Mates with Morphy, Mackenzie and Min
By on 19 Apr 26 13:06
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I’m thinking maybe Anish Giri, had had one of those sex changes.
I suppose if he...sorry... she has then we now call her Annie Giri.
And speaking of changing things, I keep changing my mind
as to what is my favourite chess study. At this moment in time
it is a 1951 study by Vladimir Korolkov. I can see this choice
lasting quite a while. I rediscovered it a few weeks back.
White to play and win. Look away now if you do not
want to see the solution to this wonderful work of art.
I happened upon an RHP game with the same mating pattern but because
this was an RHP game things did not quite work out the way as planned.
tomak - Timmonnj RHP 2011 (Black to play)
If 50....Kg4 White will run out checks. Then Black will trade down
on g1 and sail home in the pawn ending. But this was an RHP game.
50....Ng3+ 51.Qxg3 Kxg3
Stalemate.
This week the puzzles come from the games Capt. George Mackenzie (1837-1891)
A Scot who crowded quite a lot into his 54 years. If you have a spare 5-10 minutes
then read his bio on https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10415
A great player who produced some great games of chess in the style of Morphy.
(in fact in one of the puzzles below you can see a strong Morphy influence.)
G. Mackenzie - N. Loverin Montreal 1879
White to play and mate in three moves.
A clue for the next one comes from the final position of Morphy at the Opera.
It is how your mind works when spotting combinations, it recalls a pattern
you have previously seen and it ‘pops’ out at you . ‘Pop!’ . The more patterns
you have to call on the better you will be spotting and playing combinations.
G. Mackenzie - NN Manchester 1889. (White to play)
Make a path for the d1 Rook to get too d8. Deflect the Queen from guarding d8.
An RHP game with the same pattern. Minii - wolverine RHP 2012
The thread accompanying this blog is Thread 205335
