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| Nov-21-11 | | lost in space: 40. Qxg7 Bxg7 41. Rxe8+ Bf8 42. Rxf8#
I love Mondays! |
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| Nov-21-11 | | sevenseaman: Just a trio of forcing moves;
40. Qxg7+ Bxh7 41. Rxe8+ Bf8 42. Rxf8#
Beware a non-forcing move like 40. Nxg7 allows 40...Rx1# |
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| Nov-21-11 | | dzechiel: White to move (40?). Material even. "Very Easy."
Seeing that black threatens 40...Qxg2# as well as 40...Rxe1#, some players would resign. But here Kovalev is resourceful, and finds... 40 Qxg7+
About as forcing as a move can get.
40...Bxg7 41 Rxe8+
Again, forcing...
41...Bf8 42 Rxf8#
Time to check and see when black resigned. |
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| Nov-21-11 | | dzechiel: So, I started to review the earlier kibitzing, and what do I find? A post from me about four years ago. I did not recall seeing this position before, but ChessGames must be recycling the easy ones... |
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| Nov-21-11 | | rilkefan: <<Tired Tim>: This puzzle will appear again in 2015, when black will be able to claim a draw for 3-fold repitition> Excellent. |
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| Nov-21-11 | | stacase: 40 Qxg7+ is the only move that staves off Black's double mating attack. And it saves the day, how nice. |
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| Nov-21-11 | | morfishine: White gets in his attack first with 40.Qxg7+ Bxg7 41.Rxe8+ Bf8 42.Rxf8 mate IMO the striking things about this game are (1) both players are Grandmasters & (2) it wasn't blitz |
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| Nov-21-11 | | cocker: Very nice finish, whether seen before or not. |
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| Nov-21-11 | | Nullifidian: 40. ♕xg7+ ♗xg7 41. ♖xe8+ ♗f8 42. ♖xf8# |
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| Nov-21-11 | | crippledpawn: A simple sackajaweea, Qxg7+, Bxg7, Rxe8+, Bf8, Rxf8## If your going to sack a Queen, don't move until you see it. |
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Nov-21-11
 | | HeMateMe: ^^See above for Lewis and Clark reference. |
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| Nov-21-11 | | CHESSTTCAMPS: Rerun or not, this is a good Monday puzzle. Touch the wrong piece and you lose! |
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| Nov-21-11 | | zb2cr: Thought I remembered this one. It was previously given as a puzzle on Sep. 17th, 2007. Black threatens mate by both ... Qxg2# and ... Rxe1#. Therefore White has to strike first and fast. Luckily, White has a forced mate in 3 with 40. Qxg7+, Bxg7; 41. Rxe8+, Bf8; 42. Rxf8#. |
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| Nov-21-11 | | dufferps: One of the few where I actually saw to the finish from the "puzzle" move on. An example of "the best defense is an offense." |
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Nov-21-11
 | | agb2002: White has a knight for a bishop.
Black threatens 40... Rxe8# and 40... Qxg2#.
