May-18-10 A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924 
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| Summerfruit: 4...Ne3 5.fxe3 Qh4+ 6.g3 Qxg3# |
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May-17-10 F M Teed vs E Delmar, 1896
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| Summerfruit: The diagonal e8-h5 is wide open:
7.Qxh5+ Rxh5/Rg6 8.Bg6#/Bxg6# |
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May-03-10 O Sarapu vs Z Frankel, 1962
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| Summerfruit: White is a pawn up.
29.Qxh5! leads to an unavoidable mate:
a) 29...gxh5 30.Bh7#
b) 29...Bg7 30.Qh7+ Kf8 31.Qxg7#/Bxg7# |
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Jan-13-10 U Kavcic vs Pavasovic, 1998
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| Summerfruit: Material is even.
16...Nxd4
The knight is imumune from capture: 17.Qxd4 Bc5 or 17.Nxd4 Bxd1 losing the queen in both cases. Black is now a pawn up and white could try:
17.Bxa8 Bc5
Now 17...Nxf3+ is threatened.
a) 17.Bb7/Bd5/Be4 Nxf3+ 18.Ke2/Kf1 Ne2++/Nxh2+ loses the queen.
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Jan-11-10 Eliskases vs T Borges, 1946
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| Summerfruit: Black is a pawn up:
37...Rxe4 wins a bishop, since
38.Rxe4 Bd5 and the rook is lost. |
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Jan-07-10 C Lutz vs J Balcerak, 2000
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| Summerfruit: Black has a pawn for the exchange.
24.b4! axb3 25.Nd3
a1) 25...Qxc3 26.Rac1 and the queen is trapped.
a2) 25...Qc7 26.Rxa5 winning material. |
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Dec-17-09 I Jelen vs Larsen, 1977
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| Summerfruit: Black is up an exchange and a pawn.
Black has powerful threats:
1) 36... Rg2+ 37.Kh1 Qxf1#
2) 36... Qxf1+ 37.Kxf1 Rc1#
Black can also force a draw by a perpertual check:
3) 36... Rg2+ 37.Kh1 Rxh2+ 38.Kg1 Rg2+ ...
The black king has no flight square, so (obviously 36.Ng5+ ... |
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Dec-01-09 Ehlvest vs T Gelashvili, 2002
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| Summerfruit: Material is even.
32...Qxe1+ 33.Nxe1 d2
The pawn queens leaving black a rook up. |
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Nov-16-09 L Mkrtchian vs V Golubenko, 2008
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| Summerfruit: White is two pawns up.
41.Qxd8 Qxd8 42.e7 Qxe7 42.Rxe7 Bxc4
White is an exhange and a pawn up with an easy win. |
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Nov-10-09 Stellwagen vs I Rees, 2009
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| Summerfruit: Black is a pawn up.
21.Nxf7 wins the queen, as
21...Kxf7 22.Qxe6# |
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