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| Oct-20-08 | | CAPA2422: Qxe1! Pawns win. |
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Oct-20-08
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| Oct-20-08 | | Smothered Mate: Has there every been an easier monday? |
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| Oct-20-08 | | dzechiel: Black to move (49...?). Black is up a pawn. "Very Easy." Black is up a pawn, so it's time to simplify!
49...Qxe1+ 50 Kxe1 Nxd3+ 51 Ke2 Nxf4+ 52 gxf4 Kf5
and black is up two pawns, with connected, passed a- and b-pawns. If white hasn't already resigned yet, he resigns here. Time to check. |
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| Oct-20-08 | | NakoSonorense: Not your typical Monday puzzle, but still very easy.
1/1 so far, 100%.
<Has there every been an easier monday?> Yes.
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| Oct-20-08 | | lost in space: 49...Qxe1+ 50.Kxe1 Nxd3+ 51.Kd2/e2 52. Nxf4 52. gxf4 53. Kf5 and latest here it is time for Black to resign |
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| Oct-20-08 | | zb2cr: Dead flat easy. 49. ... Qxe1+; 50. Kxe1, Nxd3+; 51. Kd2, Nxf4; 52. gxf4, Kf5. Black has a King and Pawns endgame that's obviously won. |
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| Oct-20-08 | | gazzawhite: 49... Qxe1+ only wins a pawn, but eliminates all the pieces and black's resulting pawn structure is easily winning. White has no connected pawns, while black has connected passed pawns on the left which overloads white's king. |
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| Oct-20-08 | | MostlyAverageJoe: <<Has there every been an easier monday?> Yes.> For example, this one, which ranks with a couple of others as the easiest ever: 
click for larger view
Dec-03-07 Najdorf vs NN, 1942 <22.?> Today, OTOH, was tricky -- you had to notice that it was black's turn to move :-) |
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| Oct-20-08 | | zenpharaohs: I found the move quickly. But what is surprising is that according to Rybka, the game line is the only winning move for black, additionally, the next best move 49 ... Qd5 leading to a draw. To my eye, it seemed that although the game line was good for black, there should be other ways to win. I don't have time now but I will play out at least the 49 ... Qd5 line to see. |
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| Oct-20-08 | | Confuse: One day they'll set up a Monday and remove the "White/Black to move"... and the position will be checkmate. Wonder if anyone will miss that one... |
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| Oct-20-08 | | NakoSonorense: <Wonder if anyone will miss that one...> That might 'confuse' us a little bit, but we'll get it. |
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| Oct-20-08 | | YouRang: <zenpharaohs: I found the move quickly. But what is surprising is that according to Rybka, the game line is the only winning move for black, additionally, the next best move 49 ... Qd5 leading to a draw. To my eye, it seemed that although the game line was good for black, there should be other ways to win.> Actually, 49...Qd5 might win too. The computer gives the eval of 0.00 because black just moved FROM d5 on the previous move, so it looks to the computer like draw-by-repetition. But if white goes for the repetition with 50.Kf1, then 51...b4, and black is better, if not winning. |
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| Oct-20-08 | | TheaN: Later this afternoon I'll post my standard monologue-ish analysis, but already now I'd like to make a comment. I cannot agree that 49....Qxe1† 50.Kxe1 Nxd3† 51.Kd2 Nxf4 52.gxf4 Kf5?! is the best line. I highly prefer to play a5-a4 first, after which the White King is stuck on the Queenside. If White tries to counterattack, the pawn move up further on the board with b4-b3, giving White even less space. An immediate 52....Kf5 does not speed up the progress as the Pf4 is a helpless, irrelevant soul already. |
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| Oct-20-08 | | AccDrag: Counterattack?! Really?
