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3/10/2012 - White to Draw


  • 16 months ago · Quote · #121

    SUPER_COMPUTER

    pointless puzzle
  • 16 months ago · Quote · #122

    xray

    puzzling!

  • 16 months ago · Quote · #123

    monkeyboy123

    132nd post

  • 16 months ago · Quote · #124

    gtpro1

    lol easy

  • 16 months ago · Quote · #125

    FredBatchelor

    Easy Breezie. I would like to clarify this problem to everyone. ............

  • 16 months ago · Quote · #126

    stephen_33

    Baffling !
    You've only got to read the posts on this from beginning to end (and some of us do) to realise how utterly bemused & confused most people are.  I managed to get about 3 moves right by playing tactically but I didn't understand the objective.

      So white has to force a draw.  First principles then (copied from the Learn/Basic Rules section of this site):-
    1. The position reaches a stalemate where it is one player’s turn to move, but his king is NOT in check and yet he does not have another legal move
    2. The players may simply agree to a draw and stop playing
    3. There are not enough pieces on the board to force a checkmate (example: a king and a bishop vs. a king)
    4. A player declares a draw if the same exact position is repeated three times (though not necessarily three times in a row)
    5. Fifty consecutive moves have been played where neither player has moved a pawn or captured a piece.

        So which of these applies when you get to the solution ? I just don't get it even after reading 'gutartas's analysis.
        Is this Chess.com's revenge for all the whining that goes on in this forum ?
  • 16 months ago · Quote · #127

    ndskykng

    stephen_33 wrote:
    Baffling !
    You've only got to read the posts on this from beginning to end (and some of us do) to realise how utterly bemused & confused most people are.  I managed to get about 3 moves right by playing tactically but I didn't understand the objective.

      So white has to force a draw.  First principles then (copied from the Learn/Basic Rules section of this site):-
    The position reaches a stalemate where it is one player’s turn to move, but his king is NOT in check and yet he does not have another legal move The players may simply agree to a draw and stop playing There are not enough pieces on the board to force a checkmate (example: a king and a bishop vs. a king) A player declares a draw if the same exact position is repeated three times (though not necessarily three times in a row) Fifty consecutive moves have been played where neither player has moved a pawn or captured a piece.

      So which of these applies when you get to the solution ? I just don't get it even after reading 'gutartas's analysis.
      Is this Chess.com's revenge for all the whining that goes on in this forum ?

    4.

     

    I thought you said you read all the posts from beginning to end.

  • 16 months ago · Quote · #128

    StrategicPlay

    I think in this case, 'draw' means escaping a checkmate. Well, a pretty hard and unexpected puzzle it is!
  • 16 months ago · Quote · #129

    ne0218

    ???

  • 16 months ago · Quote · #130

    valientone

    I think I like solving for Mate better.. Im Not a draw type player

  • 16 months ago · Quote · #131

    vanhafford

    Thanks for the lesson!  A draw is worth 1/2 point!  Better than no point at all.

  • 16 months ago · Quote · #132

    MDOC777

    I didn't get it right, but I can see the draw.

  • 16 months ago · Quote · #133

    MDOC777

    Wilderboard wrote:

    didnt read the title...was trying to find a way to mate...damn...


     LOL... I did.  It pays.

  • 16 months ago · Quote · #134

    onlyswaraj

  • 16 months ago · Quote · #135

    RedAdom

    White should win this position easily.

  • 16 months ago · Quote · #136

    domalius

    Good puzzle, relatively difficult

  • 16 months ago · Quote · #137

    cfrench49

    Tough one.

  • 16 months ago · Quote · #138

    The_Chess_Ninja

    HARD

  • 16 months ago · Quote · #139

    donce83

    A very difficult puzzle, i´m missed in second moveSmile

  • 16 months ago · Quote · #140

    wayne100

    difficult


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