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Apr-14-17
 | | ChessHigherCat: <Gilmoy: Black also threatens 22..Qxg3 :) and the weak back rank trumps any recapture.> What about Qxg3, 23. Qe8+ Rxe8 24. fxg3 Rh8 25. Kf8?
I admit that's just a temporary distraction, though because it leaves white a piece down. |
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| Apr-15-17 | | protonchess: Qe2 can be answered by Re8, because both Nf6 and Bg6 guard that square. Or even better, Kg8! followed by Bf7. |
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| Apr-15-17 | | not not: I put it in computer - the position after e6 sacrifice - and you are right, machine likes black better - slight advantage for black |
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Sep-27-18
 | | al wazir: Why didn't black play 20...Ng4, one move earlier with the same threat? If 21. Rxd7, then 21...Qxd7 22. Rd1 Qf5 (or 22...Qc7 23. Qa8+ Qb8 24. Qxb8+ Kxb8) 23. Qa8+ Kc7 24. Qxh8 Qxf2#. |
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| Sep-27-18 | | nalinw: Given Blacks 20th move Stockfish chooses
20... Ng4 at an eval of -2.89
but given White's 21st move after
20.... e3 the eval is -3.88
Is this kind of difference reasonable for this kind of position? |
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| Sep-27-18 | | landshark: My choice was 18...Rxh2 19. Rfd1 Rdh8 20. Qxa7 Ng4 21. Kf1 Nb6 -
Winning for Black? Maybe, but not as incisive as the game continuation 20 -e3!
I stared at this for quite a while and knew that -e3 was in the air, but just couldn't see how it worked at that point - |
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| Sep-27-18 | | Count Wedgemore: <al wazir: Why didn't black play 20...Ng4, one move earlier with the same threat?> He certainly could have. Both 20...e3 and 20...Ng4 are completely winning. But any other move and Black's advantage slips away. For instance: 20...Ne5? 21. Bd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Nc6 23. Qa8+ Qb8 24. Qxb8+ Kxb8 and the position looks equal. |
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| Sep-27-18 | | Walter Glattke: 18.-Rxh2 19.Kxh2? Ng4+ / 22.Qf3 Qxg3 23.Qxg3 Rh1# / 21.Rxd7 Nxd7 22.fxe3 Rxa1 2R for B+P |
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| Sep-27-18 | | offramp: I play this as Black. I means I don't have to learn any opening theory.
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White is just about level. The best thing he can do is develop, perhaps 14.Be3 is best.
He played
14.Nxg6? and after 14...hxg6
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...he was lost. Black has too many attacking options. White players often play N (or B) takes Bg6. They seem to forget that the WSB on g6 is a load of rubbish, and that Black doesn't want it. "It'll do no harm to swap it off," forgetting that the h-file is now WIDE open. |
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| Sep-27-18 | | saturn2: I considered 18...Rxh2 19. Nxe4 Rdh8 20. f3 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Rxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qh2+ It might go on like
23. Kf3 Rh3+ 24. Kg4 Qg2+ 25. Kf4 g5+ 26. Kf5 g6# |
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Sep-27-18
 | | agb2002: Black has a knight for a bishop.
White threatens Qxa7 and Bxf7 (Nxe4 Qxh2#).
The possibility of attacking the white king with four pieces suggests 18... Rxh2: A) 19.Kxh2 Ng4+ wins decisive material.
B) 19.Qxa7 Rdh8 (threatens 19... Rh1+ 20.Nxh1 Qh2#) B.1) 20.Rfd1 Ng4 (threatens 20... Rh1+ 20.Nxh1 Rxh1+ 21.Kxh1 Qh2#) B.1.a) 21.Qa8+ Nb8 22.Kf1 Ne3+ 23.fxe3 (else loses an exchange at least) 23... Qxg3 looks winning (24.Rd2 Rh1+ 25.Ke2 Qxg2#). B.1.b) 21.Kf1 Nb6 22.Qa5 (due to Qc5; 22.Ke2 Rxg2 23.Rf1 Qc5 seems to win) 22... Ne3+ as above. B.2) 20.Rfe1 Ng4 21.Kf1 e3 looks very good for Black (22.fxe3 Qxg3 wins; 22.Ne2 Rh1+ 23.Ng1 Rxg1+ 24.Kxg1 Rh1+ 25.Kxh1 Qh2#). B.3) 20.Qa8+ Nb8 looks similar to previous lines. C) 19.Bxf7 Rdh8 20.Rfd1 Ng4 21.Qxa7 Rh1+ and mate in two. |
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Sep-27-18
 | | patzer2: The first move of today's Thursday puzzle (18...Rxh2!) was easy for me due to the royal, Knight fork threat 18...Rxh2! 19. Kxh2? Ng4+ -+ (-8.32 @ 31 ply, Stockfish 9). If 18...Rxh2! 19. Kxh2? Ng4+ -+ (-8.32 @ 31 ply, Stockfish 9), play might continue 20. Kg1 (20. Kh3? Rh8+! 21. Kxg4 Nf6+ 22. Kg5 Qe5+ 23. Nf5 Qx5#) 20...Nxe3 (diagram below) 
click for larger view21. fxe3 (21. Re1 Nf5 -+, -8.60 @ 27 ply) 21...Qxg3 -+ (-62.00 @ 25 ply, Stockfish 9). In the actual game, after 18...Rxh2!, White put up the strongest possible defense with 19. Rfd1 allowing 19...Rdh8! -+ (-2.90 @ 39 ply, Stockfish 9). While 19...Rdh8! may be the strongest move available, it is not the only winning continuation. The simple reply 19...Kb8 20. Nf1 Rh4 -+ (-2.65 @ 39 ply, Stockfish 9), with the idea of holding an extra Black pawn going into the endgame, also wins. P.S.: So where did White go wrong?
