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| May-07-18 | | gars: No Queen sacrifice today? Something must be wrong. |
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| May-07-18 | | Oxspawn: Because I know it is Monday, I know ergo I “can do” this puzzle. So I got it – although I too felt I must be missing something. If it had been Wednesday I would have found this more challenging. I also wondered if I could actually convert the position after the fork into a win. If I was black in that position I would play on hoping for a blunder. If I was white I would be dreading finding the black bishop had arrived on e2 or the black rook and bishop converged on g2 while I was tying my shoelaces and none of my pieces had moved. It often happens in my games …. |
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| May-07-18 | | WorstPlayerEver: No Queen sac today
All my hope has faded away
The lady stands forlorn
A symbol of the dawn
No Queen sac today
It seems a common sight
But people passing by
Don't know the reason why |
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| May-07-18 | | leRevenant: Yes, how many times have we been undone by our shoelaces. |
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| May-07-18 | | thegoodanarchist: Shouldn't a Monday puzzle be more decisive than 2 pawns and an exchange? |
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| May-07-18 | | et1: easy, not very easy |
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| May-07-18 | | Ariogermano: Easy!!! |
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May-07-18
 | | Richard Taylor: I found this.
I played Sue Maroroa in NZ in about three games. She was / is I assume still quite an aggressive attacking player. I recall one I rebutted a very strong attack but I cant the game. |
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| May-07-18 | | BornAmish: <stacase> I played a guy once who couldn't wait to move, so I purposely took as much time as possible. At one point, I had a mating attack while I was waiting to move, but the guy took one of my pieces, slammed it on the board, said "checkmate!" and left the tournament. :) |
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| May-07-18 | | Pasker: I thought its mate in two after 29. Nxg6+ but then realized blacks's queen on c7 can stop the mate. But still after Nxg6+ hxg6 Qh4+ Bh6 Qxh6+ Qh7 Qxh7+ Kxh7 and now Nxf6+ fork and win a an exchange on top of the two pawns profit and weak pawns for black on the K side. So its game over basically. Its easy and well suited for a Monday. |
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| May-07-18 | | patzer2: Black's decisive error was playing it too "safe" with 28...Bg7?, which allows our Monday puzzle solution 29. Nxg6+ +-. Instead, 28...g5! ⩱ (-0.25 @ 25 ply, Stockfish 9 analysis of move 28...?) would have given Black a good game. |
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May-07-18
 | | takchess: I am waiting for a Monday Puzzle of a hanging queen left in-explicitly in the middle of the board that can be captured by its opponent. Followed by an comment by Chessgames administration:Attn: Whiners Is this easy enough for a Monday Puzzle? That being said it felt more like a Tuesday to me…. . 8) |
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| May-07-18 | | morfishine: So what if its not a stereotypical Monday puzzle? There's nothing wrong with 'tries outside the lines' (even though its more of a Tuesday position) ***** |
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| May-07-18 | | tjshann: Like others, I thought the combination leading to the Exchange+2 pawns advantage was not as decisive as usual for Monday, though certainly quite enough to win. I was expecting to see Black play on, and was a little surprised by the resignation after Qh4+. Respect for the opponent, I guess. |
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| May-07-18 | | Lambda: I think it's legitimately a Monday puzzle because you don't need to see everything to know Nxg6+ is a good move, by the time you're taking on h6 you're material up with the attack. |
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| May-07-18 | | morfishine: <Lambda> Actually, <29.Nxg6+> is the only move visible on the board, so this puzzle can be classified as an "only mover" |
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| May-07-18 | | ChessHigherCat: As the second person to solve the puzzle (in 2 or 3 minutes after it appeared), I obviously wasn't complaining that it was too hard, I was just pointing out that it wasn't Monday puzzle material because Mondays are supposed to encourage beginners. Show me a real beginner who could solve this within a reasonable amount of time without any help and I'll show you a future GM. If you don't believe me, try it on your kids, but really without any help. |
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| May-07-18 | | morfishine: <ChessHigherCat> True, but this is where being positionally aware comes in (ie: knowing a lost position). The puzzle final position is sorta ho-hum since no immediate mate is on the board and no scintillating sac is observed However, Black is dead lost (down an exchange + 2 pawns). He has zero chance of even saving the draw: Zero Perhaps thats what this puzzle focuses on: realizing its dead lost ***** |
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May-07-18
 | | moronovich: Out of the comfortzone =
improvement in playing strenght |
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| May-07-18 | | drollere: the GOTD notes:
<The goal is to find the best move, or sequence of moves, in the given position. You do not always have to find a checkmate! Just find the best move.> the notes waffle around "best move" and "first move" and "demonstrate the [first] move is correct" and "just find the best move." it's a puzzle, not a conundrum. |
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May-07-18
 | | Penguincw: First Monday of the month actually.
Easy puzzle, a bit lengthy.
1/1 this week, and 1/1 on Mondays this month. |
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| May-07-18 | | zb2cr: It's not until you see the fork of the Rooks that wins the exchange that it really become plain. It is Monday-level, because it's all forced. 29. Nxg6+, hxg6; 30. Qh4+, Bh6; 31. Qxh6+, Qh7; 32. Qxh7+, Kxh7; 33. Nxf6+, Kg7; 34. Nxe8, Rxe8. White has R+2P vs B with a straightforward win. |
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| May-07-18 | | lost in space: I love Mondays!
29. Nxg6+ hxg6 30. Qh4+ Bh6 31. Qxh6+ Qh7 32. Qxh7+ Kxh7 33. Nf6+ and at the final end White will win an exchange (during the combo in addition 2 pawns). Enough to win |
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May-08-18
| | Richard Taylor: <BornAmish: <stacase> I played a guy once who couldn't wait to move, so I purposely took as much time as possible. At one point, I had a mating attack while I was waiting to move, but the guy took one of my pieces, slammed it on the board, said "checkmate!" and left the tournament. :)>! Yes. If you know a player hates moving slowly. The technique is to slow down! I have won games that way. Not ability but knowing what that player is like. And the other ones of course are those who get into time trouble. My technique there was to make a move, regardless of it's value that was ambiguous. Say a pawn to e5 when the pawn could be taken three ways or more. But one problem there is that time addicts like the famous Nakamura often play almost as well under pressure. But that is hard case the player announcing check mate! We humans are a droll lot... |
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May-08-18
| | Richard Taylor: It's a pity Black ruined her game as she had played well up to the start of the little combo. Such is chess it requires so much concentration. |
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sac: 29.Nxg6+