Evgenija Ovod vs Adina-Maria Hamdouchi (2001)

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Evgenija Ovod vs Adina-Maria Hamdouchi
European Championship (Women) (2001), Warsaw POL, rd 8, Apr-30
Modern Defense: Queen Pawn Fianchetto (A40) · 1-0

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Nov-03-09		FSR: Nice game, very aggressively played by White.

Nov-06-23		Lambda: Someone has been fooled into making this a puzzle by the somewhat spectacular last move, but Rf7 mates just as easily. Even just Nxc7 is overwhelmingly winning.

Nov-06-23		Mayankk: 24 Nxc7 and we win the Queen. Need we look further? Definitely very easy. Not sure if it can be called a puzzle though.

Nov-06-23		Shrinarayanan: I had 24.Rc7. lame puzzle. Great game for white

Nov-06-23		GoldenKnight: <Lambda: Someone has been fooled into making this a puzzle by the somewhat spectacular last move, but Rf7 mates just as easily.> Not quite. It takes an extra move as Black then has Rxg2+. Not so lame after all.

Nov-06-23		al wazir: <Shrinarayanan: I had 24.Rc7.> I see I'm not the only one who suffers from chess dyslexia. It comes from having used English notation for years, e.g., 24. RB7. Unless you think in Russian, in which case 'c' stands for "Слон" ("slon," meaning "elephant"), the Russian name for the bishop.

Nov-06-23		Korora: I got it right away. Crow to f8 and either the ♕ or the ♔ goes on the next move.

Nov-06-23		Cecco: The only argument for 24. Rf8, against 24. Rf7, is that it prevents what native English speaking kibitzers I think call "spite checks".

Nov-06-23		saturn2: The black queen is hanging but27.Rf8 Qc8 28.Qg7 is esthetic

Nov-06-23		daladno: As others said, not actually a puzzle. I went for Rf7.

Nov-06-23		TheaN: Rf8 is technically best, as it prevents Rxg2+ and Ne3+, but those moves do nothing. Rf7 allows the spite checks but nothing else. Nxc7 is like Black walked into a Saw movie and has to endure the pain of humiliation with a low pitched "I want to continue the game" from White with Hello Zepp on in the background.... (I may have been to Saw X this weekend :>)

Nov-06-23		Brenin: Joining this discussion late, due to an untimely power-cut, I recommend 24 Ng5: it's mate in five, allowing Black the opportunity of expending almost all of his forces with spite checks: 24 ... Rxg5 25 Rf7 Rxg2+ 26 Kxg2 Ne3+ 27 Bxe3 Bf1+ 28 Kxf1 and finally 29 Qxh7 mate. Unfortunately, Black's Q is too poorly placed to throw herself on the bonfire.

Nov-06-23		Check It Out: Went with 24.Rf7. Looked impossible to stop mate on h7, even with those pesky spite checks.

Nov-06-23		alussinan: <al wazir><Shrinarayanan> Chess dyslexia happens to me very often too. Don't know why.

Nov-06-23		Damenlaeuferbauer: After long thinking, the Russian IM/WGM Evgenija Ovod finally found the mate in 2 moves with the nice rook sacrifice 24.Rf8!,Rxf8 (24.-,Qb8/Qc8/Qd8 25.Qg7#) 25.Qg7#.

Nov-06-23		chrisowen: Mob digs its rip q Rf8 glock arrive its bob its banal its back u gi c Rf8 cub;

Nov-06-23		jffun1958: I saw 24. Nf8. This looks good at the first glance, but Black has 24. ... e5!

Nov-06-23		Cellist: 24. Nf8 also works. Engine gives it +8.

Nov-06-23		takebackok: Had to think Monday, 24. Rf8 lights out.

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