The deadly knight

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26th October 2007, 12:33am
#1
by hanyzgh
cairo Egypt
Member Since: Oct 2007
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Chess studies are often profound, subtle or instructive. But some are just plain fun. Here's an example in which you can do what you probably often dreamed of in your regular club games. Go for it, have a ball!


26th October 2007, 01:07am
#2
by HotFlow
KL, Malaysia Malaysia
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Heh, very nice.  Beware of dancing horses!
26th October 2007, 01:29am
#3
by lochness88
Sydney Australia
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SeeSaw!!!!!!!
26th October 2007, 01:42am
#4
by likesforests
United States
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What beautiful technique.
26th October 2007, 02:25am
#5
by oginschile
Salt Lake City, UT United States
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Reminiscent of the purported "Game of the Century" Byrne v Fischer. Knight and Bishop dancing with the king picking up goodies on the fly.
31st October 2007, 05:45pm
#6
by foxyoberly
Pennsylvania United States
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that is truely amazing! kinda funny as well.
31st October 2007, 05:50pm
#7
by Loomis
Durham, NC United States
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What's easy to miss in this puzzle is that the knight is not picking up material in order to be ahead in material. Each piece taken is necessary to clear the mate. Also, there are some move orders that don't work. Pretty cool.
31st October 2007, 06:10pm
#8
by xbigboy
Minnesota United States
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Cool.
31st October 2007, 10:31pm
#9
by jkor
lecce Italy
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Very good one!


3rd November 2007, 09:44am
#10
by europarte
Tudela Spain
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This is the mysticism of knights. Petty cool, indeed.
4th November 2007, 01:50pm
#11
by smoke
Namibia Namibia
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he should have resigned

 


4th November 2007, 03:01pm
#12
by chessnoob1997
San Francisco United States
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WOW poor black.....
4th November 2007, 03:45pm
#13
by waynet
Ballarat Australia
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Amazing, gotta love the knights.
14th August 2008, 06:07am
#14
by Kornrade
Romania
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Why exactly was it necessary to take the bRd8 and bPd6? Other than that, a beautiful combination.

14th August 2008, 06:12am
#15
by Loomis
Durham, NC United States
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Member Points: 2247

It's necessary to take the rook at d8 so that black can't block the check with Rd5.

The same goes for taking the pawn on d6. If 1. Nxe5+ then 1. ... d5 shuts down the whole combination.

16th August 2008, 01:40pm
#16
by aylashark
United States
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 3

ouch!

poor black!Surprised

 

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