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Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
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3B0181 1. ... Kf6! (or Ke4 ) offering the rook and threating white's rook while also threatening f3+. The game continued 2. Rxd5 f3+ 3. Ke1 fxg2 and the pawn queens! One of my coolest combos.	_____	3B0182 1. ... e3 threatens the rook on f2 and the queen on g2. White can try to fight back with 2. Ra8+!? but after 2. ... Kc7 3. Rxd8 Rxd8 white still has the same double threat.
3B0183 1. ... Bb5 The white Queen has few safe squares to move to without being captured. If the Queen goes to b2 or e1 then 2. ... Nd3 wins. If instead 2. Qf2 Qxf2 3. Rxf2 Nd3 wins	_____	3B0184 1. ... Rxg3+ 2. hxg3 (If 2. Kh1 Rxh2+! 3. Kxh2 Qh3 mate) 2. ... Qxg3+ Now if 3. Qg2 Qxg2 mate. If instead 3. Kh1 Qh2 mate. Submitted by Eon on the Free Internet Chess Server.
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3B0187 [solution]	_____	3B0188 [solution] [Next]
3B0185 1. ... Rxa3! and white must give up the rook on a1 or get mated. 2. Rxa3? Rb1 mate. If 2. Bc3 Rxa1+ 3. Bxa1 Rb1+ with a skewer. 1. ... R3b3 appears to me to be every bit as good.	_____	3B0186 1. ... Rf3+ 2. Kh2 Rf4! and white must lose the g4 pawn or play 3. Rxf4 gxf4 and black wins easily because he has two passed pawns. It would appear to me that 1. ... Rf4 also works.
3B0187 1. ... Rxf3 threatens 2. Rxh3 mate. No good is 2. Bf1 Qg1 mate. Also 2. Qf1 Rxf1+ 3. Bxf1 Qg1 mate. So if instead 2. Kh2 Be5+ and now not 3. Kh1 Rxh3 mate so instead 3. Bg3 Bxg3+ wins the white queen.	_____	3B0188 1. ... f6! (or 1. .. Qf2!) 2. Kg6 Qg4+ 3. Kh6 Rh3 mate. or 1. ... Rf3+ 2. Kg5 Qf4+ 3. Kh5 Rh3 mate I think that the mate takes longer without the pawn. Is there a way to mate in 3 without the pawn?
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3B0191 [solution]	_____	3B0192 [solution] [Next]
3B0189 1. ... Qxf3 basically forces mate in 3. White can give up both his queen and rook to delay mate, but the result is the same. The threats are both Qxe3 and then Rg1 mate, but if 2. Bf2 or Qf2 then Rg1+!! 3. Bxg1 Nd3 mate!	_____	3B0190 1. ... Rg6 followed by 2. ... Qg5 and the only way to avoid mate on move 3. is to play 2. Bh3 or Bg2 giving up the bishop. Thanks to Flanker on ICC for this cool combo. This works because White's pieces are awkwardly placed.
3B0191 This is a defenseive combination. Black is in danger of being mated if white can play Qg5+ so 1. ... Qa1+ 2. Kd2 Qa5+ and 3. ... Qf5 stops mate while being a pieces up. Also interestings is 2. ... Nc4+	_____	3B0192 The best is Rae8 with a pin and double attack on e6. Now 2. Nbc7 Qxc7!! 3. Nxc7 Rxe2 wins a piece. If instead 2. Nbxd4 Nxd4 3. cxd4 Rxe6. Not as good seems to be 1. ... d3 2. Qe1 Qxb5? 3. Nc7 with a fork.
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3B0195 [solution]	_____	3B0196 [solution] [Next]
3B0193 1. ... Qe6 and the knight on e4 is pinned because of the threat of Qe1+ leading to mate. 2. Ne5 Nxe5 and black wins a knight because after 3. fxe5 Qxe5 he has the same problems. if 2. Nfd2 f5 wins the knight.	_____	3B0194 The question should be how can black NOT win this, because his position is so good. Good is 1. ... Rxd4 threatening the bishop and the pawn on c4. Also 1. ... Bxd4 threatening 2. Bxb2+ winning a piece on move 3. 2. Rd1?? Be3!!!!!!
3B0195 Black wants to queen the pawn somehow. One way is 1. ... Bb1 threatening to queen the pawn in 2 more moves. Another is 1. ... a2! with the threat of 2. ... Bb1 and 3. ... a1=Q if 2. Rxa2 then Qc4+ forks the king and rook.	_____	3B0196 1. ... Qf2+ 2. Kh1 Bxg3!! and although black looks like he is about to get mated, both the queen and the bishop cover the checking squares. White has the unpleasant choice of sacrificing a rook with Ra7+ to prevent mate by move 3.
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3B0199 [solution]	_____	3B0200 [solution] [Next]
3B0197 1. ... Ne3!!! and white either loses the queen or 2. fxe3 Qh4+ 3. g3 Qxg3 mate. Gibaud vs. Lazard Paris 1924. The loser was a champion of France!! He has the distinction of having one of the shortest tournament losses ever.	_____	3B0198 It would appear that White has a strong attack on the kingside, but 1. ... Bf8 traps the White Queen. Now what happened here was 2. Qxh7+ Kxh7 3. h5 with an interesting attack, but it was not enough to compensate for the loss of a queen.
3B0199 1. ... Nd4 wins the Queen because it covers the f3 square and because the threat of Ne2+ is strong. If 2. Re1 or 2. Kh1 then 2. ... Bf4 traps the Queen. If instead 2. Qh2 Bf4 and now 3. Qh1 Ne2 mate or 3. g3 Nf3+ forks the king and queen.	_____	3B0200 The easiest is now 1. ... Qb1+ If the king moves to the fifth rank then 2. ... Qf5+ wins the rook. If instead the king moves to the third rank then 2. ... Qd3+ trades the rook and wins easily. If Kc4 2. Qe4+ forcing him off of the 4th rank and then Qf5+ or Qd3+ on move 3.

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