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kyleevon
wow, great ending
waynedickinson2
great puzzle
fearless2play
Would never have seen it in a million years {the castle and pawn conquest]
vanhafford
A nice Queen Sacrifice leading to a Back Rank Mate administered by a Re8#. Thanks for the lesson!
Bryan681972
Isn't white still pretty much winning if they play like this?
At first I thought 4. Qe2 was the move, but it appears after 4...Kd8 that white is lost.
paulified22
Good combination of move,white come's out with Q versus R, and should be able to win game,It still will be hard for white to win,he has to figure a way to advance pawn,and black has extra pawn,would like to see how game ended.Thank's for variation,I wonder if white would accept draw offer,all white's pawn's are blocked.My bad,pawn's are equal,
Well I thought the endgame is straightforward, but here's a diagram to show what kind of continuation white can possibly do.
Anyway, it's just an approximation on what may happen and I'm not entirely sure if there are better possibilities, but I think it's the simplest way for white to win.
Nice example of different line's,I could tell it was going to be a long and drawn out end game,but white should be able to promote pawn first,he might even promote two pawn's before black can promote a pawn at all,Thank's for the work you put into annalyzing,good job dacster,it's ammazing how you got from puzzle's last move Qg7 to how it ended up,I admire guy's like you and the few other's who are willing to give explanation's to thoose who can't,they know who they are,GLO!!!
mickyD
the puzzle won't let me move after 4.Qg7! I wanted to move more!
legoplaychess
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akashmihir
Do you really think black would have taken the Qg7 bait? I beleive he would have moved to d8,it was to obvious a mate for black not to see had he taken the Q, I beleive thees are master's
Liquiddragom
incredible combo. Couldnt see it.
ZacWilson
Fascinating
damongross
Clever things going on, but this isn't over yet.
KarlDoxsey
Great puzzle. I always prefer those that arise from games.
wenber
great puzzle!!! got it all--but the Qg7 move eluded me. Brilliant move!!!!
doublebruce
14 Hours ; Alice I am going to send you to the moon.
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canucks35
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Just like shockin a few weeks ago. Tradition?
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