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3rd November 2009, 06:21am
#21
by johnanna
denver United States
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 211

not a super strong response for black;  better would have been 1. ... Qxd1

3rd November 2009, 06:30am
#22
by gimmewuchagot
Millburn-Short Hills, New Jersey United States
Member Since: May 2009
Member Points: 4249
johnanna wrote:

not a super strong response for black;  better would have been 1. ... Qxd1

 if 1. ... Qxd1? 2.Nxe7+! Kh8 Rfxd1 and White is up a piece.

3rd November 2009, 07:22am
#23
by ChessStrategist
Rocky Mountains United States
Member Since: Aug 2009
Member Points: 98

Looked hard; actually easy. Nice, though.

3rd November 2009, 07:40am
#24
by leonelcm
Mexico City Mexico
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 363

Very interesting both alternatives, thanx for sharing...

3rd November 2009, 07:43am
#25
by species
policoro, matera Italy
Member Since: Jun 2009
Member Points: 35
Alduskkel wrote:

 

This is an alternate line.

...yes...yes... but in this alternative the black  losed a bishop!!!!!

3rd November 2009, 07:59am
#26
by RookPFeynman
United States
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 68
Alduskkel wrote:

 

This is an alternate line.

 I don't think the queen and bishop loss for a rook is a good swap for black here.

3rd November 2009, 08:17am
#27
by crag9
pensylvania United States
Member Since: Aug 2009
Member Points: 32
kunduk wrote:

yaa.. i agree with the topic name..

 same here.

it was a nice puzzle

3rd November 2009, 08:18am
#28
by kyleevon
michigan United States
Member Since: Jan 2009
Member Points: 466

gotta love the knights ability to fork

3rd November 2009, 08:28am
#29
by anfieldj
frome United Kingdom
Member Since: Aug 2009
Member Points: 3

GREAT THINKING BY THE ONE THE ONLY BLACK KNIGHTS Laughing........................GREAT FORK.

3rd November 2009, 08:32am
#30
by mwaltenburg
Greenville, NC United States
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 692

pretty simple

3rd November 2009, 08:34am
#31
by FredBatchelor
Dallas United States
Member Since: Aug 2009
Member Points: 39

Boy Howdy! That's a goodern!!

3rd November 2009, 08:43am
#32
by deepak21071974
Chandni Chowk, Delhi India
Member Since: Jun 2009
Member Points: 116

Innocent

3rd November 2009, 08:52am
#33
by ThomasX
Xanten Germany
Member Since: Jun 2009
Member Points: 78

3rd November 2009, 08:54am
#34
by natty94blumenau
Blumenau SC Brazil
Member Since: Oct 2009
Member Points: 60

very nice, good puzz.

3rd November 2009, 09:32am
#35
by bugoobiga
garden grove United States
Member Since: May 2009
Member Points: 296

pho knee

3rd November 2009, 09:33am
#36
by alpha122alpha
Toronto Canada
Member Since: Sep 2009
Member Points: 56

oh well, at least black loses material either way :)

3rd November 2009, 09:55am
#37
by deepmax
Tulsa, Oklahoma United States
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 137

Centralized knights have their uses.

I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.
-- Walt Whitman, Song of Myself

3rd November 2009, 09:57am
#38
by JCRchess
Connecticut United States
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 409

very nice

3rd November 2009, 10:02am
#39
by philtheforce
bristol England
Member Since: Mar 2009
Member Points: 1070

nice puzzle

3rd November 2009, 10:03am
#40
by oosik
Sequim United States
Member Since: Jul 2009
Member Points: 39

is it still Sunday?   Even I'm starting to say "that was too easy".

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