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Give me super hard puzzles, ask questions, and mostly just peer into the brain of a soon to be 600 ELO

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white to play and win:

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Capture knight (only peice that can move other than king) then promote pawn to knight? idk what to do after that....

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This position is impossible, but even after promoting the pawn, there is no way for white to win without opening blacks position.

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Sorry there is a way for white to win, if black stinks.

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GMShachmeister wrote:

This position is impossible, but even after promoting the pawn, there is no way for white to win without opening blacks position.

yes there is

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you didn't read my last comment.

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Just open the analysis board, and after playing Kxe1 and h3, stockfish will see that there is a way to win. If you still don't believe me, then watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqenJgw7ZIc. and see the puzzle solution

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It is a famous puzzle composed by Ottó Bláthy

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Of course there is a way, but black really has to stink to get into the position to begin with. And really stink to lose.

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GMShachmeister wrote:

Of course there is a way, but black really has to stink to get into the position to begin with. And really stink to lose.

It's a puzzle, it doesn't matter how black gets into that position. There is a forced way to win

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GMShachmeister wrote:

Sorry there is a way for white to win, if black stinks.

Nothing to do with stinking. You just aren't good enough to see that Black has 1 move in every position so Black is forced to play queen moves.

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@GMShachmeister, it is: a REAL puzzle composed by the great Ottó Bláthy, and there is a forcing way to win for white:

 
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I believe chessvibes covered it on his channel

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GMShachmeister wrote:

Of course there is a way, but black really has to stink to get into the position to begin with. And really stink to lose.

Did you even read @Awesomedude2053's first annotation?

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"After capturing the knight, all of black's pieces are stuck except for the queen" Also, note that black's pawns are going down the board.

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I got it, I solved the puzzle, I'm just pulling your leg.

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