Help w/ 5334 Chess Problems - Chess Forums

Brama

Jun 14, 2009

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#1

Hello everyone,

I am new to all of this and I have purchased the book Chess by Laszlo Polgar. I am doing ok with it except for one snag. Page 105, Game # 306. The solution is listed as ab6. I do not understand how that would work. It looks to me as if they are saying the pawn would capture to an empty square. Is this a typo or am I overlooking something?

Thanks,

Michael

dc1985

Jun 14, 2009

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#2

It sounds to me it may be an En Passant issue... Is there a pawn at b5?

Brama

Jun 14, 2009

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#3

ohhhhhhh, i got it now. Thank you. The puzzle was white mates in one, never occured to me to think of black's previous move!

Thanks again!

factoryfreak

Apr 10, 2023

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#4

great catch. kind of tough to see that en passant is actually available. but a great test.

geomancer1965

Apr 12, 2023

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#5

Brama wrote:

ohhhhhhh, i got it now. Thank you. The puzzle was white mates in one, never occured to me to think of black's previous move!

Thanks again!

Are those the last two problems from the two-move set? Yes, those were both irritating to me, because one is the en passant, and then I think the last one you have to realize you can castle queenside, which did not occur to me, to the point I actually had to look the solution up, irritatingly.