Mar-01-17
 | | keypusher: Position after 38....f5, the final combination from a game full of them:
click for larger viewBut the whole game is worth your time. I leave it to stronger players to say whether all the sacrifices are sound. |
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| Jul-24-17 | | siggemannen: Not a bad game from the youngster. |
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Nov-19-17
 | | GrahamClayton: 39. gxf5! - liquidating to a position where the two connected passed pawns on the 6th rank are stronger than the rook. |
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| Dec-30-18 | | Saniyat24: Alireza's Blue Mathematics...! |
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| Aug-31-19 | | Whitehat1963: Great Fridayish puzzle after 27...Qf3. What an amazing game! Chock full of combinations! |
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| Aug-31-19 | | Whitehat1963: I say again, this is truly an excellent game. The fun begins after 14...Qg6. |
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| Nov-07-19 | | Walter Glattke: 29.Qd7+ Ka6 30.Rd3?? Re1+ 31.Kh2 Rh1# 30.Be3?? Rxe3 31.fxe3 Rxg3+ 32.Kh2 Qg2#
29.Qd7+ Ka6 30.Rc1 Rc8 31.Be3 /29.Qd7+ Ka8! 30.Rc1 Qd5 31.Qc7 Rc8 32.Qa5 unclear |
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Nov-07-19
 | | patzer2: Missed the clever discovered attack with check combination 28. Qf5+! Kb7 29. Rd7+ Ka8 30. Rxa7+ Kxa7 31. Bb8+ +- (+4.30 @ 37 ply, Stockfish 10) solving today's Thursday puzzle. After just completing a long walk this evening, I was tired and blundered with 28. Rd3?? allowing 28...Re1+ 29. Kh2 Rh1#. P.S.: Black's losing move was 27...Qf3?, allowing 28. Qf5+! +- (+4.30 @ 37 ply, Stockfish 10). Instead, 27...Qe4 = (0.00 @ 36 ply, Stockfish 10) would've held the position fully level. |
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| Nov-07-19 | | malt: Seen 28.Qf5+ Kb7 29.Rd7+ Ka6
(29...Kb6 30.Bc7+ )
30.R:a7+ K:a7 31.Bb8+
27...Qe4 was better. |
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| Nov-07-19 | | Lambda: Saw up to Qxf3 and then stopped, wasn't convinced it was a win but it does gain material, so would have played it for want of any better ideas. |
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| Nov-07-19 | | clement41: Just not 31 Be3+?? Rxe3 -+ oopps |
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| Nov-07-19 | | goodevans: <keypusher: [...] the whole game is worth your time. I leave it to stronger players to say whether all the sacrifices are sound.> I agree entirely. I spent a while trying to work out who had the upper hand after 17...Qg4 
click for larger view... but it was beyond me.
Would be worthy of GOTD. |
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| Nov-07-19 | | mel gibson: I saw the first move but I thought
there was an immediate mate somewhere
and that was wrong.
Stockfish 10 says:
28. Qf5+
(28. Qf5+ (♕c2-f5+ ♔c8-b7 ♖d1-d7+ ♔b7-a6
♖d7xa7+ ♔a6xa7 ♗f4-b8+ ♖e8xb8 ♕f5xf3 ♔a7-b6 ♕f3xh5 ♖g8-h8 ♕h5-f3 ♖h8-f8
♕f3-f5 b5-b4 h4-h5 c6-c5 ♕f5-e6+ ♔b6-c7 ♔g1-g2 ♖b8-e8 ♕e6-c4 ♔c7-b6 h5-h6
f6-f5 ♕c4-d5 ♖e8-c8 ♕d5-d6+ ♔b6-b5 ♕d6-d7+ ♔b5-b6 b2-b3 ♖f8-h8 ♕d7-g7
♖h8-f8 ♔g2-f3 ♖c8-e8 ♕g7-d7 ♖e8-d8 ♕d7-e6+ ♔b6-b5 ♔f3-g2 ♖d8-c8 ♕e6-d7+
♔b5-b6 h6-h7 ♖c8-d8 ♕d7-e6+ ♔b6-b5 ♕e6-e7 ♔b5-c6 ♔g2-f3) +5.33/38 226) score for White +5.33 depth 38 |
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| Nov-07-19 | | saturn2: Black threatens Qxf4 and Re2
I saw it till move 32.Qxf3 but Q vs two R seemed a tie to me. |
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Nov-07-19
 | | OhioChessFan: First move was obvious, as well as Black desperately trying to keep his King off dark squares. |
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| Nov-07-19 | | AlicesKnight: I saw the opening sequence leading to Q for 2 Rs but was unsure how definite the win was from there; the return of the Q for 2 passed Ps on the 6th was eyecatching. |
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Nov-07-19
 | | agb2002: White has a bishop for a rook.
Black threatens Qxf4 and Re2.
The black queen is defenseless. Therefore, 28.Qf5+ Kb7 29.Rd7+: A) 29... Ka6 30.Rxa7+ Kxa7 (30... Kb6 31.Bc7+ Kxa7 32.Qxf3 + - [Q+B+P vs 2r]) 31.Bb8+ K(R)xb8 32.Qxf3 followed by Qxc6, Qxf6 or Qh5. B) 29... Ka8 30.Rxa7+ transposes to A.
C) 29... Kb6 30.Bc7+ wins. |
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Nov-07-19
 | | drollere: the exclamation point on the combination is 33. Q:h5, which cements the advantage of Q vs. 2 Rs and foresees the linked 2 p's that the solitary R cannot stop. |
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| Nov-07-19 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: Easy parts to see:
-- White's a little behind in material.
-- Anything White does probably needs to happen at a brisk tempo, as Black has various potential threats of his own.
-- The first move is Qf5+, and the second is a check at d7. (This is easy to see because none of the alternatives are at all promising.) From there it's a matter of seeing:
-- White has strong attacking lines but no prospects of quick forced mate.
-- There's a potential discovered attack on the queen.
-- Be3+ is the wrong way to do the discovery. :) It doesn't matter exactly how good the resulting endgame turns out to be; this is obviously the best approach for White to try. |
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| Nov-07-19 | | laskereshevsky: 28.♕f5+ ♔b7 29.♖d7+ is an easy sight..
after a while i found ♔a6 (or a8) 30. ♖xa7+ ♔xa7 31.♗b8+ ♔xb8 32.♕xf3 and the weak pawns on c6 f6 h5 should should give a better play for white |
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| Nov-07-19 | | landshark: I rejected the game continuation because a Q vs 2 R's is rarely a win, much less a convincing one. |
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Nov-08-19
| | OhioChessFan: <landshark> a Queen typically dominates 2 Rooks with loose Pawns on the board. After 28. Qf5+, the two loose Black Pawns on the Kingside are not long for this world. I bet both sides knew it at that point.
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After 39. gf5, it's mission accomplished.
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So, with Pawns on the board, a Queen is much stronger than 2 Rooks. |
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| Sep-03-21 | | Whitehat1963: This game is a model of fearlessness and efficiency! I think this kid will be world champion within 10 years! |
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Kibitzing
sac: 20.Rxe6