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Russ
Russ


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blah, blah, blah
posted March 01, 2006 04:35 PM
Edited by Russ on 1 Mar 2006

Quote:
Your task is to mate in 3.
Surely you must have wondered why the cylinder aspect plays no part in your 'solution' (where I assume you meant to write 2.Bd6 Kd8) above?
Or why none of the hints that we gave you applied?
Or why someone would compose something this ugly and trivial?
Have you wondered why did I say that I assumed it is a 3 move puzzle?
I didn't read any hints related to it (except for the post where csarmi posted 2 boards to help us - very good job there!) because I want to solve it myself.
And since you seem to be so interested - right now I am wondering: what exactly is your problem?
Quote:
Kf3, Qf7, Bb4 - Kb8
Mate in 4 moves.
Btw, csarmi - I think you need to edit it to avoid the confusion.

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Ribannah
Ribannah


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posted March 06, 2006 03:41 PM

Quote:
And since you seem to be so interested - right now I am wondering: what exactly is your problem?
When one is making the effort to teach, the disappointment of seeing someone who is not willing to learn.
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csarmi
csarmi


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posted April 19, 2006 10:20 AM

Quote:
This one is still unsolved, too:

Quote:


R3. Mate in 7 (The Jolly Bard)

Seven moves, but really not so complicated, so everyone can have a go.



Qe6+ - Kh8, Nf7+ - Kg8, Ne5+ - Kh8, Rb8!

the rest is easy

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csarmi
csarmi


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posted April 22, 2006 06:33 PM

Here is a selfmate problem I failed to solve. Maybe you guys can do it.

White: Kb7, Qf4, Ne2, Nh6 pawns: a7, b6
Black: Kh3, Bh1 pawns: h4, g2, f5

The problem is: selfmate in 6 moves.

That means you play white and have to force your opponent to give you checkmate (he tries to avoid to do so as well as he can).

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Ribannah
Ribannah


Hired Hero
posted April 23, 2006 06:50 PM

It seems pretty straightforward.

1. Qe3+ Kh2
2. Qg1+ Kh3

So far all moves are forced.

3. Ka8 f4
4. b7 f3
5. b8=B

The only way to create a mate, and it covers the h2 square.
And now:

5. ... f2
6. Qf1 gxf1=any #

or

5. ... fxe2
6. Qe1 g1=any #
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csarmi
csarmi


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posted April 24, 2006 07:35 PM

hehe, I completely missed that line
I simply did not check Qg1+ cause it looked so ugly... I figured I needed 3 moves (Ka8, b7, b8B) and thus two more two stalemate the king and one more to finish

I seem to be losing all my checc knowledge
Still, this problem is flat, I expected better

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Lord_Pc
Lord_Pc


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Famous Hero
Groin-Grabingly Clever
posted May 06, 2006 08:51 AM

next puzzle



black to move. black wins in 3 moves. that is

1) black: move

2)white: move
Black: move

3: white: move
Black: move and mate

sorry for the bad image quality, i scanned this one from a newspaper
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csarmi
csarmi


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posted May 06, 2006 10:35 PM

no probs, its readable enough

of course black wins after Kc4 but no mate in 3 anyhow... white just sacrifices his rook to prolong the game

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Lord_Pc
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Groin-Grabingly Clever
posted May 11, 2006 07:59 AM


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russ
russ


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Supreme Hero
blah, blah, blah
posted May 11, 2006 11:03 PM

Quote:
of course black wins after Kc4 but no mate in 3 anyhow... white just sacrifices his rook to prolong the game
I am with csarmi on this one. I just don't see it. It is one of those "make your own custom rules" "Chess" puzzle?

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Lady_Milena
Lady_Milena


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posted May 11, 2006 11:21 PM

Hey stop that lady over there

OMG, HC is visited by a legend.

*points to Ribannah*

(I'm so sorry to post something completely out of character here but I'm so so so so astonished to see this legendary hero in our community. Oi)
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russ
russ


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Supreme Hero
blah, blah, blah
posted May 11, 2006 11:26 PM

why legendary?

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MightyMage
MightyMage


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posted June 30, 2006 05:27 PM

Hey, I thought you guys were going to keep this going.  
Come on, It was good...even though I don't like chess.
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