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| Jun-26-18 | | hdcc: Re8+ was an unexpected last-gasp attempt at a swindle (disguised, at first blush, as a spite check). Obviously this man was unprepared to go gentle into that good night, preferring instead to rage against the dying of the white. |
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| Jun-26-18 | | thegoodanarchist: 35.Re8+ looks, at first, like a spite check.
But now I don't think so. More like desperation - White played an "only move" to see what the position would look like on the board, instead of just in his mind. When the position was achieved "in real life", it looked just as hopeless as it did in his mind's eye! |
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| Jun-26-18 | | Walter Glattke: 34.-Qa3 is mate in 11, 34.-a3 is possibly later mate with 35.Re8+ Rxe8
36.Qxb3 axb2+ 37.Kxb2 Rc4 (against Qxd5+) 38.Qxc4 dxc4 39.Kxc2 |
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| Jun-26-18 | | morfishine: Astonishing: all the letters in the alphabet are in each players name |
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| Jun-26-18 | | TheTamale: It is rare, especially for a Tuesday, that the solution should stem from the very first move I should see. Guess I'm still in Monday mode. |
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| Jun-26-18 | | BOSTER: It is easy to see Qa3, but not easy to see Kf7. Kf7 is the key. |
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| Jun-26-18 | | messachess: This is a little more difficult than 'easy.' |
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| Jun-26-18 | | swclark25: got the puzzle after spending a while thinking "white to move". <ajk68: 16. Nxg6?> I agree and thought 16.Nd7 grabbing the Rook would be better. Stockfish also disagreed with 16.Nd7 and prefers 16.e3 Still learning... |
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| Jun-26-18 | | cormier: Notes by Stockfish 8 (minimum 15s/ply) 7... Qf6 better is 7...Ngf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb3 Ne4 10.c5 Bc7 11.Bf4 Bxf4 = +0.02 (29 ply) 8. Nb3 + / = +0.74 (29 ply |
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| Jun-26-18 | | SpamIAm: <morfishine>, I don't see an "x"! :( |
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| Jun-26-18 | | SpamIAm: <thegoodanarchist>, IMO 35.Re8+ is a move that should always be played in such a position (rather than resigning immediately). Preferably quickly, with a flourish. There's always a chance black will instinctively reach for his own rook to capture white's. And if he touches it... ! |
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| Jun-26-18 | | patzer2: Immediately saw 34...Qa3!, solving today's Tuesday puzzle. Did not see the amusing but futile attempt by White to avoid a quick mate with the long series of checks in <agb2002>'s analysis of <B) 35. Re8+ Kf7 36. Qf5+ Kxe8 37. Qe5+ Kf8 -+> P.S.: Instead of 23. Qc3 ⩱ to ∓ (-0.51 @ 39 ply, Stockfish 8), 23. Qa4 a6 24. Rd1 b5 25. Qa5 = (-0.15 @ 36 ply, Stockfish 8) improves White's survival chances. A move later, 24. Qa3 ⩱ (-0.36 @ 40 ply, Stockfish 8) would have been better than 24. h4 Be6 ∓ (-0.70 @ 39 ply, Stockfish 8) |
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| Jun-26-18 | | patzer2: In the final position after 35...Kf7, Stockfish 8 @ 58 ply gives the mate-in-nine 36.Qf5+ Kxe8 37.Qe6+ Kf8 38.Qf5+ Rf7 39.Qc8+ Rxc8 40.bxa3 b2+ 41.Kxb2 Rb7+ 42.Ka1 Rcb8 43.h6 Rb1+ 44.Rxb1 cxb1=Q#. |
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| Jun-26-18 | | patzer2: Instead of releasing the last bit of tension in the position with 16. Nxg6 Qxg6 = (0.00 @ 30 ply, Stockfish 8), White could have maintained a slight edge with 16. e3 ⩲ (+0.45 @ 30 ply, Stockfish 8). |
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| Jun-26-18 | | Mendrys: White had an interesting try to get out of the mate threat with 34. a3!?
click for larger viewthe queen sac is still there for black but careless play would have lost for him. 34...Qxa3 35. bxa3 b2+ 36. Ka2 bxc1=N+!, an under-promotion wins the day. (36...b1=Q+? 37. RxQ cxb1=Q+ 38. Qxb1 Rxb1 39. Kxb1 and white is winning. 37. Ka1 Rb1#
otherwise the only other way to get out of the mate threat is to give up the rook with 34. Rxd5. |
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| Jun-26-18 | | leRevenant: 1/1 after a month off. |
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| Jun-26-18 | | Patriot: <<morf> Astonishing: all the letters in the alphabet are in each players name> LOL! Good grief, I never even looked at those names! :-| |
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| Jun-26-18 | | Patriot: <patzer2> I think the best "human" move is not <37.Qe6+> but <37.Qe5+> to eyeball the hanging rooks that might give black a better chance of miscalculating. If not losing a rook with check, it almost seems to open the door to a draw possibility by perpetual. |
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Jun-26-18
 | | gawain: I always like to see checkmate delivered by a pawn. Even the mere threat of this is fun. (The swindle attempt is a clever bonus feature of this puzzle.) |
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Aug-17-18
 | | Penguincw: I didn't get this Tuesday puzzle the first time, but I got it the second time. Yay me. |
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| Aug-17-18 | | tjshann: I love Tuesdays! Especially with a Queen Sac. Credit White for the check-before-dying |
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Aug-17-18
 | | sjunto: This was a Tuesday puzzle, which is still pretty good for me; I thought I'd solved a Thursday puzzle. I'm still confused by the repeats. |
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| Aug-17-18 | | CHESSTTCAMPS: White has an extra pawn, but the advanced black pawns exert a crushing vice on the white castled position. It's easy to find the winning idea, so long as black is alert to tactical tricks: 34... Qa3! 35.Re8+! (ba b2#) Kf7! (35... Rxe8?? 36.ba) 36.Qf5+ (36.Rxb8 Qxa2#) Kxe8 37.Qe6+ Kf8 38.Qf5+ Kg8 39.Qe6+ Kh8 40.Qe8+ Rxe8 41.ab is the only way to avoid a quicker mate, but white is likely to resign before this, of course. |
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| Aug-17-18 | | gabriel25: <Chrisowen> sometimes I get I the music and now you are letting little more sense in. That kind of poetry in Cuba based on the beauty of the language was called "gitanjafora" pronounced "heetanhafora". |
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| Aug-17-18 | | Huddsblue: This is too easy for a Friday. Even a 1600 grader like me who hasn't played for several years got it quickly. |
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