| May-23-20 | | Stanley Yee: 23. Nh6?? Lost the plot. Drop a knight into f6! Now 23. ... Nxh6 wins for Black. Optical illusion? The reply 23. ... gxh6?? was just as baffling. Probably a loading error. |
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| Aug-14-21 | | Saniyat24: If 23...Nxh6 then white would have played 24.Bxh6, and then if black played 24...gxh6 the same thing would happen with 25.Nh6+ trapping the Queen, albeit a move later...! |
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Nov-24-21
 | | adamico: 23. Ngf6+ has to have been the move actually played. 23. gxf6 24 Nf6+ transposes to the game notation as currently written. |
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Dec-30-21
| | coachjay: Definitely incorrect notation as currently posted. 23.Nf6+ must have been played instead of Nxh6, as Black saves the queen with 23. ... Nxh6 24.Bxh6, then ignore the bishop. (or even 23. ... Kh8). |
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| May-14-22 | | Whitehat1963: Despite what seems to be inaccurate notation, there is an excellent puzzle here after black moves 21 Nf5. |
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| May-16-23 | | rwbean: The correct move 23 must be either of (no practical difference) 23. ♘gf6+ gxf6 24. ♘xf6+ or
23. ♘ef6+ gxf6 24. ♘xf6+
not 23. ♘xh6+?? ♘xh6! (or ♔h8 or ♔h7) winning perhaps it's ♘gf6+ since the score here has the g4 ♘ moving. |
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Apr-27-24
 | | FSR: As all have remarked, there is no way that Gukesh played 23.Nxh6+?? |
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| Oct-31-24 | | Mayankk: Messy position. White Queen is en prise but it is also exerting a lot of pressure on the f6 square. Once we start looking beyond an immediate Ngf6+/Nef6+, the tactics starting with 22 Qxd7 is not too hard to see. 22 ... Qxd7 23 Nef6+/Ngf6+ (does the choice make a difference ?) gxf6 24 Nxf6+ Kg7 25 Nxd7. And now the b8 Rook is vulnerable as it is protecting the b7 Bishop and can't move. Black ends an exchange plus pawn down, which should be enough for a loss. |
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| Oct-31-24 | | mel gibson: I didn't see that but I didn't look longer than 10 seconds. Stockfish 17 says:
22. Qxd7
(22. Qxd7 (1.Qxd7 Qxd7 2.Nef6+ gxf6 3.Nxf6+ Kh8 4.Nxd7 Bxg2 5.Nxb8 Bf3 6.Nd7 Be7 7.Rab1 Rd8 8.Nf6 a5 9.Kh2 Kg7 10.Rbc1 Nd4
11.Re3 Bc6 12.Kh3 Nf3 13.Ne4 Ng5+ 14.Bxg5 hxg5 ) +2.67/52 1977) score for White +2.67 depth 52. |
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| Oct-31-24 | | TheaN: Forced Thursday ending an exchange up: <22.Qxd7 Qxd7> White just took Nd7 and only 22....Bxe4 seems a decent alternative, defusing the f6-forks. However, after 23.Qxd8 +- Black's losing a piece anyway <23.Nef6+> principled to open the diagonal now, though I guess Ngf6+ also forces <23....gxf6> else Black still lost Nd7 <24.Nxf6+ Kg7 25.Nxd7>:
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When calculating combinations I always tell students to envision what's forced and then start recalculating. This result is forced after 22.Qxd7, meaning that we'll have to solve this. A quick glance reveals White is attacking Rb8, which in turn is defending Bb7 and if we can take on b7 unopposed Ra8 is in. So 25....Rd8 26.Bxb7 Rxd7 27.Bxa8 +- makes no sense. Then <25....Bxg2> is left, followed by <26.Nxb8 ±> and White is up an exchange. Tricky position as the rooks are still somewhat idle, but White's quite a bit better here. |
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Oct-31-24
 | | chrisowen: Pq muck its was its he c ju Qxd7 its abridge lid duh its axiom juggle its aoa its ja its Qxd7 ebb |
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| Oct-31-24 | | saturn2: Drag the queen into a fork and win an exchange. Some take me long, this one not. |
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Oct-31-24
| | chrisowen: How give Happy Halloween :) |
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| Oct-31-24 | | devere: Unless this was a blitz game it is hard to believe that 23.Nxh6+??? gxh6??? was actually played by 2 chess masters, one of whom is now favored to become the next world champion. |
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| Oct-31-24 | | DaeWang: I must be a little late to the party, because my feed shows 23. Ngf6+. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 22.Qxd7
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