Sep-10-08 Petrosian vs A Matanovic, 1959 
| |
|
zb2cr: Well, I got the puzzle move, but I can't take credit for it. I remembered seeing this one before.
|
|
| | Sep-09-08 R Kuijf vs I Rogers, 1989
| |
|
zb2cr: Bah. I went for the 31. Nxf6+ line. Oh well.
|
|
| | Sep-08-08 Jansa vs Smejkal, 1969
| |
|
zb2cr: Wow. Pretty combination.
|
|
| | Sep-05-08 Bisguier vs Larsen, 1965
| |
|
zb2cr: I remembered this game, so I can't claim credit for solving the puzzle.
|
|
| | Sep-04-08 Tseshkovsky vs I Polgar, 1964
| |
|
zb2cr: <verticali>, You wrote:
"Maybe 20. ...Nf6 was played to avoid 21.Ne7+, which looks very dangerous but I don't see it as decisive. Probably miss something there. And somewhere else too. But I did have a good time looking at all of this, so thank you cg!" Try this. Suppose Black ...
|
|
| | Sep-03-08 Opocensky vs Alekhine, 1925
| |
|
zb2cr: <mpmeints>,
You're not missing anything. The puzzle begins at Black move 25. Some of the posters have been having a lively discussion as to whether ... Re8 worked at an earlier move, such as Black's 23rd. It certainly works as of Black move 25.
|
|
| | Sep-02-08 S Williams vs Hebden, 2006
| |
|
zb2cr: Quick and simple. I'll just echo what a number of others have said: This seemed easier than yesterday's puzzle. 39. Qxh7+, Kxh7; 40. Rh2+ and Black has only useless interpositions left.
|
|
| | Sep-01-08 Szabo vs L Liptay, 1962
| |
|
zb2cr: I saw the first move and that Kg7 would be forked. But I was having a momentary hallucination that f8 was not a "forkable" square--it took me a little while to get over this and see the White response to ... Kf7.
|
|
| | Aug-30-08 Gunsberg vs Chigorin, 1890
| |
|
zb2cr: Rats. Saw the first move, but missed the all-important follow-up 36. ... Qd2+. I thought Black had time for 36. ... Nd4 first. That turns out not to work.
|
|
| | Aug-29-08 Alekhine vs Van Mindeno, 1933
| |
|
zb2cr: I'm with <areknames>--right moves, wrong order. Oh well. I had been doing well this week, but back to reality ...
|
|
| | |
