A new winner of KUDOS to be crowned with Problem #31!He found right away what I did not.
The answer is that, regrettably, I did not find a crushing tactical breakthrough in this position.Instead of the pedestrian 20. exf5?, White wins immediately with 20. Rxh7+!!After 20. … Kxh7 21. Rh1+ Kg6 the really hard move to find is 22. Qg1+!Qg5 23. Qxg5#.Hashtag Black king dies.
The new guy on the block is Daviderer from Chess Warriors of Light.Congratulations, David; you are the new owner of the KUDOS, man!Side Kudos also go to our ever persistent BSAeagle60.
Chess Lesson #32 was submitted by my good pal its_only_me, who came up with a great finish in a Live game.In the puzzle there are two questions.
(a)The actual move 40. Qxd4?? was an immediately losing blunder.Why?
Fellow NESA Chess Lesson solvers,
A new winner of KUDOS to be crowned with Problem #31! He found right away what I did not.
The answer is that, regrettably, I did not find a crushing tactical breakthrough in this position. Instead of the pedestrian 20. exf5?, White wins immediately with 20. Rxh7+!! After 20. … Kxh7 21. Rh1+ Kg6 the really hard move to find is 22. Qg1+!Qg5 23. Qxg5#. Hashtag Black king dies.
The new guy on the block is Daviderer from Chess Warriors of Light. Congratulations, David; you are the new owner of the KUDOS, man! Side Kudos also go to our ever persistent BSAeagle60.
Chess Lesson #32 was submitted by my good pal its_only_me, who came up with a great finish in a Live game. In the puzzle there are two questions.
(a) The actual move 40. Qxd4?? was an immediately losing blunder. Why?
(b) What should White have played instead?
Thanks to its_only_me for the puzzle. Good luck!
Xenophon98