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| Jun-14-06 | | Castle In The Sky: An easier Wednesday puzzle,easier than Monday's. |
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| Jun-14-06 | | kevin86: I answered this one. Black lends his knight,so that the queen and rook can penetrate into black's position. |
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| Jun-14-06 | | DoctorChess: 3 for 3! |
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| Jun-14-06 | | Paladin88doug: This was the first move I looked into...I knew it had to be the one. Here is the continuation I saw...Ne3+ fxe3 Rb2+ Kh3(if the king goes to the first row, he is swallowed whole) Qxf3. If Kh4, Rh2#. If the king remains in his place, Qxh5#. Took me a little while to see that this is possible, I kept seeing after Qxf3, white playing Qc8+ to push around Black's king, but after Kg8, white cannot play Qc2+ due to Rxc2!!! |
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| Jun-21-06 | | patzer2: Black's 37...Ne3+! uses a Knight Fork as a clearance move to free the second rank for his Rook's deflection to win back a Knight and prepare a mating attack. |
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| Dec-13-17 | | patzer2: Finding 37...Ne6+! was easy 11 years ago, and it's still easy as today's Wednesday puzzle solution. White's decisive error was 37. Ra5? allowing 37...Ne3+ -+ (mate-in-six, Stockfish 8). Instead, 37. Qa2 ⩱ (-0.42 @ 36 ply, Stockfish 8) keeps White in the game. |
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| Dec-13-17 | | drollere: 38. pxe3 Rb2+, 39. Kh3 Qxf3, 40. d5 Qxh5+, 41. Qh4 Qxe5 |
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| Dec-13-17 | | drollere: <For the record, it might go: 39. Kh3 Qxf3 (threatening ...Qxh5#), 40. Qc8+ Kh7, 41. Qd8 (to block at h4?)> ... f6 |
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Dec-13-17
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Nice little trap with 36...Qa8; doesn't seem to do anything except maybe perhaps threaten to push the a-pawn. |
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Dec-13-17
 | | agb2002: The material is identical.
White threatens Q(R)xa6.
The black queen x-rays the white knight and king and b2 is available for the rook. These details lead to 37... Ne3+ 38.fxe3 (else 38... Nxc4) 38... Rb2+: A) 39.Kf1 Qxf3+ 40.Ke1 (40.Kg1 Qg2#) 40... Qf2+ 41.Kd1 Qd2#. B) 39.Kg1 Qxf3 40.Qf1 (40.Qc8+ is also useless) 40... Qxg3+ and mate next. C) 39.Kh1 Qxf3+ 40.Kg1 Qg2#.
D) 39.Kh3 Qxf3 40.d5 (40.Kh4 Rh2#) 40... Qf4+
D.1) 41.Kh4 Rh2#.
D.2) 41.g4 Qf3+ 42.Kh4 Rh2#.
D.3) 41.Qg4 Qf1+ (much better than 41... Rh2+ 42.Kxh2 Qxg4) 42.Kh4 Rh2+ 43.Qh3 Qxh3#. |
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Dec-13-17
 | | FSR: No way White's king survives after 37...Ne3+ 38.fxe3 Rb2+ 39.K moves Qxf3. |
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| Dec-13-17 | | saturn2: This one springs into the eye immediatly. The knight checks and then the roads for rook and queen are open. |
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| Dec-13-17 | | paavoh: A Tuesday puzzle at most.
37...Ne3+ 38.fxe3 Rb2+ followed by 39.- Qxf3 and mate should be imminent. I liked very much the way Adams controlled the c8 entry point and prevented access with 30.- Kh7 and 32.- Qb7. Also, the ease he claimed a supersolid structure from the Nimzo opening is something to remember and emulate. |
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| Dec-13-17 | | Aware: Definitely not a Tuesday puzzle. It's a mate in 7. Come on now! |
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| Dec-13-17 | | AlicesKnight: Looks like 37....Ne3+ forcing 38.fxe3, when ...Rb2+ drives away the K from protecting the N, and 39....Qxf3 leaves White hopeless. Let's see - yes. |
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| Dec-13-17 | | lost in space: Easy for a Wednesday.