If the bishop were on another square White would deliver mate with Rxe8+. Hence, 40.Qxg7+ Bxg7 41.Rxe8+ Bf8 42.Rxf8#. |
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| Nov-21-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: <<Nov-21-11 morfishine: White gets in his attack first with 40.Qxg7+ Bxg7 41.Rxe8+ Bf8 42.Rxf8 mate. IMO the striking things about this game are (1) both players are Grandmasters & (2) it wasn't blitz.> >Some players - like GM Walter Shawn Browne - were notorious for playing the last few moves of the game under tremendous time pressure. I am not saying for sure, but maybe that was the case here. |
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| Nov-21-11 | | sevenseaman: <<CHESSTTCAMPS>: Rerun or not, this is a good Monday puzzle. Touch the wrong piece and you lose!> What is this rule about touching a wrong piece. Exceptions? How about White saying 'mate in 3' and it then turns out to be a mate in 2 or 4? And what if there is disparity in the move you write in the score sheet and the one you actually make? |
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Nov-21-11
 | | gawain: Like <Dzechiel> I did not remember having seen this before. But my post from 2007 is there to prove that I did. Last night my wife and I saw Manhattan Transfer in concert. I commented to her "they sure give a great live performance don't they?" She replied "Don't you remember seeing them in 1993?" Hmmm. |
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| Nov-21-11 | | abuzic: <33.exd5> opens the diagonal for black, 33.Ne3 threatening f5 keeps equality. <34.Rxd5?> white should take with the B 34.Bxd5. <36.Nh4??> already white is under pressure, for example: A.36.Ne3 Bxg2
37.Nxg2 Nexf4
38.Qxg7+
<38.Nhxf4? Rxe1+ 39.Bxe1 Nxf4 40.c4 Bxc3 41.Qf2 Nd3 42.Qf1 Nxf1 43.Qxf1 c2> 38...Bxg7 39.Rxe8+ Nf8 40.Nhxf4 Qf3.=============
B.36.Nxg7 Bxg2+
37.Kg1 Nd4.===========
C.36.Kg1 Bxg2
37.Nhxg7
<37.c4 Nexf4 (threatening ...Nh3#) 38.Qxg7+ Bxg7 39.Rxe8+ Nf8 40.Nxf4 Bc6> 37...Bh3
38.Nxe8+ Bg7
39.c3 bxc3
40.Qf2 Bxf5
41.Nxg7 Kxg7.=========
D.36.Bxd5 Qxd5+
37.Kg1 Qxf5 (or 37...Nexf4 also wins).===========
E.36.Nh4 Nxh4
<36...Bxg2+ 37.Nxg2 Nexf4
<(37...c4? 38.f5
<[38.bxc4? Nexf4
<38...♘gxf4 39.♗xf4 ♕f3
<((39...♘xf4?? as in game 40.♕xg7+ ♖xg7 41.♖xe8+ ♗f8 42.♖xf8#))>> 39...Qxg7+ 40.Bxg7 Rxe8+ 41.Be8 Nhxf4 42.Qf3]> 38...Qf3 39.fxe6 Rxe6 40.Qd4 cxb3 41.cxb3 Qxh5 42.Qc4 white is not so bad)> 38. Qxg7+ Bxg7 39.Rxe8+ Nf8 40.Nhxf4 Qf3>
37.Bxh4 Bxg2+
38.Kg1 Bh1
39.c3 bxc3
40.Qf2 Nd4
41.Rd8. |
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Nov-21-11
 | | kevin86: White is desperate as black threatens two mates on the move. He turns the tables by diverting the black bishop from shielding a check. 40 ♕xg7+ ♗xg7 41 ♖xe8+ ♗f8 42 ♖xf8#. |
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| Nov-21-11 | | Marmot PFL: Looks like the ending of a blitz game, which it probably was by move 40. |
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Nov-21-11
 | | chrisowen: The swamp it thing rears its ugly head qxg7 bxg7 rxe8+ anthemic demolition of black and white thinking abouts my baby tuck him in up and under I it is like a6 c5 e6 hi ho thematic silver tables are turned after d5 but in the candle snuffed out. |
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| Nov-21-11 | | M.Hassan: "Very Easy" White to play 40.?
Whoever turn is can checkmate
Black.....Qxg2#
But it is White's move:
40.Qxg7+ Bxg7
41.Rxe8+ Bf8
42.Rxf8# |
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| Nov-21-11 | | morfishine: <LIFE Master AJ> On your comment: <Some players - like GM Walter Shawn Browne - were notorious for playing the last few moves of the game under tremendous time pressure...> If thats the case, then we need to give them <Patriot>'s number: he can give them some lessons on time management! :) |
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| Nov-21-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: << Nov-21-11
CHESSTTCAMPS: Rerun or not, this is a good Monday puzzle. Touch the wrong piece and you lose! >> <<I could not have said it any better myself! <<<<<<>>>>> >> BTW, I imagine the "average user" here has only been here for ... say ... 2-3 years, at the most. Therefore, to "recycle" some of the older puzzles is OK, because most of the "target audience" will not have seen (or even remembered! see <dzechiel>'s earlier post) this puzzle before. Its also a true "puzzle" type of position ... everything hangs in a precarious balance ... in such situations, its normally a huge <(i.e., decisive)> advantage to be "on the move," ... or to have the option of "the first strike." |
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