maby: Bxa6,b7xa6,Qa4+,Qd7,Qxa6, white wins a pawn
Nineteenth Chess Lesson Problem
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Nov 14, 2016
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Hey King, Reverse those moves.
Hey Dirk, That's not a bad idea, but there's something stronger.
Nick :-)
Fellow NESA Memorial Solvers,
Wow, that was fast! Everyone got right on top of Problem #18 this time.
Several moves are possible and probably all win eventually. The most direct, however, is 33. Bh7 forcing 33. … g5. Black’s K-side P’s are now fatally weakened all on dark squares, and with his K tied down to defense of his Q-side P’s, Black is paralyzed. White fixes Black’s K-side P’s with 34. g4! and will follow up with e4 and a4 to fix Black’s position further. Finally White recentralizes his B onto d5 to cut Black’s K off from b7. That secures the TKO.
The lesson of this puzzle is just one word: patience. Even with an overwhelming material advantage, it’s still important to reduce the opponent’s options to an absolute minimum slowly and carefully. White wanted to make sure Black could not whip up any counterplay with his K-side P majority if it was still mobile. That’s why White chose this course of action.
I have lots of kudos to give out. The winner of the top kudos is Hetricon who nailed this problem right away. 2nd-tier kudos go to karnakatz, BSAeagle, and its_only_me for also arriving at the correct solution. Finally, full credit goes to King_Zakadion for proposing the alternate first move 33. a4, which is also completely consistent with the theme of tying down the opponent.
We move to Problem #19 in record time. In this one Black got very severely punished for a REALLY bad opening that netted White an 11-move victory. You simply have to find the right move for White.
To those of you who want the solution to be REALLY simple, I promise you that this one is REALLY REALLY simple. To quote Eddie Murphy at the very end of Beverly Hills Cop, “Trust me.”
Good luck!
Xenophon98