37...Ne3+ 38. fxe3 Rb2+ 39. K(any legal move) Qxf3 and mate follows soon |
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| Dec-13-17 | | malt: Pointing towards 37...Ne3+ 38.fe3 Rb2+
the king ducks behind the g pawn 39.Kh3 (39.Kg1 Q:f3 40.Qf1 Q:g3+ 41.Kh1
and #)
39...Q:f3 40.Qf4 Q:h5+ 41.Qh3 Qf5+
42.Qg3 (42.g4 Qf3+ 43.Qg3 Qh1+ )
42...Qf1+ 43.Kh4 Rh2# |
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| Dec-13-17 | | whiteshark: <37...Ne3+ 38. fxe3 Rb2+>, and that's it.
Nice royal fork tactic.
--> Game Collection: 665_Tactical motif ROYAL FORK |
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| Dec-13-17 | | JonKing: Pretty mondayish. :D |
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| Dec-13-17 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: I'm OK with this being a Wednesday puzzle.
It's super-obvious that Black can try the combination, not hurt himself by it, and have nasty threats. It's also super-obvious that he has no better alternative. But that it's really a win requires a bit of calculation. |
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| Dec-13-17 | | WorstPlayerEver: Another tough one.
37... Nxe3 38. fxe3 Rb2+ 39. Kh3 Qxf3 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qd8 Qf5+ 42. g4 Qf3+ 43. Kh4 Rh2# |
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| Dec-13-17 | | gofer: Okay, <Wednesday> easier than <Tuesday> and <Tuesday> easier than <Monday>. I think
I am going to like <Sunday> this week! <37 ... Ne3+>
<38 fxe3 Rb2+>
39 Kh1 Qxf3+
40 Kg1 Qg2#
39 Kf1 Qxf3+
40 Ke1 Qf2+ (Kg1 Qg2#)
41 Kd1 Qd2#
39 Kg1 Qxf3
40 Qc8+ Kh2
41 Qc2+ Rxc2
43 Any move Qxg2# (Kh1 Qh2#)
39 Kh3 Qxf3
40 Qc8+ Kh2
41 Qc2+ Rxc2
43 Any move except Kh4 Qxh5# (Kh4 Rh2#)
~~~
Hmmm, must have missed something, everyone is saying its a mate
in 7, but I only made it 6, maybe there is a different order
to the spite checks... |
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| Dec-13-17 | | patzer2: <gofer> Stockfish 8 says it's mate-in-six after 37...Ne3+ which apparently makes it mate-in-seven counting the first move of the combination. One mate-in-seven line goes 37...Ne3+ 38.fxe3 Rb2+ 39.Kh3 Qxf3 40.d5 (diagram below), 
click for larger view40...Qf5+! (not 40...Rb1? 41.Qc8+ Kh7 42.Qc2+ Kg8 43.Qxb1 =) 41.Qg4 Qf1+ 42.Kh4 Rh2+ 43.Qh3 Qxh3#. |
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| Dec-13-17 | | capafischer1: Gulko fell for a fairly simple tactic |
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Dec-13-17
 | | Bubo bubo: Black opens the 2nd rank with an indirect exchange of the knights: 37...Ne3 38.fxe3 Rb2+ and 39...Qxf3. White gets mated in any case: A) If the king returns to the back rank, White has no sufficient defense against Qg2#, e.g. 39.Kf1 Qxf3+ 40.Ke1 Qf2+ 41.Kd1 Qd2# or 39.Kg1 Qxf3 40.Qf1 Qg3+ and mate next move. B) After 39.Kh3 Qxf3 Black threatens Qxh5#, and since 40.Kh4 Rh2# fails, White can only try 40.d5. But then 40...Qxh5+ 41.Qh4 Qf5+ leads to mate after either 42.Qg4 Qf1+ 43.Kh4 Rh2+ 44.Qh3 Qxh3# or 42.g4 Qf1+ 43.Kg3 Qf2+ 44.Kh3 Qh2# |
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