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| Feb-25-14 | | mistreaver: Hmm, for some reason i thought f pawn is on f5 and c3 is covered with bishop... Although even with my move black wins. I can't believe i failed this easy Tuesday shot. |
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| Feb-25-14 | | patzer2: Today's Tuesday puzzle solution 27...Rxd3 initiates a basic pin combination to win decisive material. The first move, 27...Rxb3, is a sham sacrifice which temporarily sacrifices the exchange to force the White Queen to d3 on the diagonal in front of the King. The second move, 28...Be4 pins the Queen on the diagonal and prepares to win the Queen for a Bishop. If White had continued with 29. Ka2, then 29...Bxd3 30. Rxd3 would've left Black up 4 points (Queen for a Rook) in material. Using the point values of 9 points for a Queen, 5 points for a Rook, and 3 points for a Knight or Bishop, here's a breakout of the chess math: 1. Minus two points for 27...Rxd3, exchanging Rook for Knight (+3 -5 = -2). 2. Plus six points for 28...Be4, winning the Queen for a Bishop after 28. Qxd3 Be4 29. Ka2 Bxd3 (+9) 30. Rxd3 (-3)  (+9 -3 = +6). 3. Net gain of four points:
-2 points for temporary loss of the exchange with 27...Rxd3 +6 points for pinning and winning the Queen for a Bishop Net gain of +4 points (-2 +6 = +4) |
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| Feb-25-14 | | LIzzard: Thanks FSR - played it out a little, but didn't see the queen being taken either. However, she is basically out of the game in the sequence you presented. |
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Feb-25-14
 | | Penguincw: I... did not see that coming. I got 26...Rxd3 and 27.Qxd3, but expected black to play something like 27...Bxd1, which however, isn't helping black, as they are down a pawn in a non-OCB ending. |
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| Feb-25-14 | | zb2cr: 27. ... Rxd3 presents White with an array of bad choices, all of which lose material. 28. Qc2, Rxd1; 29. Rxd1, Bxd1; 30. Qxd1. White is down by a Rook vs. a Pawn. 28. Qxd3, Be4 and Black has Q for R+P. |
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Feb-25-14
 | | Honza Cervenka: 23.Nxe5 was a blunder, which led into a deadly pin. |
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Feb-25-14
 | | benveniste: Odd puzzle. By my evaluation, 26. ...♗xc3+ is even stronger for Black than the final position. |
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Feb-25-14
 | | gawain: An easy pin, 27...Rxd3 28 Qxd3 Be4. |
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Feb-25-14
 | | offramp: In the position as given today as a puzzle, black has given up a pawn for more compensation than I've ever seen. It's like when people in Snappy Snaps see George Michael driving nearby, and they shout out, "Compensation compensation compensation!!" |
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| Feb-25-14 | | Herma48852: Spent a lot of time on 27 .. Re2!? but found too many variations and this was supposed to be easy. Finally found 27 .. Rxd3! followed by 27.. Be4 pinning the queen to the king. |
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| Feb-25-14 | | Pballa: It's a joke that white didn't resign earlier. And he's rated 2390! |
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| Feb-25-14 | | PJs Studio: White did miss an excellent chance to resign on 27...Rxd3. |
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| Feb-25-14 | | Patriot: Black is down a pawn for the bishop pair.
27...Rxd3 looks right here, since 28.Qxd3 Be4 |
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| Feb-25-14 | | kevin86: White will lose a queen for a rook and pawn.
Not a good time to continue. |
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| Feb-25-14 | | lost in space: Ah, a new one.
27...Rxd3 28. Qxd3 (else down a piece for a pawn) 28...Be4 and the queen is gone I love Tuesdays |
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| Feb-25-14 | | PJs Studio: In playing over the game I saw some rather standard/space grabbing moves by white in the transition from the opening into middle game. I stopped at move 22 for white. Not sure why...looks like an black's activity is about to pay off. What would I play? (What should you play!?)
"Is white already busted?" I thought... "His queen and knight are precariously placed with a threat of ...e4 hmmm. Material equality is fine, king's fairly safe, central piece coordination...Ah ha! Terrible. White's exposed queen and weak knight f3 must be addressed!" How about 22.Bb2(!?) which does nothing about the pawn fork at e4. Or does it...? After 22...e4 2. Ne5! The knight is dangerous and white is untying his awkward pieces. It beats the Awwwful 22. Qe3, (After which he's grabbed by the collar). So something must be done. Any ideas? |
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| Feb-25-14 | | MountainMatt: Did CG give us a Monday-esque Tuesday puzzle to make up for yesterday's snafu? 27...Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Be4 is all too easy. |
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Feb-25-14
 | | FSR: <Cybe: FSR: <al wazir> That would have won a queen for a rook, and the game. Black was trying for even more, and he got it. Not exactly. If 26… Bf3, then 27. Nc5! Correct was 26… B:d3+.> I didn't claim that 26...Bf3 was best, but that it was a try by Black to get even more than he would from 26...Bxd3+. It was a successful try, since White played 27.Qd2. I agree that after 26...Bf3, 27.Nc5 is the best response, and it loses slightly less material than White would have lost after 26...Bxd3+. But it still gives White zero chance of saving the game after 27...bxc5 28.Rxd8+ Rxd8. |
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| Feb-25-14 | | whiteshark: <27...Rxd3!>, and that's it (enough for a Tuesday). |
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| Feb-25-14 | | PJs Studio: After 22.Qe3? whites nearly busted. After 23.Nxe5?? he's completely busted. After some extra analysis I'm fairly confident 22. Bb2! is a dead boring draw. Lifeless as can be bishops of opposites... |
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| Feb-25-14 | | mel gibson: QUOTE:
" FSR: <LIzzard: Does 27 Qf2 save material white?> White would still be getting killed after 27...Re2 28.Qf1 Qe4, winning a piece for starters." 28.Qf1 is an impossible move.
Must be a typo - what did you mean? |
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Feb-25-14
| | FSR: <mel gibson: QUOTE:
" FSR: <LIzzard: Does 27 Qf2 save material white?>White would still be getting killed after 27...Re2 28.Qf1 Qe4, winning a piece for starters." 28.Qf1 is an impossible move.
Must be a typo - what did you mean?>
I mean exactly what I indicated - the sequence 27.Qf2 Re2 28.Qf1 Qe4. Why do you think it impossible for a queen to move from f2 to a vacant square on f1? |
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| Feb-25-14 | | mel gibson: Because the Queen was on e3.
You didn't show Qf2 in your actual post. |
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| Feb-25-14 | | sp12: How does this look:
27.Qd2 Rxd3 28.Rge1 Rxd2 29.Rxe8+ Kc7 30.Rxd2 |
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| Feb-26-14 | | PJs Studio: sp12:
27.Qd2 Rxd3 28.Rge1 Rxe1 29.Qxe1 Rxd1 |
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