BorgQueen wrote:
The ones that come up in actual games are the best aren't they?!
Especially when you correctly 'solve' them!
Indeed. Actually thats how I win most of my games haha.
Puzzle that came up in an actual game
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would have been trickier if white had gone for 2 g4
BorgQueen wrote:
I used to... but these days my opponents don't fall for these types of tactics.
Usually they are a little more sneaky than this, but hey beggars can't be choosers.
You're right, g4 results in significantly less material loss. Although it looks like black would still have a won game.
You're right, g4 results in significantly less material loss. Although it looks like black would still have a won game.
Without looking at it too deeply it seems to me that after g4 black simply captures en passant on g3 and trades queens holding on to the h file and eventually most likely doubling rooks there. Of course, it's 2:30 in the morning and I'm half awake so it's perfectly possible that I'm wrong and someone with rybka will make me look like a patzer. I'm ok with it.
White can do a few things differently than he does in the puzzle, but you will still win material.