May-01-07 Teichmann vs NN, 1914 
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| concreteengineer: Nice puzzle for Tuesday. I saw the solution almost immediately. This really drives home the necessity of watching the diagonals. |
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Apr-30-07 J Emms vs A Blees, 1996
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| concreteengineer: Monday puzzles are the only good things about Mondays. It’s always fun to “get them”. I know they are easy, but good Chess is about recognizing patterns – even easy ones. I bet some people who say these puzzles are “too easy” miss similar situations OTB – I ... |
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Apr-30-07 Pinter vs E Ungureanu, 1976
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| concreteengineer: I actually got the correct move for a Sunday puzzle. Of course, it really only counts if you also get the followup and I did not see Nd7. But it is Sunday, and I'll take what I can get. |
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Apr-24-07 Capablanca vs T A Carter, 1909
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| concreteengineer: Got this one quickly, but I agree with nimzoknight - I would not have seen it OTB - nor would I have made it to move 28 in this position. I like the puzzles based on the older games as they usually play out to mate or close enough that you can clearly see the end. With some |
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Apr-20-07 Beliavsky vs P Popovic, 1982
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| concreteengineer: Wow, W, T and F puzzles have all been tough. Like many, I looked for the Q sac, but couldn't see one. It seems that, like others, I was looking for a move which would lead to mate. However, since the theme this weeks seems to be "win a piece", I should have considered that. |
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Apr-11-07 O Feuer vs O'Kelly, 1934
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| concreteengineer: I got the queen sac and the idea of using the rook to check the king, but totally missed the castle as a way to get the black rook. Great move! I probably missed it because I rarely castle queen's side. I do agree that Black should have continued on at least a few more ... |
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Apr-02-07 Kashdan vs Euwe, 1932
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| concreteengineer: Really easy, even for Monday. But this game shows that sometimes even the best miss the obvious. |
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Mar-29-07 S K Bru vs Movsesian, 2001
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| concreteengineer: What a surprise! I got a Thursday. I saw Qf1 rather quickly once I saw that Rh3 was mate. The problem was following what would happen if 36. f3 …, until I realized that the knight defended g2 and that after Qxh1, a move by the king to f2 essentially blocks off the help ... |
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Mar-28-07 Andersson vs E Jelling, 1994
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| concreteengineer: Missed this one. After so many queen and/or rook sacs for the last few weeks, I kept looking for the sacrifice. Just goes to show, if your only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. |
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Mar-27-07 S Lorenz vs Andrey Orlov, 2001
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| concreteengineer: Got this one rather quickly, just like yesterday. For those who complain that Monday and Tuesday puzzles are too easy, remember not everyone is a highly rated player. When I first started looking at chessgames.com, I couldn't even get Mondays! Now I get Monday and Tuesday ... |
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