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Mistakes in Chess Books + One Hit Wonders

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Mistakes in Chess Books + One Hit Wonders



So what is going on here.

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The Indian GM Vidit Gujrathi is having difficulty putting a tie on?
(BTW this is your first puzzle but do not try and solve it because it is wrong.)

It appears Vidit is trying to solve a white to play and win study blindfold..
If this is the kind of thing Indian G M’s get up to when getting dressed
in the morning then it is little wonder India is the leading chess nation.

I could have added this to a ‘Mistakes in Chess Books’ feature (see below)
The position is wrong and according to ‘1234 Modern End-Game Studies.’
it was composed not by Henri Rink but by Richard Reti in the year 1928.

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Composed by Reti in 1928. White to play and win.

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Solution below.

Next is the type of puzzle I am never fond of. This is a Black to play puzzle.
I hate solving upside down and have lost count of the number of times I’ve
not noticed it is Black to play and have gone nearly insane trying to solve it.

Grigoriev - Nadisewa, USSR 1975 (Black to play).

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I’ll repeat that - It is Black to play
1.Qc1+ Kxa2 2. Rxa3+ no matter how White recaptures it is checkmate next move.


Another Black to play but this time there is a difference.

I. Borocz - J. Horvath Budapest 1995 (Black to play)

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Black played 32....exf4 is that OK?

The game went 33. Rxe8+ Bxe8 34. Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. Qd5+ 1-0


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Every chess player, and that includes me and all of you lot, plays a game we can be
proud of. A game when it is our time to shine in the sun, every move we make is
perfect, our opponent takes on the role of being a canvas as we paint our masterpiece.

We know nothing about the two players in the following game or the event.
If could have been a casual game or whatever. It is ‘The Unknown Immortal.’

Panke - Kranenberg, Poland 1941

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1.d4Nf6
2.Nc3e6
3.e4b6
4.f4Bb7
5.Bd3d6
6.Nf3Be7
7.e5dxe5
8.fxe5Nfd7
9.O-Oc5
10.Ne4cxd4
11.Nd6Bxd6
12.exd6e5
13.Nxd4exd4
14.Qe2Kf8
15.Rxf7Kxf7
16.Bc4Kf8
17.Bg5Nf6
18.Rf1Nd7
19.Qe6Qe8
20.Rxf6Nxf6
21.Qxf6gxf6
22.Bh6

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      This weeks RHP example has the same wrap up (Queen sac and Bh6 mate) sit back and enjoy.

      Diamond Jim - deke RHP 2018
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      1.e4e5
      2.f4Bc5
      3.Nf3exf4
      4.d4Bb4
      5.c3Ba5
      6.Bxf4d5
      7.exd5Qxd5
      8.Nbd2Bg4
      9.Bc4Qd7
      10.O-OBxf3
      11.Qxf3c6
      12.Ne4b5
      13.Rae1Ne7
      14.Nd6Kf8
      15.Bg5f6
      16.Qxf6gxf6
      17.Bh6

      0


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          M. Najdorf - J. Donner, Amsterdam 1950

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          1.d4e6
          2.Nf3Nf6
          3.e3d5
          4.Bd3Nbd7
          5.b3Bb4
          6.c3Bd6
          7.c4e5
          8.c5Bxc5
          9.dxc5e4
          10.c6bxc6
          11.Nd4

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              And according to ‘More Chess Miniatures’ the 1953 follow up to the
              1941 ‘200 Miniatures of Chess’ by Julius Du Mont, Donner resigned.

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              But Donner did not resign, he played on a piece down for 28 moves and then resigned.

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              The Reti Study. White to play and win.

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              1.Bf5Kd8
              2.Bd3e1=Q
              3.Bb5

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