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Rf7 almost works in that position. Such a pity that d3 drops on Qf1+. I think the position is +=. Black's bad pawn structure and terrible king position are hugely important since any endgames without major pieces are often going to be in white's favor.

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05-13-2009 , 07:09 AM

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A nice one for you guys:

fen: r3k2r/pp2ppbp/n1p1bnp1/q7/2PPP3/2N2NP1/P1QB1PBP/R4RK1 b kq - 0 12
Black to move he plays Bxc4 how to win the black queen?

13.Ne2 Qb5
14.Ne5 Bxe2
15.Rfb1 Nb4
16.Rxb4 Qa6
17.Ra4 Qb6
18.Ba5 Qa6
19.Bc7 Qb5
20.Ra5 Qb4
21.Rb1 Qxd4
22.Ra4 Qxa4
23.Qxa4

Love it!

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05-13-2009 , 09:27 AM

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Another fun little combo:

Black to move.

I don't think it's worth a thread since it's not particularly thematic, but I just love crazy crashing combos that culminate with a peaceful completely quiet and completely crushing move.

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05-13-2009 , 11:15 AM

#329

JoshK

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Spoiler:

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05-13-2009 , 11:52 AM

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05-13-2009 , 11:52 AM

#331

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This isn't chess tempo. Ya gotta do more than give a check.

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05-13-2009 , 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Ajezz

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There's a way to force an immediate decision.

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05-13-2009 , 12:02 PM

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1...g5+ 2. Kg4 Rf8
Does that work? Threatens mate at f3.

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05-13-2009 , 12:18 PM

#334

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Originally Posted by garcia1000

1...g5+ 2. Kg4 Rf8
Does that work? Threatens mate at f3.

Again, there's an immediately decisive way to finish the game. There Qe3 and white holds on. He's still lost, but you can finish the game immediately instead of letting him limp on.

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05-13-2009 , 12:38 PM

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05-13-2009 , 12:41 PM

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cute position from a cc game:

development > pawns and king shelter

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05-13-2009 , 12:52 PM

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FEN: 4r3/Qp5k/4B2p/3P2p1/2p4K/P1P3P1/7P/5q2 w - - 0 2

1... g5+
2. Kh4 g4
3. Rxe6 dxe6
4. Kg6 Qf2
5. Qxf2 Kh3
6. Qf1+ Kg4
7. Qf5#

anything else is just fps.

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05-13-2009 , 01:06 PM

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RoundTower

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Originally Posted by Dire

There's a way to force an immediate decision.

hmm that looked pretty decisive to me, I stopped when I saw that

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05-13-2009 , 01:16 PM

#339

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Originally Posted by smilingbill

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This is what I was looking for.

Sweet, short and to the point. White has absolutely nothing to do but resign and there are no complications along the way.

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05-13-2009 , 01:18 PM

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hmm that looked pretty decisive to me, I stopped when I saw that

Yeah, yet another reason I wasn't too fond of the position. Too many winning moves. It'd be more interesting it the main variation was the one and only and was forced somehow, but I think it's better to pick problems from practice rather than compose them.

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05-13-2009 , 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Dire

This isn't chess tempo.

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Too many winning moves.

you sure?

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05-13-2009 , 03:09 PM

#342

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har har

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05-14-2009 , 01:14 AM

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found that on a blog
something I do not understand here. Is the b4 knight good or bad?

bad: cannot move
good: strongly outposted, taking it now would open a file and attack the queen.
unknown: will probably lead two advanced double pawns

How to evaluate that? The only thing the blogger says is : Anand thinks the knight is ...

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05-14-2009 , 05:20 AM

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I think that knight is quite bad. It has an outpost, but it's not doing anything and has no real future. Maybe if black is planning on sacrificing a piece on d5 then it's okay, but that seems optimistic at best. I don't think black ever needs to worry about Bxb4. It seems very dangerous to let black's dark bishop shoot down the board unopposed, not to mention giving away the e5 square/etc. It seems like a really good position to start a new thread about actually.

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05-14-2009 , 07:46 AM

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The thing is, black is taking up so much space and development squares from white on the side that all his pieces are aiming to play towards. The knight cannot be kicked off by a pawn and cannot be traded for the "bad bishop".

fwiw: 1150 uscf, please don't take me seriously.

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05-14-2009 , 10:49 AM

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Interesting position. The knight isnt really doing much besides restricting the b1 bishop and it makes hard for black to get c4 through ever (unless combined with some tactics like). I feel like White is somewhat better but I'd still dislike playing this from both sides of the board. -> both sides stand worse and the knight is good and bad

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05-14-2009 , 11:37 AM

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Yes, that knight has pros and cons. But it is hard to find any reasonable field on the board where it would be better off, so I guess the knight is ok. Also, d3 could become a weakness later, black could try to move his other knight to e5 or f4, or even play c4 at some point when the dark bishops are swapped (which I expect to happen soon because what can black do other than Nh5 or Nd7?).

That said, I never play this position type with either side.

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05-14-2009 , 12:19 PM

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There's actually quite alot of much nicer places for the knight. e5 and c5 (after c4) scream out most loudly in my opinion.

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05-14-2009 , 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Dire

There's actually quite alot of much nicer places for the knight. e5 and c5 (after c4) scream out most loudly in my opinion.

I rejected e5 (or similar d7) because white can take on e5 , has a free pawn and can crush black on the queen's side with a bad Bg7. I want the black fields for my pieces and don't want a pawn on e5.