Tim P Wall vs Gerard Welling (1996)

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Tim P Wall vs Gerard Welling
London (1996), ?
French Defense: Tarrasch. Closed Variation (C05) · 1-0

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Nov-24-12		MarkThornton: A simple but lovely combination to win the game.

Apr-22-25		BxChess: I saw the game line but I thought that 25...Nxe6 26. Nxe6 Rxc7+ 27. Nxc7 was stronger. Stockfish thinks that my line is strong, but that the game line is stronger.

Apr-22-25		BrunKC: in my modest opinion 25Nxe6 is stronger

Apr-22-25		NMABQjmgChess: Actually saw this one fairly quickly for once.

Apr-22-25		King.Arthur.Brazil: The king remembers a funny way of chess game that some play in my country which is called "who lose-won", where everybody tries to give their peaces to opponent, who lose all his pieces win the game. This is my idea: 25. Qxf4 (Rxf4 or gxf4 26. Nxe6+ Kg8 27. Nxc7 with an extra ♘) Qxc5 26. Qxf5 Qxc3 27. Qxg5+ Kh8 28. bxc3... LOL Maybe , I fail the POTD, but I laughed enough.

Apr-22-25		takebackok: Easier Tuesday, win a piece and the game. 25. Qxf4 Rxf4 26. Nxe6+ Kf6 27. Nxc7.

Apr-22-25		Walter Glattke: a) 25.Nxe6+ Nxe6 26.Rxc7+ Nxc7 27.Qc3 Ne6 28.Qb3 +- b) 25.Qxf4 Qxc5 26.Qxg5+ Rxg5 27.Rxc5 Rf4 +-

Apr-22-25		mel gibson: Easy peasy - a free Knight. Stockfish 17 says: 25. Qxf4 (25. Qxf4 (1.Qxf4 Qe7 2.Qc1 Kh8 3.Ng4 e5 4.Nxe5 Qd6 5.Ncd3 Bb5 6.Rc8 Bxd3 7.Nxd3 h6 8.Qc5 Qxc5 9.Rxc5 Kg7 10.Ne5 Re8 11.Rxd5 Re7 12.Rc5 Rf4 13.Rd1 Rf6 14.h3 Ra6 ) +6.47/43 382) score for White +6.47 depth 43.

Apr-22-25		morea: This puzzle has many acceptable solutions, all with the central theme of capturing on e6 with the Knight. First I didn't think 25. Qxf4 was good, because Black can mirror White's moves: 25. Qxf4 Qxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxf4, and the position is equal. So instead, I preferred the simple 25. Nxe6+ Nxe6 26. Rxc7+ Nxc7 27. Qa5, which wins a Queen and Pawn for Rook and Knight, with additional threats. Then I realized that after 25. Qxf4 Qxc5 White can continue taking pieces like 25...Qxc5 26. Qxf5 Qxc3 27. Qxf8+! (this can't be copied!) Kxf8 28. bxc3 and White emerges a Rook ahead. So instead, after 25. Qxf4! Black is better off continuing with 25...Qd6 26. Qd2, losing only the Knight, which is better for White than the previous line. Then looking further into 25. Nxe6+, we have 25... Nxe6 26. Rxc7+ Nxc7 27. Qb4! (with the threat Qe7+ winning at least another exchange) Bf7 28. Nxf7 R5xf7 29. Qxb7, which wins Queen and two Pawns for Rook and Knight, so about just as good. Then, of course, we can also just dislodge the Knight protecting e6: 25. g3 Qe7 (else the Queen falls) 26. gxf4 Rxf4 wins a Knight for a Pawn. I think even this works: 25. g4 Rxe5 (on Rf6 26. Knight takes on e6 as always) 26. Nxe6+ Nxe6 27. Rxc7+ Nxc7 28. Rxe5 and White is comfortably better. Or we could just attack e6 with one more piece before taking on it: 25. Ned3 Bf7 26. g4 Rf6 27. Nxe6+ Nxe6 28. Rxc7 Nxc7 29. Qxg5+ winning. Or just win the exchange with 25. Ncd7 Qd6 26. Nxf8 Rxf8. In conclusion, 25. Qxf4, Nxe6+, g3, g4 and Ned3 are all good. Ncd7 is not as strong, but still winning. In contrast, playing 25. Re4 would be a very bad idea. So at least some moves are not good...

Apr-22-25		redcircle: In my humble opinion Nxe6 is a better practical choice. The Black king is weakened and I keep my queen on the board while I also have a powerful knight on e5. It is a matter of time until I win more material. The engine prefers Qxf4 and that's 100% understandable, but the engine's technique is impeccable, hence it does not mind winning after 100 moves with a minor piece up. Humans though prefer more direct solutions, hence my opinion about Nxe6 being a better practical choice!

Apr-22-25		Nosnibor: Looks like Welling could not master the Wall of resistance.

Apr-22-25		Thegamelover: Simplicity breaks the wall.

Apr-22-25		offramp: YES! Finally! Half stars... Today's puzzle is rated 1½ ⭐ out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. That is not a Monday puzzle, and it is not quite a Tuesday puzzle. 1½ ⭐ stars is roughly teatime on Tuesday afternoon.

Apr-22-25		mel gibson: <redcircle: In my humble opinion Nxe6 is a better practical choice. > Yes - it's a good move. Stockfish 17 says your choice is slightly better: 25. Nxe6+ (25. Nxe6+ Nxe6 (1. ... Nxe6 2.Rxc7+ Nxc7 3.Qb4 Kh8 4.Qe7 Na8 5.h3 Nb6 6.Kh2 Bg6 7.b3 Nc8 8.Qxb7 R5f6 9.Nd7 R6f7 10.Qxd5 Rd8 11.Qe5+ Rg7 12.Nc5 Bf7 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.Qf6 Re8 ) -7.25/45 384) score for Black -7.25 depth 45.

Apr-22-25		chrisowen: Zag tron q ok its Qxf4 its a bath its latch its aca its ma its aio its so its a fog pig Qxf4 its ear x

Apr-22-25		TheaN: Will say that I missed White can play 25.Nxe6+ directly, but think the position simplifies significantly after <26.Qxf4 Qe7> perhaps the trickiest line if you take the defender of e6 is 26....Qxc5, but now both colors embark on a queen desperado: 27.Qxf5! Qxc3?! 28.Qxf8+ Kxf8 29.bxc3 +- and White simplifies the entire board. Obviously, 26....Rxf4 27.Nxe6+ +- also simplifies in White's favor. <27.Qc1 +->. You could argue Black has slightly better pieces, but one less, so I'll take it.

Apr-22-25		perfidious: Wall could have played 25.Nxe6+ Nxe6 26.Rxc7+ which also wins, but Black can resist for some time. The line he actually chose is more complex and is more difficult to envision than a typical Tuesday POTD. It features a series of desperado captures that are not so easy to foresee before the POTD position has been reached.

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