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| May-18-10 | | Cibator: <neither he nor Lazard would be remembered at all> Not quite correct; Lazard also composed some pretty neat endgame studies that have featured in major anthologies. (And yes: I do realise those aren't chess GAMES as such ... ) |
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| May-18-10 | | randomsac: Ne3 wins the queen because taking the knight with the pawn allows Qh4# |
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| May-18-10 | | johnlspouge: Tuesday (Easy)
A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924 (4...?) Black to play and win.
Material: Down a P. The position is a standard trap from the Budapest Defense. Candidates (4...): Ne3
4...Ne3 5.fxe3 [else, Nxd1] Qh4+ 6.g3 Qxg3# |
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| May-18-10 | | jsheedy: 4...Ne3, 5. fxe3, Qh4+, 6. g3, Qxg3#. I should have gotten this immediately, but I looked first at 4...Nxf7, 5. Kxf7, Qh4+, 6. g3, when black has nothing. Then I looked at 4...Qh4, but white simply plays 5. g3, winning a piece. Let's see how others did.... |
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| May-18-10 | | jsheedy: Just to get in on the "better-than-Fischer" conversation, I once played a series of casual games with an old, deaf man in northwestern Connecticut who claimed he once played young Bobby to a draw. This old guy routinely beat me, but I did manage two or three wins, so I can say I beat the guy who drew against Fischer. The games with this old guy, who has died, were in the 1970's, after Fischer-Spassky, and of course I have no way of knowing if the guy was telling me the truth. He *was* a strong player, though, especially in blitz. When I lengthened the time limit, his attention span wandered and he lost. |
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May-18-10
 | | chrisowen: So near yet so far. The knight springs couching a seat at 4.Ne3. Mes amis Nxf2 fabrication then Qh4+ sits up the king furnishing dust on the attack. Remote queen searches for a gap but retired knight stretches an arm to rest. On either side she's set tediously cushioned it seems from pieces. You know what they say, one size fits all. |
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| May-18-10 | | beenthere240: IMO the game is a composed joke, since virtually anyone will play 4. N(g)f3 to protect the e-pawn after which you can play h3 safely. |
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| May-18-10 | | Petrosianic: In the 70's, every tall-tale teller was claiming to have met or scored off Fischer. Even today there are a few (Lamont, anyone?). That the guy was a decent player isn't evidence. If he'd played Bobby to a draw in a simul or something, he'd have been only too glad to show you the game. |
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| May-18-10 | | beenthere240: ...h3 safely unless black plays 4...Be7 as pointed out above by acirce! I was surprised to read in acirce's interesting post that this actually has been played. |
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| May-18-10 | | dejavu: the idea here is very similar to one used by none other than bobby Fischer in his game v. Reshevsky Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1958 |
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| May-18-10 | | zanshin: I also have seen this amusing game before. I like this week's theme ;-) |
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| May-18-10 | | Bobby Fiske: This one is easy. My Rybka4 quickly found the following winning line: Nxf2 threatening the Queen, forcing KxN. Then Bc5+. The King retreats to e1. Qh4+, g3 (only move). Qxg3++. |
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| May-18-10 | | Layson: <Bobby Fiske: This one is easy. My Rybka4 quickly found the following winning line: Nxf2 threatening the Queen, forcing KxN.> Perhaps you should reconsider two things:
1. Using Rybka to solve puzzles.
2. If Rybka truly did find Nxf2, perhaps you need an edition that wasn't bought off the streets of Napoli. |
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| May-18-10 | | uscfratingmybyear: "<Bobby Fiske: This one is easy. My Rybka4 quickly found..." Akin to "That boxer is a lay down bum, my guy, Muhammed Ali, kicked his ass." |
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| May-18-10 | | Bobby Fiske: <Layson:>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGOQ... |
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| May-18-10 | | kevin86: It looks like this week is dedicated to early game traps. I remember this one from a story by Horowitz. White loses his queen or is mated by a fools-type mate. |
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May-18-10
 | | playground player: Somebody used a computer to solve this easy puzzle, and then bragged about it? Uh, isn't there a difference between the computer solving the puzzle and you solving the puzzle? |
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| May-18-10 | | Petrosianic: Hey, considering the trouble people have setting their VCR, using a computer to solve this problem might be tougher than doing it yourself. |
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| May-18-10 | | Petrosianic: <I remember this one from a story by Horowitz.> Oh, Yes. "Mr. Professional Rook Odds Player", right? |
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| May-18-10 | | beenthere240: Someone used a computer to find an incorrect answer (...Nxf2) to the puzzle and then bragged about it. I can get an incorrect answer all by myself! |
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| May-18-10 | | Bobby Fiske: Lighten up guys. It was a joke coined from the ongoing rumor that Team Topalov had worked out their match preparations with a faulty version of Rybka4. The program is not for sale yet, and the beta version is reported to have some bugs: http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybka... |
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| May-18-10 | | YouRang: Today's lesson: Before you kick a piece, ask yourself where it might go. Cute blunder (real or not). |
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| May-18-10 | | Summerfruit: 4...Ne3 5.fxe3 Qh4+ 6.g3 Qxg3# |
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| May-18-10 | | Akavall: <acirce><But nothing will prevent "Gibaud - Lazard, Paris 1924, 4 moves" being published as the shortest decisive "master game": 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nd2 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.h3 Ne3 and White resigned. Almost everything is incorrect about that statement: it was not a master game, White was perhaps not poor Gibaud, it was not played in 1924, it was 5 instead of 4 moves - and even at 4 moves, it would have had to share honours with other games. ......>
Thanks for pointing it out. |
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| May-18-10 | | dumbgai: 4. h3?? is a horrible move. Any normal move and white is fine. |
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