those are the best puzzles I've seen.

Very good, I especially like the second one, I didnt see it at first.

Well, please read my puzzles, I have a pile. Puzzle#1 The power of pin

                                                                 Puzzle #2 Knight Forks

                                                              Puzzle #3 Discover check+ double checks

                                                              Puzzle #4 Forcing stalemates.
 

Yes, but it is white's turn

Snedzy... if black plays 1 ... Qf3 then it is STALEMATE. The king cant move anywhere.

i think Qa5 is also a good stalemating move

Snedzy wrote: yusong1995 wrote: Yes, but it is white's turn

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1 Qf1+ Qf3 if black plays this move which is its best choice then no stalemate, only 0-1

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Good point. It doesn't have to be stalemate after the second move either. Instead of taking the queen the king can just walk away with 2. ... Ke6. So it's not really a forced stalemate. Probably, the best white can do is to take the rook, 1. Qxc3. After that it's queen vs queen and it should be a draw.

Ok

in the second one black could kill the queen

smhq wrote: in the second one black could kill the queen

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yes, but then it is stalemate!

Absolutely, Snedzy, the second puzzle is a win for black. 1...Qf3 is the easiest way to win, and even 1...Ke5 wins for black.

 

Good first puzzle Yusong, but the second one needs a lot of work.