The website regulars must know these two charming young ladies. Teresa has just turned three and attends kindergarten already while Klara will be one year old on February 26. These two little humans are responsible for the website growing not as fast as it could! Despite of their junior age both girls are avid chess players. On the New Year Day evening they asked me to play a game of chess. I agreed gladly although I was a bit afraid as a few days ago Klara started to crumple the white King curiously and almost choked on it as she took it straight into her tiny mouth. More than expected, the game went on to interesting finish...



Now, dear readers, the New Year puzzle. Have you read my a bit contrived New Year tale you must have asked yourself a few questions:
1. What was the winning move for White instead of 47. Qxd3?
2. Given that Teresa and Klara would have alter egos, what their real names would be?
3. Given our home sofa is sort of a time machine, in what year and what place were we at the moment?

Of course you may easily find this game in any decent chess database, but this is chess classics, try to find out yourself! Please post your answers in the comments. There will be the winner - the first one to correctly point all the answers. As usual there are no material prizes - just own satisfaction.

Hope you enjoyed today's puzzle. Stay tuned!

by Dave L. @ 18 Feb 2009 07:57 pm

In my opinion your puzzle was taken from the greatest book on chess ever written.

by Kamalakanta @ 09 Mar 2009 09:40 pm

Hi! I don't remember the year...I believe it was Bronstein-Smyslov? Winning move was discovered by an amateur a few months later..47.Qd6!

by Kamalakanta @ 09 Mar 2009 09:42 pm

If what Dave L. posted is true, the it must be Zurich, 1953!

by Kamalakanta @ 09 Mar 2009 09:43 pm

Why am I thinking of Petrosian? (I am trying to guess correctly without looking at the book!)....:-)