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Iceni
Nice puzzle today......
deepmax
uncommonly good composition - so many compositions involve moves that are completely counter-intuitive
chuwi
nice one
gajraj1989
not so good
bengood24
Unless the person with the rook really knows what he/she is doing, then KQvKR is not too difficult. The defender doesn't need to know anything special for KBNvK, the attacker just has to know how to do it.
If the attacker and defender both know these endgames well, KBNvK is much preferred for the attacker over KQvKR.
101soccer
nice very nice
JMscuz
EASY
FredBatchelor
Mighty fine.
GeminiKnight
sjpdna
Interesting
bedanga
ok but too much sacrifice
ajoulai
Kxe5 is not right
Jacob30
Lots of wild comments today at least on the front.
tempora-mutantor
Great puzzle
rumi99
good
sai_kiran
good one
khorne
Good!!
Pawn_Gambit
good solution.
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Black drops his rook if he takes the pawn, plus the diagonal barrier is set and the knight free to roam.
jlueke
I don't know about that. It's a 30+ move forced mate KNB v K and one slip by the stronger side will put them over the 50 move limit and get a draw. KQ v KR is a little simpler though not much fun either. All those deflections just for a QvR endgame/ *shiver*
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