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« Reply #450 on: October 30, 2012, 09:56:07 AM »

A double insult. You've been spending too much time with Karabiner.

It was a beaut of a manoeuvre from smashedagain and deserved the admiration.

You've been nirvana'd.

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« Reply #451 on: October 30, 2012, 09:59:12 AM »

A double insult. You've been spending too much time with Karabiner.

It was a beaut of a manoeuvre from smashedagain and deserved the admiration.

You've been nirvana'd.

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« Reply #452 on: October 30, 2012, 01:14:42 PM »

When is the big reveal?
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« Reply #453 on: October 30, 2012, 01:18:55 PM »

When is the big reveal?

You'll need to answer smashedagain's question first Smiley

I'll put the answers up tomorrow or Thurs, depending on response.
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« Reply #454 on: October 30, 2012, 01:49:48 PM »

Qe8.

If he takes Q then Nf7 is mate

If he doesn't take the queen Nf7 is mate anyway.

Do I win?

No idea about the other one.
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« Reply #455 on: October 30, 2012, 01:57:42 PM »

Qe8.

If he takes Q then Nf7 is mate

If he doesn't take the queen Nf7 is mate anyway.

Do I win?

No idea about the other one.

Very good. If you had instead played Qf7, it's a similar trick if he does nothing because you can play Qg8+, forcing the took to take and mate follows with Nf7.

The last box to tick is to satisfy yourself that we don't mind him playing Qf3+ and swapping the queens off (we have to play NxQ of he'll mate us instead with Ne2). As long as we end up materially ahead, that's fine.

The second one is a lovely move.
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« Reply #456 on: October 30, 2012, 03:55:44 PM »

My first option was just to go Nf7 forcing the rook to take and then nicking it back for the material advantage.

I guess forcing the queen swap + the rook for knight is better as the difference is amplified when the queens are out of action?
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« Reply #457 on: October 30, 2012, 04:18:57 PM »

For the second rook f5?
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« Reply #458 on: October 30, 2012, 04:25:31 PM »

For the second rook f5?

Looks good to me.  Black just can't get any pieces over to stop the inevitable.
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« Reply #459 on: October 30, 2012, 04:26:21 PM »

Hmmm not so sure now, need to wait until I'm in front of my board.
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« Reply #460 on: October 30, 2012, 04:28:05 PM »

rxf7!
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« Reply #461 on: October 30, 2012, 04:31:25 PM »

Some serious chess tekkers itt

Is just so far above my level though Sad
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« Reply #462 on: October 30, 2012, 04:39:30 PM »

rxf7!

Struggling to visualise. What follows?
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« Reply #463 on: October 30, 2012, 05:05:47 PM »

rxf7!

Struggling to visualise. What follows?

No idea, was just putting it out there - but black just takes with his rook.

What was up with Rf5? It looks after the pawn, and allows the other rook to double up behind it. I'm on my phone, but it looks like the winning line to me...
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« Reply #464 on: October 30, 2012, 05:09:19 PM »

Rf5 stops black attacking the queen with his bishop, it threatens all sorts of attacks down the h-file.

Looks like a winner to me. What possible lines can black use to escape?
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