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04 Mar '12 23:16

bruce coburn
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04 Mar '12 23:16
Show us your "own" best move.
greenpawn34
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04 Mar '12 23:18
1.e4
Artsew
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04 Mar '12 23:31
I've got many moves which tie as equally good. But OTB this is my latest "best move."

34. Qd5-g2#
Paul Leggett
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05 Mar '12 02:23
Originally posted by Artsew
I've got many moves which tie as equally good. But OTB this is my latest "best move."

[fen]5rk1/p5pp/2pP2r1/2B5/8/1P2Q2P/PN4qK/4R3 w - - 0 34[/fen]

34. Qd5-g2#
I apologize if this comes across the wrong way, but I think this move might have more aesthetic appeal if we knew what black played prior that made Qd5-g2# a brilliant move to conform the the "brilliancy dept." standard set by the OP .

My immediate impression is that black simply blundered horribly, and white played the obvious move.

It does conform to the notion of "best move", but I'm inclined to think that the nomenclature applies equally well to all mate-in-ones in any position, since all non-mating moves are decidedly inferior.
yosiman
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05 Mar '12 02:32
Originally posted by Paul Leggett
I apologize if this comes across the wrong way, but I think this move might have more aesthetic appeal if we knew what black played prior that made Qd5-g2# a brilliant move to conform the the "brilliancy dept." standard set by the OP .

My immediate impression is that black simply blundered horribly, and white played the obvious move.

It does confo ...[text shortened]... ell to all mate-in-ones in any position, since all non-mating moves are decidedly inferior.
My immediate impression was that he was joking. 🙂
Paul Leggett
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05 Mar '12 12:25
Originally posted by yosiman
My immediate impression was that he was joking. 🙂
Thanks! I think I had my RJHinds goggles on. Now at least I can laugh at myself!

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05 Mar '12 12:51

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22. Rdxe6 and the follow up (25. Nd7) is one of my best RHP moments.

greenpawn34
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05 Mar '12 14:02
Originally posted by yosiman
My immediate impression was that he was joking. 🙂
That is a nice wee combo Gutso. The joy of it being if it was OTB
(I always think OTB chess) getting here I think I could see in my mind.

White to play.

And if I could not see a win at least I would have a perpetual.

I often dive in saccing thngs if I can at the very least a perpetual.

Botvinnik to his great credit admitted that when he played his famous game
against Capablanca (Avro 1936) he saw the had at the very least a perpetual
so went for the critical line. He found the superb win OTB after he got to the
bit where he knew he had a perp. (A lot of writers fail to mention that and
claim he [Botvinik] saw it all.)

Art's joke lite up a wee light my dull brain.

This pattern.

Is there not a famous game that ended something like this.

(Just the bones of the combo. There were other pieces on the board.
I cannot recall the postion. Just the idea, the pattern.)

FEN 5rk1/4Qppp/3P4/2B5/8/8/8/7K w - - 0 1
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[FEN "5rk1/4Qppp/3P4/2B5/8/8/8/7K w - - 0 1"]
1. Qxf8+ Kxf8 2. d7+ {And mate next move. That is going to bug me for the rest of the day.}
WanderingKing
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05 Mar '12 15:26
Hi Greenpawn.

Why is this mate next move? What about ...g6?
gambit05
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05 Mar '12 15:38
Originally posted by WanderingKing
Hi Greenpawn.

Why is this mate next move? What about ...g6?
Check all checks.
ChessPraxis
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05 Mar '12 19:29
Originally posted by Artsew
I've got many moves which tie as equally good. But OTB this is my latest "best move."

[fen]5rk1/p5pp/2pP2r1/2B5/8/1P2Q2P/PN4qK/4R3 w - - 0 34[/fen]

34. Qd5-g2#
Brilliant! It takes a keen eye to spot the obvious. 😕
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05 Mar '12 19:29
Originally posted by WanderingKing
Hi Greenpawn.

