| Oct-12-22 | | Brenin: White is a P up. After 32 Rxe6 fxe6 33 Nxg6 Rh7 (or Rg8) 35 Nxe5 he has 3P for the exchange, and may get a 4th on h5. The connected passed f-and g-pawns will stampede through Black's K-side and force a win. |
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| Oct-12-22 | | Honey Blend: 32. ♘xg6 looks to be a good alternative. After 32. ... ♗xd6 33. ♘xh8 followed by Qxh5, attacking f7 and threatening to push the kingside pawns with g6, e.g. 33. ... ♘d8 34. ♕xh5 ♕xe4 35. g6, etc. |
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| Oct-12-22 | | jrredfield: I saw 32 Rxe6 fxe6 quickly but wasn't sure after that. Komodo Dragon likes 32 Rxe6
(depth 36):
White +22.36 32.♖xe6 fxe6 33.♘xg6 ♕h7 34.♘xh8 ♕xh8 35.a4 ♔f7 36.axb5 axb5 37.♕xb5 ♕c8 38.♗xe5 ♗a7 39.♔g2 ♔g6 40.♔f3 ♔f7 41.♔e2 ♗g1 42.♗d6 ♗d4 43.e5 ♕a8 44.g6+ ♔xg6 45.♕d3+ ♔h6 46.♕xd4 ♕g2+ 47.♕f2 ♕g6 48.♔d2 ♕f7 49.♕f3 ♕g8 50.♕f4+ ♔h7 51.f7 ♕g2+ 52.♔d3 ♕g4 53.♕e4+ ♕f5 54.♕xf5+ exf5 55.f8♕ |
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| Oct-12-22 | | mel gibson: I chose the text move but only because I
knew it was a puzzle.
OTB - I would have been tempted to play safe with 32. Rd5. - which gives -4.37 for Black.
Stockfish 15 says:
32. Rxe6
(32.Rxe6 (♖d6xe6 f7xe6 ♘e7xg6 ♖h8-g8 ♘g6xe5 ♖g8-f8 ♕e2xh5+ ♔e8-d8 ♕h5-f3
♕b7-c8 g5-g6 ♔d8-c7 f6-f7 ♔c7-b6 g6-g7 a6-a5 ♔h2-h3 ♔b6-a6 h4-h5 ♕c8-d8
♘e5-g6 ♖f8-g8 f7xg8♕ ♕d8xg8 ♕f3-f8 ♗c5xf8 g7xf8♕ ♕g8xf8 ♘g6xf8 b5-b4 a3xb4
a5xb4 c3xb4 ♔a6-b5 ♘f8xe6 ♔b5xb4 ♔h3-g4 ♔b4-b3 ♗g3-e5 ♔b3-c2 h5-h6)
+21.48/34 839)
score for White +21.48 depth 34. |
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| Oct-12-22 | | mayankk06: Two passed pawns on the 6th rank is worth a Rook. Using this theory, we can create a passed pawn pair on f and g files via 32 Rxe6 fxe6 33 Nxg6 Rh7 34 Nxe5. Now we are up a Knight assuming that the h7 Rook will need to be sacrificed to stop the f-g pawn pair from Queening. |
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Oct-12-22
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: It doesn't matter if 24...0-0-0 would have turned out worse than 24...Bd4--would have played it anyway and faced the suffering after 25.Nd5,Kb8. |
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Oct-12-22
 | | al wazir: I think black can hold out longest by giving back the exchange with 33...Qh7, but the outcome is inevitable: e.g., 34. Nxh8 Qxh8 35. Bxe5 Kf7 36. Qd3 Qe8 37. Bd6 Ba7 38. e5 Qg8 39. Bb4. |
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| Oct-12-22 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: 2 pawns for the exchange plus a nice improvement in chances from there. Not exactly a ringing puzzle solution, but it works. |
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| Oct-12-22 | | mayankk06: I also tried to see if 32 Nxg6 Bxd6 33 Nxh8 had any merit. I struggled to find the right response to 33 ... Nf4. It guards the h5 pawn, prevents an intrusion by White Queen and also stops g6 advance. If 34 Bxf4 exf4 35 Qxh5, Black has 35 ... f3+ and White's King is suddenly under pressure and undefended. So, seems 32 Rxe6 is probably the only solution. |
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| Oct-12-22 | | Refused: 32.Rxe6 fxe6 33.Nxg6 Rh7 34.Nxe5
Easy exchange sacrifice. N+2pawns is already a fair return for a rook, in this case those are far advanced connected passed pawns, who will just steamroll their way through blacks position. |
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| Oct-12-22 | | AlicesKnight: I also found Rxe6 followed by N captures, and while there was no quick kill it looked a winning position with the pawn roller. I wonder how far back it was visible to White; with hindsight it is there from move 27 but I doubt I would have noticed. |
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| Oct-12-22 | | agb2002: White is one pawn up.
