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Oct-01-07 | | TheaN: I now notice that the victim here is The World's current opponent. Has been a long time though XD. |
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Oct-01-07 | | vlado23: I think 22.Nf7 is countered by 22.. Nf5 - black will loose the knight but gets to fight on |
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Oct-01-07 | | Waitaka: Missed this one. Instead of the sacrifice, I choosed Rf7. |
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Oct-01-07 | | ahmadov: I was very quick to find this one... |
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Oct-01-07 | | noctiferus: <aidfarh: Since this was correspondence>
IMO, the basic question is: since this was correspondence, why 21...Qe5? Fairness, allowing the opponent to finish with a nice combination, since the game is anyway lost? |
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Oct-01-07
 | | gawain: Oh yes! I liked the geometry of this one. |
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Oct-01-07 | | newton296: the big question is would black play ...K x Q to see if it's really mate in 1 ! yep gert ! it is. |
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Oct-01-07 | | whiteshark: Monday Monday, so good to me,
Monday Monday, it was all I hoped it would be.
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Oct-01-07
 | | patzer2: The decoy 22. Qh8+! solves today's puzzle with a mate-in-two. |
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Oct-01-07 | | PAWNTOEFOUR: i could lie and say i got this one...but i won't....i guess i was too focused on Rxf8+ for some reason |
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Oct-01-07 | | Crowaholic: <If he does, I'll have to sulk, since I wasted more time than that, contemplating how to make Rxf8+ work, before considering Qh8+.> Same here. Took me about a minute (where I tried to sac Q or R on different squares, as well as discarding 22. Nf7 Qh5 as too complicated for a Monday) to realize how dumb I am: Qh8+!! My only consolation is that Timmerman missed it almost 30 years ago, in a correspondence game! Yes, kids, they didn't have Deep Fritz back then. ;-) <beginner64: Note that 22. Nf7 is refuted by Qh5> Incidentally, that still seems to be winning, e.g. 23. Be2 Qxh6 24. Nxh6+ Kh7 25. Rxf8 Kxh6 26. Rh8+ Kg5 27. e5 with the threat of Nc3-e4-d6 etc. Spike 1.1 instead suggests 23. Qf4 and claims it to be even stronger, but I don't quite understand the threats yet. Of course, neither line compares to the good old Q sac to mate next move as played in the game. |
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Oct-01-07 | | Rodrigo Gutierrez: Solved this one in less than a minute... gosh I feel I AM improving at this (maybe I'll actually get to solve a THURSDAY puzzle soon...) |
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Oct-01-07 | | YouRang: Nice Monday queen-sac deflection. :-)
Look for the piece that is guarded only by the king, and you'll often find a weak spot. |
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Oct-01-07 | | chessmoron: Chess puzzle EXTRA!
Post answers to my forum. Click here chessmoron chessforum White to play and draw:
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Oct-01-07
 | | kevin86: A very simple,but brilliant deflection by queen sacrifice! A perfect Monday puzzle. |
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Oct-01-07
 | | fm avari viraf: In any game, one has to Master the Tactics & Techniques to relish the finer aspects of the game & Chess is no exception. Here, the deflection theme well accomplished with the beautiful Queen sacrifice leading to mate! |
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Oct-01-07 | | zinos: É hope this week's theme is not "games GM Timmerman" lost... |
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Oct-01-07 | | amadeus: Real easy. Half star. |
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Oct-01-07 | | Eurotrash: Thank God its Monday. |
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Oct-01-07 | | znprdx: No comment - can I take my move back? :) |
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Oct-01-07 | | zb2cr: Took me longer than usual for a Monday, since I started by looking at 22. Rxf8+, Kxf8; 23. Qh8+, Ke7 etc. Then I noted the 22. Qh8+, with a dismissive thought: "Okay, then 23. Nf7+ wins the Queen back but leaves me a piece down." Then--the light dawned. |
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Oct-01-07 | | outsider: checkmate in correspondence?! wow. never thought it could happen |
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Oct-01-07 | | pawnofdoom: wow. Ive never seen a checkmate in correspondence before. And this guy who's black is supposed to be the "world champion" that is versing the whole world right now in correpondence :P |
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Oct-01-07 | | vibes43: It would be interesting if CG would throw one like this in on maybe a Thursday. We wouldn't be looking for a Q sac then. We (I, at least) would be following other lines much deeper unless/until I hit upon the solution. And when/if I saw the solution, I would triple retrace my steps to be sure. Of course there would be a lot of grumbling. |
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Sep-02-11 | | Bloemansdall: The black player was not Gert-Jan Timmerman but A.C. Timmerman. |
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