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| Dec-27-06 | | Chess Carnival: <mack> thanks for the link, very cool this dylan song 0: |
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| Dec-27-06 | | LivBlockade: <syracrophy: Dr. J No such luck. 16. Qxh7+ Kxh7; 17. Rh3+ Bh6; 18 Bxh6. Nf3+!; 19. gxf3 Qh5!> Another interesting variation is 18...Nxd3; and if 19. Bxf8+? Qh5; 20. Rxh5+ gxh5 and material is even but White's Bishop on f8 is trapped. So in this variation, White has to take a draw with 19. Bg5+ Kg7; 20. Bh6+, etc. |
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| Dec-31-06 | | ketchuplover: I found a solution to my java problem. :) |
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| Dec-16-21 | | Brenin: My first thought was 17 Qxh5+ gxh5 18 Rxh5+ Bh6 19 Bxh6 (threatening 20 Bxf8 mate) Ng6 20 Rxa5, winning a piece, but (following Lasker's advice) my second thought was to look for a better move, namely 19 Rxh6+ Kg7 20 Nf5+ Kg8 21 Bf6 (threatening 22 Rh8 mate) Ng6 22 Ne7+ Nxe7 23 Rh8 mate. |
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| Dec-16-21 | | Honey Blend: I went with 17. ♗e2 intending ♗xh5, and Black has to rush making some space for the King to escape with 17. ... ♖fe8 18. ♗xh5 ♖xe7 19. ♗g4+ ♔g8 20. ♗xe7, but wait...the f8 square is covered anyway. I don't see the Black King going anywhere, and Qh7 is coming.
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| Dec-16-21 | | mel gibson: Very easy - I saw that in under 5 seconds.
Stockfish 14 says mate in 8:
17. Qxh5+
(17. Qxh5+ (♕h4xh5+ g6xh5
♖h3xh5+ ♗g7-h6 ♖h5xh6+ ♔h8-g7 ♘e7-f5+ ♔g7-g8 ♗g5-f6 ♕a5-e1+ ♖a1xe1 ♘e5-g6
♘f5-e7+ ♘g6xe7 ♖h6-h8+) +M8/71 21) |
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| Dec-16-21 | | stacase: I parted company at 21.Bf6
First few moves way too easy for a Thursday |
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| Dec-16-21 | | stacase: <mel gibson: Very easy - I saw that in under 5 seconds.> Yep, the first few moves are obvious. |
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| Dec-16-21 | | sudoplatov: Seems more like a Monday puzzle. It wasn't that hard. |
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| Dec-16-21 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: 17 Qxh5+ gxh5
18 Rxh5+ Bh6
clears g7 for the king. So this isn't a Monday puzzle. 19 Bxh6, with the plan of 20 Bxf8++ via discovered attack, fails to 19 ... Nf3+ with a discovered attack of Black's own. So this isn't an easy Tuesday puzzle either. But I agree it's in the Tuesday/Wednesday range more than Thursday. |
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Dec-16-21
 | | agb2002: White has the bishop pair for a bishop, a knight and a pawn. White can deliver mate in four with 17.Qxh5+ gxh5 18.Rxh5+ Bh6 19.Bf6+ Kh7 20.Rxh5#. |
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Dec-16-21
| | agb2002: Still sleeping: the king protects the bishop... |
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| Dec-16-21 | | newzild: Is White any relation to Bob Dylan?
The defence 22...Ng6 is a bit hard to spot from the starting position, so definitely not a Monday. |
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| Dec-16-21 | | Brenin: As several kibitzers have claimed, the first two moves are indeed easy (even I saw them in under 5 seconds), but the trap 19 Bxh6? Nf3+ pointed out by <Cheapo> raises this POTD to mid-week standard, and the final mate is not easy to see. Bizarrely, the local engine misses the forced mate and recommends 17 Be2. |
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| Dec-16-21 | | murkia: TGIM at last! |
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Dec-16-21
 | | scormus: attractive finish, but a shame B didn't let it continue 21 .... Ng6 22 Ne7+, then maybe 1-0 |
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| Dec-16-21 | | AlicesKnight: Found the complete line - not convinced it was quite as Monday easy as some suggest, but I am a bear of very little brain. Black seemed to encourage the attacking pieces forward on moves 12-13. |
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| Dec-16-21 | | Pawn Slayer: The first 2 moves are only easy if you see the remainder that make the sacrifice work.
The key was realising that after 21 Bf6, Ng6 fails to the deflection 22 Ne7+ allowing the rook to mate on h8. |
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Dec-16-21
 | | Teyss: Oh I hate it when I solve on Thursday and people say "So easy, like an early morning Monday" (thanks to those who didn't agree). Hope you stalemate a winning position or lose against a King's gambit. Nothing personal.
PS: Beautiful combination. |
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| Dec-16-21 | | nalinw: It only looks like a Monday because the first move is a Q sacrifice ..... requires a lot of thought to make it work. |
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| Dec-16-21 | | parch: 17.Q:h5+ gh5 18.R:h5+ Bh6 19.R:h6+ Kg7
20.Nf5+ Kg8 21.Bf6 Ng6 22.Ne7+ N:e7
23.Rh8# |
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Dec-16-21
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| Dec-16-21 | | saturn2: I took 17.Bf6 which wins but is not the best move |
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Dec-16-21
| | scormus: <Teyss> !! |
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| Dec-16-21 | | johnnydeep: I saw the obvious first few moves moves, but didn't see far enough ahead to the inevitable mate. |
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sac: 17.Qxh5+