Why is this mate next move? What about ...g6?
😞
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05 Mar '12 20:35
Originally posted by gambit05
Check all checks.
Ah! Right, thanks.
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05 Mar '12 20:553 edits
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nb1d2 c5 4. c3 Ng8f6 5. e5 Nf6d7 6. Bf1d3 c4 7. Bd3c2 Nb8c6 8. Ng1e2 Bf8e7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne2f4 b5 11. Rf1e1 {building a precondition for the attack without committing a la Vukovic} Nd7b6 12. Qd1h5 {creating the weakness, now three of my pieces are aimed at g6} g6 13. Nf4xg6 {!!} fxg6 14. Bc2xg6 {!} hxg6 15. Qh5xg6 Kg8h8 16. Qg6h6 {rook lift here or next move both wins but it is easier and more convincing if played now... but the res of the moves are blitzed and lack quality} Kh8g8 17. Re1e3 Rf8f5 18. Nd2f1 {probably better to move to e4} Be7f8 19. Qh6g6 Bf8g7 20. Re3g3 Rf5f7 21. Bc1g5 Qd8d7 22. h4 Nc6e7 {?} 23. Bg5xe7 Qd7xe7 24. h5 Kg8f8 25. h6 Kf8g8 26. Nf1e3 Nb6a4 27. Ne3g4 Kg8f8 28. h7 Kf8e8 29. Ng4f6 Ke8d8 30. Qg6xg7 {! black resigns} 1-0

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05 Mar '12 22:208 edits

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[Event "ChessCube Game"]
[Site "www.chesscube.com"]
[Date "2012.03.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "sawyert<a href="/chess-player/chesscube" onclick="XPopPlayerProfile( event, 'chesscube');return false;">@chesscube</a>.com"]
[Black "djerbien2100<a href="/chess-player/chesscube" onclick="XPopPlayerProfile( event, 'chesscube');return false;">@chesscube</a>.com"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[Time "13:55:13"]
[TimeControl "300"]

{5 min no increment blitz game} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {tarrasch variation. I use this because it less used than the normal 3.Nc3} dxe4 {I don't see this much... it relieves the tension and really just gives me a free move. Its somewhat like playing ...c4 after ...c5 to attack the bishop that often comes to d3} 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 {to protect the pawn so I can post my bishop on d3 not sure if that is the best post but I think its the best diagonal if black castles kingside} f5 {?? not sure what my opponent was thinking here this just weakens his position horribly} 6. Ne5 {I calculated 6...fxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.Qxh8 when 9...Kg8 allows 10.Bh6+ and ...Kg7 allows 10.Be2-h5+} Nf6 {? obviously not wanting to go in for any Qh5 ideas but this just helps me keep the tempo of the attack} 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. Qh5+ Ke7 9. Qf7+ Kd6 10. Bf4 {I though a while over this move, at least in blitz standards, and I wasn't sure what I could do after 10...Bxe5 11.Bxe5+ although I knew I must be better but I found what I think is more convincing} Bxe5 11. dxe5+ {!, IMHO, because the diagonal that was closed is less important than the new diagonal and file that were just opened... I would take this time to state that opening lines can also be considered development!} Kc6 12. Rd1 {cuts off the king with tempo on the queen I think the best for black now is 12...Qc8 offering an exchange of queens and if I refuse I will have trouble getting my queen back into the attack} Bd7 {? now I think the game is easy because I can pivot my queen on h5} 13. Qh5 b5 14. Qf3+ Kb6 15. Be3+ c5 16. Bxc5+ {! the nail in the coffin... unobvious because the next move is a quiet move} Kxc5 17. Rd6 {threatening 18.Qc3 mate and ...b4 is answered by 18.Qe3 mate} Nc6 18. Qe3+ Kb4 19. Qa3#   1-0

EVENT	ChessCube Game
SITE	www.chesscube.com
DATE	2012.03.05
ROUND	-
WHITE	sawyert<a href="/chess-player/chesscube" onclick="XPopPlayerProfile( event, 'chesscube');return false;">@chesscube</a>.com
BLACK	djerbien2100<a href="/chess-player/chesscube" onclick="XPopPlayerProfile( event, 'chesscube');return false;">@chesscube</a>.com
RESULT	1-0
WHITEELO	1736
BLACKELO	1790

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