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Pawn ghost


  • 8 months ago · Quote · #1

    Pau

       White to play and wins

    In this strange position, the white threatening promote on b8 and on h8, but the Queen controls both black squares.

    If there was not the black pawn on f5, white would win easily:

    1.Rf8, Kxf8 2.b8=Q+,QxQ 3.h8=Q#

    But this  pawn is not transparent...
    Or maybe it is?

     

     

     

     

       SOLUTION

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     








       (Note the final position and compare it to the starting position)

     

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  • 8 months ago · Quote · #2

    busterboy91

    That is so awesome!

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #3

    rochellecatahan

    amazing .

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #4

    Scarlatti

    Very cool

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #5

    MatthiasVanCampen

    nice, cool alignment of pawns too :p from a real game???

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #6

    Pau

    MatthiasVanCampen wrote:

    nice, cool alignment of pawns too :p from a real game???


    Not, Matthias, it was a composition

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #7

    ChessisGood

    wow!

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #8

    sadern

    Great and interesting puzzle, but isn't 2...Qb6 mate?

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #9

    bjazz

    sadern wrote:

    Great and interesting puzzle, but isn't 2...Qb6 mate?


    No. The queen is unprotected.

  • 8 months ago · Quote · #10

    sadern

    bjazz wrote:
    sadern wrote:

    Great and interesting puzzle, but isn't 2...Qb6 mate?


    No. The queen is unprotected.


    Yes, you're right. I got messed up with the orientation.


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