Tactics Time Chess Newsletter: The Iron Price
Published: Tue, 05/17/16
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his position comes from the game John Turner (1605) vs Daniel Herman (2055), Round 2, Colorado Chess Ironman, played this past weekend, May 15, 2016.
In the position on the right it is Black to move.
Answer below.
I got A LOT of feedback about the "Crazy Mate in One" newsletter that I sent out the other day. In case you missed it, you can read it here: http://archive.aweber.com/tacticstime/CbASW/h/Tactics_Time_Chess_Newsletter_.htm I tried to be comprehensive in my answer, but I missed one answer that I got a million questions about, which was "Why doesn't d8=Q#" work. The answer is that this is an illegal move :) D'oh! That pawn is pinned by the Bishop to the King. So I hope no one felt bad about that position if they got it wrong. It is very unusual, and normally I stay away from "composed problems", but I enjoyed that one a lot. Several people told me that they were going to share it with their students, which I think would be fun. In other news... This past weekend was the first "Ironman" tournament in Colorado. You might recall I wrote a newsletter entitled "The Iron Throne" about this tournament back in February, which you can read here: http://archive.aweber.com/tacticstime/FlIvC/h/Tactics_Time_Chess_Newsletter_.htm Chris Peterson wrote a nice report about the tournament, which you can read here: https://coloradochessironman.com/2016/05/15/day-one-complete/
I had a really good time at the first Iron Man event, and am looking forward to the next one in June! Here is the complete game: [Event "Colorado Chess Ironman 2016"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bb5 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. You can play through this game here: https://denverchess.com/games/view/15799
Answer:
Black set up a really cool Anastasia mate with 17...Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Qxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Rh4# Brian Wall wrote: "Beautiful Anastasia mate headed directly to Tactics Time, do not pass Go" and commented "Daniel had a huge smile on his face after this game which he couldn't contain". Joel Johnson wrote: "LUV IT!! " Nice one Daniel! Happy Tactics!
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