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Chess.com daily puzzle (Warning: spoilers)

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jda Aug 2021 5:31pm, 5 Aug 2021 10,586 posts	Quote Pin jda Embarrassed to say I missed it though I like to think I’d still have won from that position
JulesR Aug 2021 6:29pm, 5 Aug 2021 26,552 posts	Quote Pin JulesR The move was Nd4 discovered check & white resigned, as Kh1 leads to the famous smothered mate after Nc2+, Nxa3+, Qb1+ and Nc2 mate. If b3 after Nd4+ then Qc2+ wins White’s best option is QxB but that’s a Queen down
Meglet Aug 2021 9:13pm, 5 Aug 2021 21,947 posts	Quote Pin Meglet Jules please can you repost the pic so its on the same page and i can work it through?
SPR Aug 2021 9:16pm, 5 Aug 2021 35,055 posts	Quote Pin SPR Anyone can post public pics
Meglet Aug 2021 9:21pm, 5 Aug 2021 21,949 posts	Quote Pin Meglet thanks, got it now. I had Nd2+, Qb1+ to box in the K but couldnt get the final moves from that. so fairly close!
jda Aug 2021 1:42pm, 23 Aug 2021 10,674 posts	Quote Pin jda In a recent game, my opponent offered to exchange pawn, knight and rook with with ...e5 What happened next?
BrianJ Aug 2021 2:03pm, 23 Aug 2021 1,535 posts	Quote Pin BrianJ I can see it, but only after a good think!
JulesR Aug 2021 7:52pm, 23 Aug 2021 26,612 posts	Quote Pin JulesR I was wondering when exactly it dawned on James’s Opp what was coming towards him!
jda Aug 2021 8:28pm, 23 Aug 2021 10,675 posts	Quote Pin jda The solution for those who haven't seen is that after my P, N and R take on e5 (and black takes back with N, R and Q) my move Re1 leaves his queen embarrassed as he can't defend the e8 square. Black resigned at this point. I hadn't seen it at all until I just played through the obvious moves and then suddenly....oh, that looks nice
jda Aug 2021 8:46pm, 23 Aug 2021 10,676 posts	Quote Pin jda I think there's an interesting lesson, in that in his eagerness to simplify, black swapped off his developed pieces leaving himself with R+B on their home squares and an exposed Q that invited harassment. So it wasn't entirely down to luck that the opportunity appeared at that point. The other lesson is, always play through lines of forced/semi-forced moves like a sequence of captures, to see where you end up