible to study the chemistry of these super-heavy elements. These studies will test theoretical predictions that elements beyond 112 could have unexpected positions in the periodical table of elements.”

Thats Rule #1 for analyzing >

Well, some might think I should have applied the "rule" (from Tal I believe): <If you find a good move, look for a better one>.

However, that rule is overrated if the "good move" that you found is clearly winning. This is especially true if you're short on time.

I think it best to just call it a case of unintentional plagiarism on Tal's part, and leave it at that.

In an effort to redeem Tal's reputation, I'll offer a quote that he actually did compose:

<You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.>

Now, if we combine the ideas behind these two quotes, we may end up with something like:

38... Nc4+! forces mate:

A.39.Kxd3 Rf2 40.Rg7+ Kh4 41.(any) Rd2#

B.39.Kc1/d1/e1 Rf1#

That is just about the farthest off-topic of any <CG> post I've ever seen. I can't see *any* relevance to anything on this page, unless you, <Longview>, happen to be Joseph Hamilton.

I thought it was an odd post too but a perfectly logical response to Chris Owens's previous post. Infact to me it is a Chris Owen post with paragraphs.

Have to agree I don't like the name "tennesine" but have stored it for future use in my weekly Scrabble game with Bert at the Ex-Serviceman's Club.

Now to link this back to chess.

"tennesine" - a newly discovered metal element.