tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097781840059992476.post6056423444045639122..comments2023-08-06T03:01:26.305-05:00Comments on Chicago Chess Blog: Chess is hard!Bill Brockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14550157556545540714noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097781840059992476.post-81132461616924355412010-08-15T01:28:15.275-05:002010-08-15T01:28:15.275-05:00Chess admittedly has the feature that you only hav...Chess admittedly has the feature that you only have to play one move at a time. If White doesn't get too dejected looking at his king's position, he should be able to find 18.Bxf7+! and the draw by perpetual if Black takes the bishop. There's no other decent move for White, and it's a good try for a swindle, at a minimum. Then after 18...Kf8!, White should be able to see that 19.Bf4! holds on at least another move. The rub, as you say, is that 20.Bh5!! is so hard to find. I think most players strong enough to find the first two moves wouldn't find the third, and would resign rather than play 19.Bf4, figuring that it only delayed the inevitable.Frederick Rhinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728232939607408071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097781840059992476.post-62379700279259762022010-08-14T22:40:50.480-05:002010-08-14T22:40:50.480-05:00The first two moves of the solution are forced. I...The first two moves of the solution are forced. It's the third move that I find amazing.<br /><br />"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."Bill Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14550157556545540714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097781840059992476.post-58882496426209693342010-08-14T21:22:53.003-05:002010-08-14T21:22:53.003-05:00A couple of commenters at chessgames.com have foun...A couple of commenters at chessgames.com have found the solution. I don't know whether they found it themselves, or had silicon assistance. See http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1141572Frederick Rhinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728232939607408071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097781840059992476.post-44108041883067978012010-08-14T21:13:17.402-05:002010-08-14T21:13:17.402-05:00As you know, you've showed me the solution. Al...As you know, you've showed me the solution. All I can say is that any human who can find it unassisted is a genius. And anyone who could find the way out in an actual game, not knowing that there <b>is</b> one, must be a GM - and probably not an "ordinary GM." Has anyone ever found a resource that phenomenal in actual play?<br /><br />As you say, I was on the right track, so in a correspondence game (where I could move the pieces and had essentially unlimited time) I might find it. But with the clock ticking, no way.Frederick Rhinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728232939607408071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097781840059992476.post-39675774695053754102010-08-14T18:52:47.837-05:002010-08-14T18:52:47.837-05:00You're on the right track....You're on the right track....Bill Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14550157556545540714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097781840059992476.post-56353970787497347872010-08-14T14:29:36.691-05:002010-08-14T14:29:36.691-05:00How remarkable are we talking about? I see 18.Bf4!...How remarkable are we talking about? I see 18.Bf4!?, but 18...Qxf4 looks to be dead-won for Black. Also possible is 18.Bxf7+!? Kxf7 (or 18...Kf8, seemingly forcing White to try 19.Bf4) 19.Ng5+ Kg6 20.Qxg4 Qxg4 21.Rxf2, but that too looks hopeless for White.Frederick Rhinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728232939607408071noreply@blogger.com