At evaluations below 30 ply, the computer indicates the losing move was 17. Qe2? allowing 17...Bxe3! -+ (-2.72 @ 30 ply, Stockfish 9). However, after deeper analysis of the best play line 17. Qf4 Bd6 18. Qg5 Ne5 19. Rad1 Nh7! 20. Qh4 f5 21. Bf4 Nd3 -+ (-1.78 @ 34 ply, Stockfish 9) it appears White is still on the brink of losing. So for a last best chance improvement for White, 14. Qe2 Ne5 15. Nxg6 = (+0.18 @ 34 ply, Stockfish 9) is surely better than the game continuation 14. Nxg6?! hxg6 ⩱ (-0.56 @ 34 ply, Stockfish 9). |
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| Sep-27-18 | | Karne: Glorious game from Hikaru. |
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Sep-27-18
| | patzer2: The move I enjoyed most was 20...e3!, threatening the game continuation 20. Qxe3? Ng4 -+ when White must surrender the Queen to avoid a quick mate (e.g. 21. Qe4? Rh1+ 22. Nxh1 Rxh1+ 23. Kxh1 Qh2#). After 20...e3!, the computer indicates White's best is 21. Qa8+ Nb8 22. Rd4 R2h4! 23. Rad1 (23.Rxh4 exf2+! 24. Kxf2 Rxh4 -+) 23...e2! 24. Rxh4 exd1(Q)+ 25. Bxd1 Rxh4 ( -+ (-5.26 @ 31 ply, Stockfish 9) with a clear win for Black. |
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| Sep-27-18 | | Madman99X: Ironically, Houdini 6 gives Qe8+ as white's best move in the ending position. You know you're in trouble when the engine suggests a spite check. |
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| Sep-27-18 | | Strelets: <Madman99X> Words to live by. |
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| Sep-27-18 | | NBZ: <al wazir: Why didn't black play 20...Ng4, one move earlier with the same threat?> I thought it was because White can play 21. Kf1. Black can still win by 21. ... e3 but the game continuation is cleaner in my opinion. |
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| Oct-04-18 | | nalinw: Still in repeating mode |
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Oct-04-18
| | agb2002: Begin Again (Redemption):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TFgkO... |
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| Oct-04-18 | | Walter Glattke: CG, the colleagues of that Begin Again band, wants to know D) 19.Nxe4, e.g. 19.-Ng4 20.Qg3. Looks nice, but Maybe not correct. |
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| Oct-04-18 | | gofer: <Booo! Shame! Shame!> |
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| Oct-04-18 | | Walter Glattke: D) Black wins a piece with 19.Nxe4 Rh1+ 20.Kxh1 Rh8+ 21.Qh3 (21.Kg1 Qh2#) 21.-Rxh3+ 22.gxh3 Nxe4 |
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| Oct-04-18 | | saturn2: <Walter Glattke Black wins a piece with 19.Nxe4 Rh1+ > Yes. Otherwise after
18...Rxh2 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 is not possible because of 20.. Rh1+ 21. Kxh1 Rh8+ 22. Qh4 Rxh4+ etc. I missed this when I posted the answer 19.Nxe4 last week. |
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| Oct-04-18 | | sethoflagos: It's been a while since I looked at one of these, so it felt good to spot that 18...Rxh2 19.Kxh2 Ng4+ =carnage fairly quickly. 19...Rdh8 looked a fast enough attack to have the king struggling for an escape route after any other continuation. Fast enough not to worry about dropping the odd pawn here or there anyway. |
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| Aug-19-22 | | GlennOliver: 22. ... Qg3 followed by
23. ... Ng4
looks appealing for Black, but ends in at best a draw. |
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