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#Post#: 231--------------------------------------------------
What was your best (or longest) combination ever?
By: GothicChessInventor Date: January 24, 2018, 9:09 pm
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Recently a post delineating proposed World Champions for various
variants appeared on this site, so I thought it would be a good
idea to showcase some of the best winning combinations that the
World Champions have produced.
So, World Champion or not, what was your best/longest/favorite
combination you have ever sprung on someone?
I'll show mine, since it is probably the sneakest/longest
combination I have ever or will ever be able to produce.
1. d4 Nh6
2. g3 d5
3. Nc3 Be6
4. Nh3 c6
5. e4 dxe4
6. Bxe4 g6
7. Ae2 Bg7
8. O-O Bg4
9. f3 Bxh3
The strategic groundwork for the combination: opening up the
i-file once the enemy king has castled kingside. Then, in only 2
moves, the Chancellor can deliver check: Ce8-g7-i6+ and I have
seen this countless times. Because of this recurring theme, I
know to hunt for it, and when you add Bxh3 ixh3 to the
Chancellor sortie, it "automatically" extends your board vision
by 3 solid moves. I was looking for the right condition from
this point on.
10. ixh3 Af6
11. g4 and it is Black to move here.
[attachimg=1]
Black to move. A move that looks like a blunder is a start of a
long combination.
11...e6!!
Baiting white to skewer the Archbishop and Knight with the pawn
on g4, since the Bishop at c1 protects g5.
12. g5? Ah5!
And white "falls for it," not realizing the Archbishop is the
first of the three "supermajors" about to descend on white's
king.
13. gxh6 Qh4!
[attachimg=2]
White can now capture another piece with check, and the
temptation is irresistible!
14. hxg7+ Cxg7
15. Cg1
This is the best defensive move to stop the trivial mate ...Aj3+
Kj1 Qxh3# and white was probably thinking Ci2 would be an option
from the post at g1 to block any vertical checks in the i-file
should they arise. The tactics underway already have overpowered
such strategic thoughts.
15...Ci6+
16. Kj1 Qxj2+
[attachimg=3]
The stunning game-ending combination: sacrificing the Queen to
mate with Archbishop and Chancellor.
17. Kxj2 Cj4+
18. Ki1 Aj3+
19. Kj1 Axh2#
[attachimg=4]
The final position. It's a killer "double check" since the
Archbishop also revealed the Chancellor.
Note the material imbalance: White is ahead by a Queen and 2
Bishops while being down "only" 3 Pawns. It was a "12 pawn"
sacrifice for checkmate.
#Post#: 235--------------------------------------------------
Re: What was your best (or longest) combination ever?
By: ebinola Date: January 25, 2018, 12:01 pm
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I've been calling this one, "Long Walk off a Short Pier" for a
while.
HTML https://i.redd.it/0vr5108vip601.png
Obviously White isn't doing so well in terms of material, but
Black just absolutely kills him when you find the mate in 9
after Nd4+.
#Post#: 262--------------------------------------------------
Re: What was your best (or longest) combination ever?
By: GothicChessInventor Date: January 26, 2018, 6:54 pm
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[quote author=ebinola link=topic=44.msg235#msg235
date=1516903317]
I've been calling this one, "Long Walk off a Short Pier" for a
while.
HTML https://i.redd.it/0vr5108vip601.png
Obviously White isn't doing so well in terms of material, but
Black just absolutely kills him when you find the mate in 9
after Nd4+.
[/quote]
You might want to show the readership your combination,
especially those who are not familiar with the game.
#Post#: 401--------------------------------------------------
Re: What was your best (or longest) combination ever?
By: chilipepper Date: February 5, 2018, 8:21 pm
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Nice games above! Thanks for sharing! :)
I believe I'm in a long combination now in a game of Waterloo (a
variant by Ivan Kosintsev who posts with a Ukranian flag).
Unfortunatelly the game is still in progress, and the exchanges
aren't done yet, so nobody should comment on this yet.
It's a really fun game, and I went into this with a hunch it
will favor me but I don't know for sure! We are only playing
about 5 moves per week on average.
42.(to be revealed)
43.(to be revealed)
44.(to be revealed)
45.(to be revealed)
46.(to be revealed)
47.(to be revealed)
48.(to be revealed)
49.(to be revealed)
(I presume most people on this forum don't know this game, but
if you do - no comments yet because it is in progress now).
