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2/23/2012 - Breaking The Fortified King


  • 15 months ago · Quote · #101

    HungerGamesGirl

    Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be!"

    Easy. And I thought I would do TERRIBLE. I defet all odds. Yay! Make up your mind to be happy.

  • 15 months ago · Quote · #102

    IWishIWasSmart

    Maybe I just got lucky on this one, but that seemed too easy.

  • 15 months ago · Quote · #103

    Twobit

    That was easy even with a Saison Dupont brain cloud.

  • 15 months ago · Quote · #104

    ReyRambler1960

    Strong Finish.

  • 15 months ago · Quote · #105

    Zalmeth

    good situation

  • 15 months ago · Quote · #106

    khoirulmu

    nice.......

  • 15 months ago · Quote · #107

    xxxx2

    good puzzle

  • 15 months ago · Quote · #108

    wyh2013

    easy puzzle

  • 15 months ago · Quote · #109

    KumarAnkur

    one chance to black and miss the game!

  • 15 months ago · Quote · #110

    Hashini

    easyyyy

  • 15 months ago · Quote · #111

    petieV22

    kosiregis wrote:

    nice puzzle besides 150 member points


    literally not a single other person on this site cares about that 

  • 15 months ago · Quote · #112

    dufferps

    komouro wrote:7. Rxc7 "You have solved this problem"

     

     


    I don't see it as "solved."  Black responds with ... Qd5, and white is pretty much forced to trade his rook for the bishop, and Black has a strong material advantage.

  • 15 months ago · Quote · #113

    petieV22

    And for everyone saying this was easy, a fraction of you would have done that outside of the context of this daily puzzle. Appreciate the puzzle, it's a nice one, stop trying to pretend to everyone and yourself that you're the next chess hero 

  • 15 months ago · Quote · #114

    GMchessmaster

    Smile

  • 15 months ago · Quote · #115

    milray101

    nice

  • 15 months ago · Quote · #116

    gresties42

    nice!

  • 15 months ago · Quote · #117

    mattjchessum

    nice

  • 15 months ago · Quote · #118

    DRAGON

  • 15 months ago · Quote · #119

    tenaciousdecaf

    Booyakasha.

  • 15 months ago · Quote · #120

    dufferps

    komouro wrote:Second Puzzle  black forces a draw and has solved the puzzle.

     

     


    This is a good exercise in proper play to force a draw in a typical situation.

    However, after 4. Kf7, there are other ways black can force a draw.  Almost any move of the rook along the eighth rank (except probably to e8 or f8) will force a draw.  4. Rd8 will force it quickly.  If White is prone to blunder, you might want to move further out on the eighth rank and let it stew a  few moves.  Save the rook for a while AND get the King to d7. 


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