a very very very very very very very hard puzzle

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13th July 2008, 02:24am

by etarnal
singapore Singapore

Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 387

http://foto.mail.ru/mail/jagannat/1/16.html white to play and mate in 3...and guys prevent stalemate!

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13th July 2008, 03:00am

by oginschile
Salt Lake City, UT United States

Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 1050

Wow... that is a nice puzzle. I admit i had to use a computer to solve it after my workings on my own board went fruitless. Elegant solution.

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13th July 2008, 02:06pm

by NM tonydal
United States

Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 4225

Very, very nice! I too had to resort to my computer--which humbled me once again by taking all of 7 seconds to solve it (it's an old micro too--I bought it in 1989). Very elegant solution (I'd thought for sure it was going to be 1 Rg7...).

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14th July 2008, 02:19am

by etarnal
singapore Singapore

Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 387

so did u figure it out?

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14th July 2008, 02:56am

by Kornrade
Sibiu [Hermannstadt] Romania

Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 132

indeed a nice puzzle

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14th July 2008, 02:58am

by etarnal
singapore Singapore

Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 387

post the answer here

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14th July 2008, 03:09am

by Kornrade
Sibiu [Hermannstadt] Romania

Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 132

1. Rb1 Kg7 (forced)

2. Qb7+ followed by:

2... Kh6 3. h8=Q(R)#

2... Kf6 3. Rb6#

2... Kf8 3. h8=Q(R)#

2... Kh8 3. Qb2#

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14th July 2008, 03:27am

by octane234
United States

Member Since: Jun 2007
Member Points: 18

Nice analysis of all four moves

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14th July 2008, 04:33am

by popoman
sa bandang pasong tamo Philippines

Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 53

woah

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19th July 2008, 05:42pm

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by etarnal
singapore Singapore

Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 387

http://foto.mail.ru/mail/jagannat/1/15.html white to play and mate in3! If you can solve this puzzle u r chess genius

(2 solutions) good luck

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19th July 2008, 06:07pm

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by piotr
Poznań Poland

Member Since: May 2007
Member Points: 383

Awesome puzzle!

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19th July 2008, 06:18pm

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by firestare500
testlab in Nevada, Tallahassee, Florida United States

Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 1706

i cant move the pieces. . .

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19th July 2008, 06:43pm

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by neurionb
Thousand Oaks United States

Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 98

I tried and failed for half an hour to find the solution. Then an old chess.exe I had with its own built in engine (made in the early 90s) solved it in under 10 seconds. I feel so retarded right now...

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19th July 2008, 11:32pm

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by etarnal
singapore Singapore

Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 387

firestare500 wrote:

i cant move the pieces. . .

lol set them up in a board and try to do it la

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20th July 2008, 12:12am

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