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20th April 2009, 05:39pm

by sususususu
China

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20th April 2009, 05:49pm

by bigfish
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20th April 2009, 05:50pm

by bigfish
E,M,T,Ontario Canada

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but why would white promote to bishop?

20th April 2009, 05:57pm

by shortymike
United States

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I guess non-game puzzles aren't totally useless but...

20th April 2009, 06:05pm

by ADK
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To be more realistic, I think there should have been a Pawn on g5 instead of having 2 dark-colored Bishops. Anyways, it's still a very neat puzzle.

ADK

20th April 2009, 06:08pm

by kausalya
kl Malaysia

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Why could'nt the pawn cut the knight?

20th April 2009, 06:09pm

by Chris2636
New York United States

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ADK wrote:

To be more realistic, I think there should have been a Pawn on g5 instead of having 2 dark-colored Bishops. Anyways, it's still a very neat puzzle.

ADK

Yeah. I see why that second black bishop is needed, but a g5 pawn is more likley to be seen in a game

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