first one, cool :-)

As to the puzzle: NOT easy, but instructive! 

I disagree, Torkil.  The pin should be an obvious spot.  Given that, there's really only one way to take advantage of it.

Yes, of course there is only one way to win this, but as so often, a combination doesn't get easy just because the main motive is pretty obvious.

Apart from that there might be other candidate moves including 1...d4, I take it you were fully aware from the beginning why 1...Rb1 is the correct rook sacrifice and not 1...Ra1 ?

Even in this kind of "obvious" situation there are a few fine points to be observed to get it right. 

Point taken.  I just think that this was one of the more straight-forward puzzles.  Some of them are incredibly difficult.

I'm surprised we're 30 minutes in and you and I are the only posters so far.

Good puzzle today. Get the Queen away from guarding the Knight. I initially played R-a1 but the system would not accept it, never mind. Got there in the end.

Good one Didn't get it

nice puzzle. Congrats on being first Torkil...

Good one

Yeah, nice puzzle.  I seem to be able to spot aspects of what is needed (I could see the Knight was involved with e3) and and the white king is pinned, what with the Rooks on the second rank.  Just takes me time to get it right.  I, like a few others I'm sure, tried 1 Ra1.

 

I've started to work backwards with these puzzles.  See what I want from the outcome and say, "right, If I want that to happen, then I must make this happen.  And, if that needs to happen then, I must do this first."  Though it seems easy enough with these puzzles, during real games, even with a decent plan, I am rarely able to predict my opponents next move and I'm constantly correcting my attack (and often, defense).

 

Does anybody else talk to themselves?

keith105 wrote: Good puzzle today. Get the Queen away from guarding the Knight. I initially played R-a1 but the system would not accept it, never mind. Got there in the end.

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Keith, if you play Ra1, he can take the rook with check on b2, and then take the knight on e3.

nice puzzle but not to deep, the Rb1 is predictable when u see the whole pieces.

That's cool, u only have to divert the whites Queen attention for the effective Knight check on e3.

solved in ten minutes, after the first move really simple

 

silentfilmstar13 wrote: Point taken.  I just think that this was one of the more straight-forward puzzles.  Some of them are incredibly difficult.

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Yep, I think I can agree with you there

Good puzzle.

Nice one. Good stuff.

Missed the first move, the rest was obvious. Nice puzzle!

 

Clear advantage to black and white has no chance of getting out of the web!

Good puzzle!