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#1 User is offline   Trumpace 

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Posted 2011-April-13, 14:31

White to play and mate in two moves.

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Posted 2011-April-13, 15:49

hmmm call me blind, but I don't see how to checkmate in 2 if black plays b5-b4. Any other move he does and I see checkmate (c6-c7 then either promote to Q or take the pawn with your rook if he takes a5)
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Posted 2011-April-13, 15:58

View PostTrumpace, on 2011-April-13, 14:31, said:

White to play and mate in two moves.


This is a cute one.
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Posted 2011-April-13, 16:27

ah, just ran it through a chess solver, so don't give me credit for it.

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Posted 2011-April-13, 16:28

Was black's last move b2-b4?

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Posted 2011-April-13, 16:37

View PostHanoi5, on 2011-April-13, 16:28, said:

Was black's last move b2-b4?


I don't know. You tell me :-)

btw did you mean b7-b5?

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Posted 2011-April-14, 02:56

the attachment is gone :(
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Posted 2011-April-14, 03:51

View PostTrumpace, on 2011-April-13, 16:37, said:

I don't know. You tell me :-)

btw did you mean b7-b5?


That's what I meant.

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Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


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Posted 2011-April-14, 10:18

View Postgwnn, on 2011-April-14, 02:56, said:

the attachment is gone :(


That is strange, I can see it. Were you logged on when you tried to view it?

In any case, seems like this forum software has some bugs around attachments.
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Posted 2011-April-15, 02:21

I see it now too.

Say you have the following position:

White: Ba4
Black: Kd1, Rb5, Bd5

This position occurred in a legal game (black to move), but unfortunately the white king fell from the table and everyone forgot where it was. Can you help?
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Posted 2011-April-17, 11:57

View Postgwnn, on 2011-April-15, 02:21, said:

I see it now too.

Say you have the following position:

White: Ba4
Black: Kd1, Rb5, Bd5

This position occurred in a legal game (black to move), but unfortunately the white king fell from the table and everyone forgot where it was. Can you help?


This seems impossible! Can you please post a hidden hint?
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Posted 2011-April-20, 15:39

View PostTrumpace, on 2011-April-17, 11:57, said:

This seems impossible! Can you please post a hidden hint?

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Posted 2011-April-20, 15:52

White's last move was to capture a Black pawn.

I have Raymond Smullyan's "Arabian Knights" book, which contains this puzzle and many others.
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Posted 2011-April-21, 06:36

View Postgwnn, on 2011-April-20, 15:39, said:

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I am afraid for a newbie like me only the full solution will do :(
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Posted 2011-April-21, 08:13

last hint:
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warning, solution:
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Posted 2011-April-24, 15:43

View Postgwnn, on 2011-April-21, 08:13, said:

last hint:
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warning, solution:
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Nice one. I can't believe I didn't consider that, especially given the puzzle which started this thread!
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Posted 2011-May-04, 13:14

Wish I could see the image. :(
Still decidedly intermediate - don't take my guesses as authoritative.

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Posted 2011-May-04, 20:02

View Postvuroth, on 2011-May-04, 13:14, said:

Wish I could see the image. :(


Strange! I can see it. gwnn seemed to have similar problems too...
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Posted 2011-May-04, 20:38

Saw it when you first posted. Then it disappeared. Then reappeared. It's there now for me. Fun problem but too hard for me.
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Posted 2012-December-19, 16:35

White to win

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