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Dominic Miller vs Adam A Taylor
"Dom KO Tay" (game of the day Apr-04-2021)
British Championship (2016), Bournemouth ENG, rd 4, Jul-28
Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation (B45)  ·  1-0

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Apr-04-21  andrewjsacks: Even a strained literary reference is good enough for me.
Apr-04-21
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  OhioChessFan: Strained? I'd say a compound fracture.
Apr-04-21
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: Given Don Quixote's adventures, perhaps we can call this a "Fractured Fairy Tale?"
Apr-04-21
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  al wazir: 38...Kf8 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. Re7+ Kh6 42. Qh8+ Kg6 43. Rg7#.

Ta-da!

Apr-04-21  Lord Byron iii: 38...Kf8 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. Re7+ Kh6 42. Qh8+ Kg6 43. Rg7# Agreed al wazir!
Apr-04-21  erimiro1: This? GOTD? Why?
Apr-04-21
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  MissScarlett: Just between you and me, I'm in with the owners. I tried to find a suitable Spanish game and windmill combination, but, alas, not.

Any further criticisms will be reported.

Apr-04-21  RandomVisitor: The most popular move 12 for black in Opening Explorer is 12...Bg4, and Stockfish agrees


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Stockfish_21033108_x64_modern:

<58/80 2:36:41 +0.18 12. ... Bg4> 13.h3 Bh5 14.f4 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Re8 16.Qf3 Qe7 17.b4 a6 18.Kh2 Rad8 19.Bb2 h6 20.Rae1 Qd6 21.Bc1 b5 22.Bd2 Nd5

Apr-04-21  RandomVisitor: The beginning of the end for black is 13...h6, maybe 13...Bg4 holds


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Stockfish_21033108_x64_modern:

<53/69 08:55 +0.12 13...Bg4> 14.Re1 Bh5 15.Qd2 h6 16.Bh4 Bg6 17.Nf4 Rxe1+ 18.Rxe1 Bxd3 19.Nxd3 Qd6 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.h3 Rd8 22.Qe2 Qf5 23.Kf1 g6

Apr-04-21
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  OhioChessFan: <Scarlett: I tried to find a suitable Spanish game and windmill combination, but, alas, not.>

The pun would have still sucked.

Apr-04-21  dhotts: Not a very interesting GOTD and the puzzle today was not even a puzzle.

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