Black threatens Bxd6.
The advanced pawns suggest 32.Rxe6 fxe6 33.Nxg6: A) 33... Rh7 34.Nxe5
A.1) 34... Bd6 35.g6
A.1.a) 35... Bxe5 36.Bxe5 Rd7 (36...Rh6 37.f7+ Ke7 38.Bd6+; 36... Rh8 37.f7+ Ke7 38.Bxh8 wins) 37.f7+ Ke7(f8) 38.g7 Kxf7 39.Qf3+ and mate in two. A.1.b) 35... Rh6 36.g7 wins.
A.1.c) 35... Rh8 36.g7 Rg8 37.f7+ wins.
A.2) 34... Bf8 35.g6 Rh8 36.g7 Bxg7 37.fxg7 Qxg7 38.Nf3 Rg8 39.Ng5 + - [B+N+P vs r]. A.3) 34... Kf8 35.g6 Rh6 36.Qd2 wins.
B) 33... Rg8 34.Nxe5 (threatens Qxh5+)
B.1) 34... Rh8 35.g6 looks similar to previous lines. B.2) 34... Qh7 35.g6 Rxg6 (due to f7+) 36.Nxg6 Qxg6 37.Be5, followed by Qg2, looks winning. C) 33... Qh7 34.Nxh8 Qxh8 35.a4, with two extra pawns, is winning. For example 35... Qh7 36.axb5 axb5 37.Qxb5 and 37... Qxe4 loses to 38.Qxc5. |
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| Oct-12-22 | | TheaN: <32.Rxe6 fxe6 33.Nxg6 with 34.Nxe5> by lack of anything else, and the pawns start marching up the board. Honestly, this could have been a Monday puzzle: no real alternatives (except the different order of moves) and White plays itself from move 34 onward. Do mind of the small trap 33....Rg8 34.Qxh5?, which still wins but costs the knight after 34....Qf7 35.Qg4 +- (not 35.Nf4? exf4 36.Qxf7+ Kxf7 37.Bxf4 e5! -+ and Black actually wins, though it's not as easy to play). |
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| Oct-12-22 | | saturn2: I settled for the first three game moves. In terms of material black is not so far behind after 34.Ne5. But the pawns on g5 and f6 will squeeze black |
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| Oct-12-22 | | saturn2: 12....g5?! instead of h6 and after 13.fxg5 Ne5 is good for black. I have not seen this move before. |
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Oct-12-22
 | | chrisowen: I skatman bugle joplin I Rxe6 abluff frazzle ie it is ailed od it is decanter key it hence Rxe6 etc! |
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Oct-12-22
 | | dorsnikov: That was easier than some Monday or Tuesday puzzles. |
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Oct-12-22
| | chrisowen: Beautiful ok ; |
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| Oct-12-22 | | Lambda: My first thought was how utterly useless the black rook is, and whether we can keep it bottled up by something like Qd1. But while that position does still seem to be winning, it's making life difficult for ourselves since there's no way to keep black bottled up and kill them off, you just manage to get three pawns for an exchange. But then I considered the overloaded f-pawn and thought both captures look good, as indeed they are. I would have gone with the text in the end since it's clearer. |
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Oct-12-22
 | | PawnSac: <dorsnikov:> yea it was, but that's ok. Rxe6 & Nxg6 & Nxe5 is pretty much a no brainer. The passers are irresistible. I didn't even bother to look or calculate anything. In fact the whole game was pretty straight forward. Nothing spectacular. White kept gradually pushing forward and whatever space black gave up he took it! Black gave him too much. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 32.Rxe6