Mar-13-23 A Afonasieva vs L Dryaeva, 2022 
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| johnnydeep: I saw the bishop sac of course, resulting in a fork of the black King and Queen if black takes it. But if black fails to oblige, it's pretty much even. Not a good puzzle. |
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Mar-09-23 B Malich vs W Oschatz, 1955
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| johnnydeep: Sure, I *guessed* the rook sac started the winning combination, but did I *see* that was the best move? Heck no! |
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Jan-27-23 Van Wely vs A Fishbein, 1993
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| johnnydeep: Guessed the game move, but then chose a different move a few plies later which the engine thought was MUCH better than the game move. Namely 24.Qxf5+ : 1) +28.24 (24 ply) 24...Kxh6 25.Nxf6 Qe7 26.Qf4+ Rg5 27.h4 Qe5 28.hxg5+ Kg7 29.h6+ Kf7 30.Qh4 Rd8 31.Re1 a5 32.Qh5+ Ke6 33.Qh3+ ... |
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Jan-13-23 A Rodriguez Cespedes vs Y Dokhoian, 1988
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| johnnydeep: As others did, I immediately chose 30. Bh4 as the obvious move. Which is better than the game move says the ENGINE. |
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Jan-05-23 V Popov vs N Riumin, 1929
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| johnnydeep: Easy day for me: saw the game line up to Nxd4+ in under a minute! |
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Jan-03-23 J Werle vs Yiyi Xiao, 2016
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| johnnydeep: Tough Tuesday for me. After 34.Nf4, which I didn't see, I also didn't see the mate in 66 that the Engine found!: 1) mated-in-66 (43 ply) 34...Re8 35.Ng6+ |
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Dec-30-22 A A Zaremba vs O Bjarnason, 2006
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| johnnydeep: Got the first 4 plies in a minute. Easy Thursday for a change. |
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Dec-20-22 S Shipov vs S Ivanov, 1991
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| johnnydeep: Even easier than Monday! |
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Dec-19-22 J F Cubas vs D Mastrovasilis, 2014
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| johnnydeep: A very obvious way to even out the material balance. But not so obvious how to win after that though. |
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Nov-30-22 R Bellin vs J Penrose, 1974
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| johnnydeep: Even I got the first few moves. Looked pretty strong despite the rook sac, but of course, I couldn't see through to the eventual mate in 7. |
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