cobra91 !! shhh please.
Hintless Puzzle #5
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[COMMENT DELETED] aww you deleted my secret solution, not cool
FOUND IT :D it is a very nice puzzle though and there are so many common ideas
Dec 5, 2010
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#5
now you gonna tell me to put black at the bottom seeing that is black to move ?!
I think I see it -- like Tony I guess I'm not sure? I'll wait for the answer to see :)
Not terribly hard, but still took me a while to solve nonetheless (The "solution" seemed too straightforward, so of course I spent ages checking all the lines.). Still, it's a nifty puzzle, and probably more practical than many of the more elegant composed positions : )
The same here... it's a pretty realistic position and also took me a while to check all the possibilities.
Thanks!
Dec 8, 2010
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Spoiler Alert ! answer will given down below.
Stewart Haslinger vs Mark Hebden, Halifax 2006.
A passed pawn one square from queening can be a decisive weapon, restricting the opponent's pieces to passive defence and so allowing winning tactics elsewhere on the board.
Here grandmaster Hebden (Black, to move) is down a bishop for two pawns and also has to watch for the back row trick Ra7 ?? Qa8 mate.
Meanwhile, his d2 pawn isblocked and menaced by Haslinger's d1 rook. Many average players would mentally give up and choose something like Rb8 Rxd2 when White win easily, but Hebden found a way to victory.
How did Black force resignation in just three turns ?
Solution: 1....Qg4 2.Qb3 (if 2.Rxd2 Ra1+ forces mate) f3 3.Rg1 Qxg1+! and White resigned because of 4.Kxg1 Ra1+ 5.Qd1 Rxd1 mate.
This was written by Leonard Barden in which appear in the Western Australia's 'Sunday Times'
I almost got it, instead of 4... qxg1, i had ra1, which is a 3 move mate. I'm such a loser.
I like to celebrate the victory with the woman still alive
i know right
Oh, I didn't actually work out that defensive move, just Qg4 and I thought it won on the spot (err, even faster than 4 moves heh). Maybe I get half credit? 
Are you really a nm tony?
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