Thea, I think you're complaining about a spotless floor here. ...Kf5 is fine, and completely winning. If you play the position out a bit (though that really shouldn't be needed), you'll see Black needs his King to come to the Qside to get the Ps home, as the a and b Ps are not going to promote by themselves. Before Black's K can come to the Qside, the front f-P must be dealt with. So, ...Kf5 is needed anyway. And Black can even win a second way: gobble both f-Ps and push the g-P home. But no matter what, ...Kf5 is coming in, and there's no harm in playing it straight away. |
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| Oct-20-08 | | VooDooMoves: <49...Qxe1+ 50. Kxe1> Forced <50...Nxd3+ 51. Kmoves Nxf4> And after all the dust settles black has a winning end game |
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| Oct-20-08 | | malbase: A game that appeared in Chess Life in 1972. |
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Oct-20-08
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| Oct-20-08 | | gtgloner: Very easy, indeed. 49. ... Qxe1+ 50. Kxe1 Nxd3+ (forking King and Queen) 51. K moves Nxf4 and the black King will scoop up the pawn that captures the Knight leaving Black 2 pawns ahead in the end game. |
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| Oct-20-08 | | Aurora: 49...Qxe1+ and that's that! |
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| Oct-20-08 | | hedgeh0g: Got the obvious Qxe1+, although this puzzle is different from most other Monday puzzles in that, technically speaking, the move doesn't immediately result in net material gain or mate, but rather a completely winning K+P endgame. Easy nonetheless. |
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| Oct-20-08 | | TheaN: 1/1
Clear enough that Black wants to simplify with the clear a and b-pawns, or mate White. The latter is not an option, but the first is. <49....?>
White: c6, d3, f2, g3, Ne1, Qf4, Ke2
Black: a6, b7, b5, d4, g4, Ne5, Qh1, Kg6
Material: -♙
Candidates: <[Qxe1]> -ML-
<49....Qxe1†! 50.Kxe1 Nxd3† 51.Kd2 Nxf4 52.gxf4 a5  > clear enough and completely forced. <AccDrag: Counterattack?! Really? Thea, I think you're complaining about a spotless floor here. ...Kf5 is fine, and completely winning.> I never said that it wasn't winning... but my judgment IS correct: Analysis by Fritz 11:
1. (-15.67): 4...b4 5.Kc2 Kf5 6.c6 bxc6 7.Kb3 d3 8.Kxb4 d2 9.Ka5 d1Q 10.Kxa6 Qb3 11.Ka7 Kxf4 12.Ka8 Qb6 13.f3 Qa6+ 14.Kb8 gxf3 15.Kc7 2. (-13.73): 4...a5 5.Kd3 Kf5 6.Kxd4 Kxf4 7.Kd5 a4 8.Kd4 Kf3 9.c6 bxc6 10.Kc5 Kxf2 11.Kxc6 g3 12.Kxb5 a3 13.Kc4 a2 14.Kc3 a1Q+ 15.Kc4 3. (-13.73): 4...Kf5 5.Kd3 Kxf4 6.Kxd4 a5 7.Kd5 a4 8.Kd4 Kf3 9.c6 bxc6 10.Kc5 Kxf2 11.Kxc6 g3 12.Kxb5 a3 13.Kc4 a2 14.Kc3 a1Q+ 15.Kc4 Not necessarily that a5 is better, but I judged Kf5 as being unnecessary at this point. If White refuses to spot the a and b-pawn, Black promotes one or two moves earlier. Not really a significant difference with ratings larger than -12, but objectively better, and useful in time trouble. |
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| Oct-20-08 | | chopin4525: Pretty easy! 49...Qxe1 50.Kxe1 followed by the knight fork on d3. In the endgame black has a real advantage thanks to his pawns and the active king so he should be able to win. |
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| Oct-20-08 | | johnlspouge: Monday (Very Easy):
H M Hasan vs M F Littleton, 1972 (49.?) Black to play and win.
Material: Up a P. The White Ke2 has 2 legal moves. An examination of checks, captures, and threats reveals the candidate. Candidates (49.): Qxe1+
49.Qxe1+ Kxe1 50.Nxd3+ K moves 51.Nxf4+ gxf4
Black has won a second P and has a simple K+P endgame win by advancing the Q-side Ps together to tie down the White K, while the Black Kg6 lunches leisurely on the K-side Ps. |
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| Oct-20-08 | | ChessApplet: 50...Nxd3+
51.Ke2 Nxf4+
52.gxf4 Kf5
53.Kd3 Kxf4
An advantage for black. |
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