Ding Pins and Wins and a Chess Joke

[FEN "8/8/8/1K6/1n1kn3/R7/8/4N3 b - - 0 1"]
1... Ng5 2. Rg3 Ke5 3. Rc3 Ne4 4. Rh3

[FEN "b1r3k1/B1q1bp1p/Q2p2p1/3np1P1/8/pP4NP/5P2/R3R1K1 w - - 0 35"]
35. Rec1 {With this Carlsen wins the Queens but in exchange for a Rook, Bishop. and two pawns.} 35... Qxc1+ 36. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 37. Kh2 {It's a very tricky position especially at blitz chess.} 37... Bc6 {Played before White can think about Be3 hitting the Rook and a8 Bishop.} 38. Qxa3 {Bet Carlsen was glad to see that passed pawn off the board.} 38... Bxg5 39. Qxd6 {Natural capture at this speed. White sees an idea and goes for it.} 39... Bf4 {Black too has seen an idea and calmly goes for it. The battle of blitz ideas.} 40. Bc5 {White's idea. Qf8 mate and it hits the c6 Bishop.} 40... Ne7 {Black stops the mate, defends the c6 Bishop and Rh1 is mate. Carlsen resigned.}

[FEN "2b5/4rk2/6p1/R4p1p/7P/4B1P1/3P1P2/6K1 w - - 0 43"]
43. Ra8 {This is met with a tactic that possibly misled White. f3 and Kg2 is safe.} 43... Rc7 44. Bf4 {Too routine. Ra1 and there is no danger.} 44... Rc1+ 45. Kh2 {White may have gone this way thinking now Rh1+ and Bb7+ was going to happen.} 45... Bb7 {Alas no.} 46. Ra7 Rh1

[FEN "3B2k1/p4p1p/b3p1p1/Pp6/2r1P3/6P1/5P1P/R5K1 w - - 0 24"]
24. Rd1 Rxe4 {That is a mistake. White should now play Bf6 Black has to give up the Rook to stop Rd8 mate.} 25. Rd6 {White missed their chance to play a Rook and Bishop mate and instead....} 25... Bb7 26. h4 {OOPS!} 26... Re1+ 27. Kh2 Rh1 {....allowed a Rook and Bishop mate.}

[FEN "8/pbpr3p/1p5B/8/6kP/2P3P1/PP3P2/4R1K1 w - - 0 24"]
24. Kh2 Rf7 25. Bf4 Kf3 26. Kg1 c5 27. Re3+ Kg4 28. Bg5 {White senses danger and plays to get the Rooks off.} 28... Rd7 {Re1 is the best move here.} 29. Re7 Rd1+ {It checkmate with or without the Black King on g4.} 30. Kh2 Rh1

1. e4 d6 2. h3 {Pointless. If you are being offered a full pawn centre, just take it.} 2... Nf6 3. Qf3 {Defending a pawn with a Queen...I'd rather sac the pawn than do that.} 3... Nbd7 {Aiming for Ne5. If 3...Nc6 then 5.Bb4.} 4. d4 {Why not play that on move 2.} 4... e5 {Usually Black has to prepare this, here it is the most obvious move.} 5. d5 c6 6. Nc3 Qc7 {A bit too early to find a suitable place for the Queen. Be7 and 0-0 was a plan.} 7. Bg5 {This allows a trick. How about 7...g4 to try and unsettle Black.} 7... Be7 8. dxc6 {Black was threatening to win a central pawn with 8...Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Nxe7.} 8... bxc6 9. h4 {Having seen one trick based on the undefended Bishop, White protects it.} 9... h6 {No need for that, it drives the Bishop to a better square.} 10. Be3 {If he was worried about the Bishop then this is what he should have played instead 9.h4.} 10... Rb8 {Black is back on track developing with tempo.} 11. b3 {The c3 Knight is now unprotected. The alternatives, Rb1, 0-0-0 or Bc1 look just as dismal.} 11... Nf8 {I'll let Black off with that. It has Bg4 ideas and Knight has a future with Ne6 and Nd5.} 12. Qd1 {To thwart Bg4, but the c8 Bishop has another role in this game.} 12... d5 {With the piece winning threat of d5-d4.} 13. exd5 cxd5 {The trick shot are appearing. 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Qc3+ and Qxa1.} 14. Na4 {To avoid the pawn fork on d4.} 14... Ne6 {The Knight comes back into the game aiming at some juicy looking central squares.} 15. Nf3 {This Knight finally gets into play. The Queen had been sitting on f3 for 10 moves.} 15... d4 16. Bd2 {16.Bc1 avoids what happens but I do not think it would have saved the game.} 16... e4 17. Nh2 {There is not much else to recommend here.} 17... e3 {Black smells blood and pushes on.} 18. fxe3 Qg3+ {Always instructive to see a pointless h3 (weakens g3) getting punished.} 19. Ke2 Ba6+ 20. c4 dxc3 {An en passant checkmate.}