May-21-18 S Maroroa vs A Diamant, 2018 
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| wooden nickel: Another fun way to win is 38... Bxf2+ 39.Kh1 Bd4!
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Feb-10-18 L Bruzon Batista vs M Gongora Reyes, 2015
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| wooden nickel: I didn't get far with the line 26.Bxf5 exf5 27.Nxf5 gxf5 28.Qxh5 Ne6 attempting to mate on g7
but after 29.Bf6, White has to be beware of 29... Qxg2+ 30.Kxg2 Nxf4+
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Jan-18-18 Csom vs A Planinc, 1974
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| wooden nickel: <patzer2: For today's Thursday puzzle (24. ?), White faces a desperate situation where his Bishop is pinned and he can do nothing to avoid losing it.>
that's what I thought too… but
24.Rcd1 Qxd7 25.Bf5 Rxe3 26.Bxd7 Red3 27.Be6+ Kf8 28.Bd5
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Dec-06-17 V Shcherbakov vs Furman, 1955
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| wooden nickel: Nevertheless, White played a brilliant game… this goes to show that lost games can also be treasurable! |
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Nov-06-17 E Sosnowska vs A Brustman, 1987
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| wooden nickel: after 11.Qe2, Black took the pawn 11… exf4. How do we know when to take that pawn in this kind of position? I'm never sure!
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May-14-17 Krasenkow vs J L Hammer, 2016
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| wooden nickel: A nice mate would occur upon
31... Ra2 32.Rxa2 Bxc4 33.Rab2 Bh4 34.Ra3 Bd5#
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Apr-01-17 B Jonasson vs H Angantysson, 1986
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| wooden nickel: Wonderful April Fool's Day puzzle... after falling for 26... e2? the actual puzzle is
White to play and win
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In German "Ich könnte mir in den Arsch beißen!" ("I could bite myself in the butt!"). |
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Feb-17-17 Vachier-Lagrave vs S Novikov, 2007
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| wooden nickel: <YouRang: I probably wouldn't have seen it OTB, but since this position is plopped in front of me and called a "puzzle", I'm inclined to look at the check: 25.Bxh7+>
Couldn't be said better... figuring out how to retake the rook might have kept us too busy, which retake ... |
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Jan-23-17 Kholmov vs W Pietzsch, 1965
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| wooden nickel: nice forced mate, better than Rf1 or Nf1+
what happened... no comments so far?! |
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Jan-17-17 P Rout vs M Al Sayed, 2016
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| wooden nickel: in case somebody doesn't like to win, Qh6 makes a nice draw i.e.
34.Qh6+ Rxh6 35.Rxf7+ Kg8 36.Re7+
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