Only Chess
17 Apr 09
17 Apr 09
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OK, so I'm solving puzzles on greenpawn's site - http://chessedinburgh.co.uk/chandlerarticle.php?ChandID=322
First one is:
Black to play
Which is easy enough to see in the form of a puzzle, but perhaps easy to miss in a real game if not alert enough.
Solution:
1...Rh1+! 2.Kxh1 Kg3 and nothing can be done about ...Re1#. White-s pieces are spectacularly out of play.
17 Apr 09
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Originally posted by SwissGambitAha - I think I have figured it out. There is a diagram error. But, rather than tell what it is, and end up with a thread of just me talking to myself, I will pose a challenge to readers.
But the third one is:
[fen]8/7p/6pk/1P4r1/2P2QBK/B6P/6r1/6q1 b - - 0 1[/fen]
Black to move
...which seems a bit too easy. No witty sac to finish - just a banal 'safe' check and all is over!
The challenge is: Fix the diagram error in the third problem so that it has a nice solution like the other two problems. [Do not add any new pieces.]
17 Apr 09
Originally posted by SwissGambit
Aha - I think I have figured it out. There is a diagram error. But, rather than tell what it is, and end up with a thread of just me talking to myself, I will pose a challenge to readers.
The challenge is: Fix the diagram error in the third problem so that it has a nice solution like the other two problems. [Do not add any new pieces.]
Is it the position of White's dark-squared Bishop? If it is on g4, then ..Ra5+, BxR b5+ (winning queen), Qxb5 Rxb5 and mate is inevitable
Hope this is correct 🙂
17 Apr 09
No error in diagram SG.
Though good thought provoking challenge.
I wonder how many found the pretty complicated way to win the last
diagram when there was am easy-peasy way. (hence no solutions).
We are programmed when we see a diagram to study the position and look for the flashy finish.
This rarely happens in OTB games. usually it is the banal way that is
the only way to win.
That is why I hit them with the old 1-2-3.
LOOK AT THE BOARD not at what you are supposed to see.
If it's the last thing I do, I'll turn you all into chess players.
(nothing new here folks - Lasker used to de-bunk famous combinations all the time with easier winning moves).
17 Apr 09
Originally posted by greenpawn34its interesting you say this, on chesstempo.com, some of the solutions are simply hung pieces, people search for ages for a combination thats not there!
No error in diagram SG.
Though good thought provoking challenge.
I wonder how many found the pretty complicated way to win the last
diagram when there was am easy-peasy way. (hence no solutions).
We are programmed when we see a diagram to study the position and look for the flashy finish.
This rarely happens in OTB games. usually it is the b ...[text shortened]... re folks - Lasker used to de-bunk famous combinations all the time with easier winning moves).
17 Apr 09
Originally posted by robbie carrobieReminds me of a puzzle in a Reinfeld book where he tricks the reader by talking about all the positional considerations, then asks for the best move...and it turns out to be a simple mate in 1!
its interesting you say this, on chesstempo.com, some of the solutions are simply hung pieces, people search for ages for a combination thats not there!
17 Apr 09
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Originally posted by greenpawn34GP,
No error in diagram SG.
Though good thought provoking challenge.
I wonder how many found the pretty complicated way to win the last
diagram when there was am easy-peasy way. (hence no solutions).
We are programmed when we see a diagram to study the position and look for the flashy finish.
This rarely happens in OTB games. usually it is the b re folks - Lasker used to de-bunk famous combinations all the time with easier winning moves).
The game in puzzle 3 is here http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1272300
And the White's dark-squared bishop is actually a Rook!
If it was indeed a Bishop, white would've won on move 46. Bf8#
17 Apr 09
Originally posted by TheSignThe position you got from:
GP,
The game in puzzle 3 is here http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1272300
And the White's dark-squared bishop is actually a Rook!
If it was indeed a Bishop, white would've won on move 46. Bf8#
[pgn][Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tamas Georgadze"]
[Blac ...[text shortened]... Re2
45. Qc7+ Kh6 46. Qf4 Rxg2+ 47. Kh4 Qf2+ 48. Qxf2 Rh5+ 0-1
[/pgn]
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is the game, Georgadze - Kuindzhi Tbilisi, 1973
Where there is indeed a Rook on a3.
The position I posted on Chandler Cornered was infact
Georgadze - Kuindzhi Tbilisi, 1973
The same game I hear you say.
No. They played twice, once in the morning and once in the afternoon.
You most likely do not have the 2nd game on your database because
a gypsey woman stole the score sheet. (it happens all the time).
By some fantastic coincidence the positions reached in both
games were the same 'cept in the 2nd game there is a Bishop on a3.