stalemate in 1 move cycle
Teams Puzzle #133 - Green to Move
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Qj1+ (or Qk1+), Kxj1 (or Kxk1), Rxd13+, Kxd13, S
green is stalemated
Jul 9, 2022
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#5
Correct @LiquidFyre and @masterViraj.
Only thing: @masterViraj are you sure you didn’t just look at @LiquidFyre’s answer and copy it? Did you think about it first before deciding?
Jul 9, 2022
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#7
Okay, maybe “Somewhat Hard” is a better difficulty, but the stalemate sacrifices might be tricky to find by lower players (especially Blue’s move).
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[Variant "Teams"]
[RuleVariants "EnPassant"]
[CurrentMove "0"]
Difficulty: Hard
About This Puzzle: Usually, teams puzzles are designed to make people find forced wins. However, in this puzzle, BG do not have a forced win. Instead, the objective is to find a forced sequence of moves that draws the game.
In case the position looks weird, I should mention that if this was from a real game (although it isn’t), this can come from Red and Yellow ganging up on Green and taking his pieces (also that Green might have played poorly before this position).