Feb-06-23 D Kosic vs S Cvetkovic, 1994 
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| Halldor: A slightly more to this puzzle than the traditional Monday. I at least used a few moments to find out if the g2 square could be attacked. — Then I saw the well-known checkmate pattern with Bishop on the long diagonal and Rook in the corner. Voilà! The solution was found! I can ... |
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Jan-26-23 Cory Riegelhaupt vs A Fishbein, 2011
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| Halldor: My first guess was 20 Rd8, but quickly abandoned it as I couldn't find a forced continuation. — Then I saw 20.Qe3, and after seeing that White can't take the bishop — it's an instant curtain, I was convinced I was on the right track. I examined 21 Nd2 / Ra2 / Qd2. It was fun and |
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Jan-10-23 G Jones vs Van Wely, 2007
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| Halldor: It took me too long. When I at last saw that three squares of the seventh rank were blocked for the black king, I immediately found the queen sac. |
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Jan-03-23 J Werle vs Yiyi Xiao, 2016
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| Halldor: I first tried to open the diagonal for the Bishop, but I couldn't. Then I saw that 34 Nd5–f4–g6† would work. Since it is a killer I didn't look for alternate moves. |
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Oct-20-22 A Reggio vs H Fahrni, 1905
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| Halldor: I went for 20... Qxc3† as many, and it was a pleasure to work out various continuations. I was satisfied when I had rather good positions and didn’t go any further. However, I don’t think I solved the puzzle, I was too optimistic — as always…, thought I had a winning ... |
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Oct-19-22 M Narciso Dublan vs I Cheparinov, 2020
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| Halldor: I went for 36 Rxe3 (since Qc1 seemed too slow for my nerves). 36 Rxe3 Bxe3 37 Qe4 Bg5 38 NxB KxN 39 Qh4† Kxf5 40 Rf1†. Here, a ghost of the Rook that I sacrified on the e-file at start was still there in my mind, it happens sometimes, but anyway — without that ghost Rook on ... |
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Oct-04-22 Kostenko vs A Utnasunov, 2001
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| Halldor: I found this easily since I started trying to find a way to queen the pawn. An exchange sacrifice made a kind of Bishop fork possible, which blocks the c8 square for the black Rook svo the pawn can’t be stopped. |
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Aug-31-22 NN vs G Geshev, 1935
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| Halldor: Got it because I knew the trap. However, I had to refresh my memory (tried Bg4†?! before seeing that the knight on c6 does the trick). |
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May-02-22 J J O'Hanlon vs B Goulding Brown, 1914
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| Halldor: Monday at its best! Chessgames.com going family-friendly again?! |
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Apr-12-22 M Shapir (Porat) vs B Lengyel, 2008
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| Halldor: I got the game line to the end, and my continuation was a kind of futile breakout try for the white king: 44 Kf2 Nxc1† 45 Ke3 Re2† 46 Kd4 Re4† — and now the rook on b4 is lost, either by 47 Kc5 Nd3† forking King and Rook, or by 47 Kc3 Na2† forking King and Rook as well. |
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