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Aug-16-11 | | sevenseaman: A sharp Q sac to round off. |
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Aug-07-14 | | Once: And for those of us in 2014 trying to understand, the kibitzing, the Monday puzzle back in 2006 was ... click for larger viewWhite to play. |
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Aug-07-14 | | outplayer: 24...Rxg2 25.Kxg2 gxf6 leads to equality. |
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Aug-07-14
 | | Penguincw: Would've been a little better if this pun was released, say 3 weeks from now. Just saying. |
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Aug-07-14 | | kevin86: White breaks pin perforce, then mates with the lowly pawn. |
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Aug-07-14 | | DanielBryant: <Penguincw> I think it's better that it not be. |
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Aug-07-14 | | VanPoolPlayer: I like 24...Rb2 |
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Aug-10-14 | | DubbleX: wow! Rd4+ |
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Apr-29-24
 | | perfidious: An amusing bit of deflexion, unless one were Heer Etmans. |
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Apr-29-24 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: Quickly... 60. Rd4+ Qxd4 61. g3# |
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Apr-29-24
 | | Korora: Bye Bye, Birdie. |
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Apr-29-24 | | Mayankk: 60 g3+ would be mate but it is not legally permissible aa Black Queen is pinning the pawn against White King. 60 Rd4+ would also be mate if Black Queen didn't capture it. We know what they say about overworked pieces. So we play the legal move first and then the other one which is now legal since Black Queen has been displaced. 60 Rd4+ Qxd4 61 g3#. |
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Apr-29-24 | | stacase: A little bit different for a Monday.
Black's Queen is stuck defending the mate: 60.g3# So what to do? The g-Pawn is pinned
60. Rd4+ Qxd4
61. g3#
or 60. Rd4+ g4
61. Rxg4# |
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Apr-29-24 | | mel gibson: Easy peasy Monday - LOL |
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Apr-29-24
 | | GoldenKnight: This one took a few seconds, but I did get it. |
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Apr-29-24 | | saturn2: The Qb2 is a nuisance. So drag her away by Rd4+ |
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Apr-29-24 | | jffun1958: For a change a rook sac on Monday:
60. Rd4+
1) 60. ... Qxd4 deflecting the black queen from the 2nd rank.
61. g3#
2) 60. ... g4 Rxg4# |
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Apr-29-24 | | TheaN: This took me a few solid seconds because the pattern's a bit rare. First we look at Qh5+ and Qf2+ by habit, then you look more closely and see g3#, except for the pin, so <60.Rd4+ Qxd4 (g4 61.Rxg4# would be sad) 61.g3#>. This is one of those examples where I wouldn't hesitate and play 60....Qxd4 a tempo as Black: I'm pretty sure Etmans saw he was getting mated after 59.Qf7+ (likely earlier) but just played it out. A mating combination is the aesthetic of the game IMO: on that note, I still don't get why but there truly is something majestic about a pawn mate; I guess it's a David Goliath thing. |
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Apr-29-24 | | whiteshark: The black queen is overloaded in her defensive struggle: <60.Rd4+!>, and that's it. |
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Apr-29-24
 | | chrisowen: I pet cars its fumble q its hawk its nod jog u z its Rd4+ ignite affable v pat a ae key ao abbot lab v about lo at Rd4+ dub |
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Apr-29-24
 | | chrisowen: x deadly? |
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Apr-29-24
 | | takebackok: Half a think Monday deflection sac leads to gg. |
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Apr-29-24
 | | Check It Out: 60.g3#! So easy a mate in one even Kramnik would see it. Oh wait, the pawns pinned; how to deflect the queen? 60.Rd4+. |
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Apr-29-24 | | Damenlaeuferbauer: After long thinking, the very strong former Ukrainian and now Russian female GM Kateryna Lahno/Lagno finally found the mate in 2 moves with the nice rook sacrifice 60.Rd4+!,Qxd4 (60.-,Be4 61.Rxe4#) 61.g3#. |
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Apr-29-24 | | Halldor: Nice that the game was played to the end. This is an exercise in seeing that the Black Queen is overloaded and can't defend the d4-square and maintain the pin on the g2-pawn at the same time. |
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