Wouter Spoelman vs Evgenij Agrest (2017)

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Wouter Spoelman vs Evgenij Agrest
PRO Chess League (Central) (2017) (rapid), chess.com INT, rd 1, Jan-11
English Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation. General (A11) · 1-0

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Jul-25-23		takebackok: Took a second to find the killer up, down, over & out checking pattern.

Jul-25-23		perfidious: White addresses the enemy king thus: <Go immure yourself!> 38.Qd8+ Rf8 39.Qd5+ Kh8 40.Qh5+ spells ruination and Pharaoh's Tomb.

Jul-25-23		Mayankk: A very artistic puzzle. Black King is restricted to the 8th rank by the critical g6 White pawn. So White Queen can run circles around it and deliver mate. 38 Qd8+ Rf8 39 Qd5+ Kh8 (39... Rf7 40 Qxf7+) 40 Qh5+ Kg8 41 Qh7#

Jul-25-23		An Englishman: Good Evening: Only one question--which back rank check to give. 37. White to Play would make a good Thursday puzzle, because that was White's best move of the game.

Jul-25-23		mel gibson: Took me a while to see all the moves. The key was getting the White Queen to d5. Nothing else works.

Jul-25-23		Refused: Nice little triangulation. 38.Qd8+ Rf8 39.Qd5+ that's the end of it.

Jul-25-23		agb2002: White has pawn for a bishop. Black threatens Qxh4+. The white queen can reach h7 with tempo after forcing the blockage of f8: 38.Qd8+ Rf8 39.Qd5+ Kh8 40.Qh5+ Kg8 41.Qh7#.

Jul-25-23		scormus: Minimalist Art.

Jul-25-23		saturn2: Check check check checkmate. No stuttering.

Jul-25-23		Nf3em: True to its tag line, the puzzle is easy ...

Jul-25-23		jffun1958: Straightforward puzzle, it took me a while to find, because I was first looking for a sac, but there was no good one. Some time later I saw the Q maneuvre.

Jul-25-23		jffun1958: 38. Qd8+ Rf8 39. Qd5+ Kh8 (39...Rf7 40. Qxf7+ Kh8 41. Qf8#) 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Qh7#

Jul-25-23		parch2: 38.Qd8+ Rf8 39.Qd5+ Kh8 40.Qh5+ Kg8 41.Qh7#

Jul-25-23		Fiddlerookie: Nothing to add in content but at least I can make some songwriterly game title suggestions: "Wouter Router" ? "A body Agrest..."?

Jul-25-23		chrisowen: i beg op nuff c jah its Qd8 good aac mack its a gob quibble its bubble its bevvy its Qd8 bit;

Jul-25-23		Muttley101: <Brenin: 30 ... Qd1 converted a probable win (advancing the a-pawn) into a probable draw, and 31 ... Qe1 converted that into an almost certain loss. Either 30 ... Qc6 or 31 ... Qd6, keeping the Q on the 6th rank to help protect the K, would have been better.> Black didn't play 30 ... Qd1, but 30 ... Rd1. 30 ... Qd1 31 R:d1 of course. Black can't play 30 ... a4 instead of 30 ... Rd1 because the black queen is on a4. If you meant 32 ... a4 instead of 32 ... Qd1, 32 ... a4 still isn't possible because the black queen comes from a4 (see above).

Jul-25-23		Lambda: Based on a theme which occurred to me whilst looking at this puzzle. White to play: click for larger view

Jul-25-23		jrredfield: <Lambda: Based on a theme which occurred to me whilst looking at this puzzle. White to play:> Qc8+ Rf8 Qe6+ Kh8 Qf7 Rxf7 gxf7 Bd4 f8Q+ and a winning position for White

Jul-25-23		Brenin: <Muttley101: Black didn't play 30 ... Qd1> Thanks: 1:30am typing at fault here! I intended to criticise 32 ... Qd1 and 33 ... Qe1, both of which, I think, contributed greatly to Black's downfall, when Qc6 or Qd6 would have held the fort.

Jul-25-23		TheaN: <Brenin: Euclidean geometry: Qd8-d5-h5-h7>

Jul-25-23		Hercdon: Nice mate in four! I missed of course �

Jul-25-23		thegoodanarchist: You're saying it's a game of Rudolf Spielmann ? No, Spoelman. Oh, OK. You mean Jonathan Speelman No, Spoelman. Who's that??

Jul-25-23		Jimfromprovidence: Beside the text move, white also had 37 Qe5, below, where the threat of 38 Qd5+ seems unstoppable. click for larger view

Jul-25-23		AlicesKnight: Found the correct Qd8+ fairly quickly. Simple when you think about it but thought is needed.

Jul-25-23		saturn2: <<Lambda: Based on a theme which occurred to me whilst looking at this puzzle. White to play:>Qc8+ Rf8 Qe6+ Kh8 Qf7 Rxf7> If the rook does not take the queen but remains on the backrank white has Qxf2. and Q vs R but black has more pawns.

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