I'll come back later, and whether good or bad for me, I'll
reveal how it ends. :) :) :)
Position at start (after 41...Ng7):
[attachimg=1]
#Post#: 402--------------------------------------------------
Re: What was your best (or longest) combination ever?
By: GothicChessInventor Date: February 5, 2018, 9:09 pm
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[quote author=chilipepper link=topic=44.msg401#msg401
date=1517883680]
Unfortunatelly the game is still in progress, and the exchanges
aren't done yet, so nobody should comment on this yet.
[/quote]
I think it is best to wait until after the game is done to post
in this area. What happens if your combination missed something,
for example?
Always chat with your opponent afterwards also. They may share
insights and usually have a "I should have done this..." which
could potentially change the "soundness" of a combination.
#Post#: 403--------------------------------------------------
Re: What was your best (or longest) combination ever?
By: chilipepper Date: February 5, 2018, 10:00 pm
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For the most part I think most people are trustworthy and since
I asked no one to talk about this position, I trust that they
would not. But for an abundance of caution, I removed the
diagram, and hid the moves. I'll reveal them later.
We do play these games in public forums, as some are now also on
these forums. It's extremelly rare when people add commentary
about specific moves, and when they do it's usually novices who
aren't saying anything useful. Most comments added are very
general - like how crazy a game is, or that they want to see the
underdog win a game in bulldog!
But still you are right, since this is a separate forum, I
removed the board diagram for now. Will show the combination
later.:)
#Post#: 404--------------------------------------------------
Re: What was your best (or longest) combination ever?
By: GothicChessInventor Date: February 5, 2018, 11:42 pm
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[quote author=chilipepper link=topic=44.msg403#msg403
date=1517889608]
For the most part I think most people are trustworthy and since
I asked no one to talk about this position, I trust that they
would not.
[/quote]
Yeah most people are. But someone could tip off your opponent
who might give the position additional scrutiny.
So that was a 10x10 variant I saw. How do they handle en
passant? Just one type, like a triple-pawn-bypass, or are there
two level of en passant?
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Re: What was your best (or longest) combination ever?
By: chilipepper Date: February 6, 2018, 1:49 am
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Or better, tip off me. ;)
The game (Waterloo) allows en passant capture. There are three
ranks of pieces so the distance between pawns is preserved. The
original game had unusual graphics, but I've adapted it to be
somewhat more standard, while still honoring the rules exactly.
But there are still pieces unique to this game, so the graphic
will not completely describe the game. The original game
description is at the link below.
This game probably represents the most complexity that I would
play in any variant. Any game with more pieces, or more
confusing pieces probably starts to become unnecessarily
complex. :)
link to prime game description:
HTML http://chess-checkers-go.blogspot.com/2016/12/waterloo-5th-edition.html
starting position (with adapted graphics):
[attachimg=1]
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Re: What was your best (or longest) combination ever?
By: GothicChessInventor Date: February 6, 2018, 11:44 am
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HTML https://i.imgur.com/4g9dHne.jpg
White to move from a Capablanca's Chess game on Jocly.com today.
Or if you need to see a diagram and not from the actual gothic
chess board shown above:
HTML https://i.imgur.com/UKTLBvh.jpg
White to move and win. Can you find the subtle move that tears
black apart?
#Post#: 413--------------------------------------------------
Re: What was your best (or longest) combination ever?
By: ebinola Date: February 6, 2018, 5:43 pm
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[quote author=GothicChessInventor link=topic=44.msg406#msg406
date=1517939041]
HTML https://i.imgur.com/4g9dHne.jpg
White to move from a Capablanca's Chess game on Jocly.com today.
Or if you need to see a diagram and not from the actual gothic
chess board shown above:
HTML https://i.imgur.com/UKTLBvh.jpg
White to move and win. Can you find the subtle move that tears
black apart?
[/quote]
[spoiler]Qf6? Haven't looked too deep into it but I anticipate
that things could get quite nasty down the line for Black.
Bishop takes, chancellor retakes and check, or maybe he would
like to try and chase the queen away but he's leaving that
chancellor hanging.[/spoiler]
Also, you have the Reykjavik II set from HOS? Nice.
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