Jan-28-12 G Guseinov vs G Sargissian, 2011 
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| Incarnatio: I must say, this week's been pretty good on me. Are the puzzles getting easier or is my chess improving? Can I solve Sunday?! Anyway, I calculated up to 36. Kg2, but I'm not sure if I'd be able to spot f3, so no full credit.
By the way, f3! is really beautiful. It's like throwing |
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Dec-22-11 Capablanca vs Rossolimo, 1938
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| Incarnatio: Looks like my condition isn't too bad this week: I saw Bd3, and saw that ...Rxa1 and ...Nxd3 fails, but I couldn't refute ...Re8 until I saw the comments. Practice, practice.. |
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Dec-21-11 V Plotkin vs V Drkulec, 2009
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| Incarnatio: YES!!!! It's been forever since I've been able to get every single move right on the spot, without a board at hand too!
23. Qxh6 gxh6 24. g7+ Kg8 25. Bh7+ Kxh7 26. gxf8Q+ Kg6 27. Qf7# |
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Nov-12-11 Z Tan vs X Gu, 2011
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| Incarnatio: Today was actually much easier to me than yesterday. Get the queen to a1, and White can't stop the mate, nor harass the Black king. I actually got 33...Qc1 34. Qg3+ Kf8 and Black wins, exactly right! Cool; now to do this every single day! :) |
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Nov-08-11 Ftacnik vs F Vallejo Pons, 2007
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| Incarnatio: Cool, I found this one pretty quickly. I was thinking something along the lines of using the bishop+rook to double check, and I was right. Kind of reminds me of the chess game in the first Harry Potter book. I first thought of Qxf6+, only to realize that Black can re-capture and ... |
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Nov-06-11 H Xu vs R Gao, 2011
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| Incarnatio: <Dr.J> 39. Bg2 Qg3 40. Rdd2?? Re1+ 41. Qxe1 (41. Bg1?? Rxh3#) Rxh3+ 42. Kg1 Qxe1+ 43. Bf1 Rh1# |
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