Wrong setup
Do you know your Trebuchet?
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nodemie what does that have to do with this?
Nov 25, 2017
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I know the Trebuchet but it's not something I can spot the right move ASAP. I'm not sure if that's common.
Nov 26, 2017
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MidnasLament wrote:
If you don't is this an annoying puzzle for you? White to move.
https://www.chess.com/blog/MidnasLament/tactics-puzzle-11-careful-now
I like this one and chess.com has it rated as 1955, but I learned this idea in Silman's End Game book in the 1400-1599 chapter so....
I think white plays 1.Kf5 and black is in zugzwang. If 1...Kd4 2.Kf5 white wins the pawn, if 1...Kb4 white plays 2. Ke6, attacking the pawn from behind. White has the e5 square free and will win a tempo and eventually the pawn.
Nov 26, 2017
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spawkle529 wrote:
nodemie what does that have to do with this?
I'm wondering the same thing. Some explanation nodemie?
Nov 26, 2017
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varelse1 wrote:
I learned this in silman book as well
Such a great book. It's probably time I reviewed it and moved on to the next rating section. I stopped at 1400-1599.
The tactics ratings are inflated, that's why. Do you really think some people's OTB ratings are above 5000?
Thus this tactic is around 1900 when in reality 1400s should recognize the pattern easily, and even lower rated players could probably think of it, given a minute or two.
Nov 27, 2017
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FT029 wrote:
The tactics ratings are inflated, that's why. Do you really think some people's OTB ratings are above 5000?
Thus this tactic is around 1900 when in reality 1400s should recognize the pattern easily, and even lower rated players could probably think of it, given a minute or two.
It is in any case simple if you know the idea already. A lot of people just jump close to the pawn, ruining the game. As I don't know my OTR I cannot tell you from which level people should be able to calculate it.
Nov 27, 2017
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FT029 je napisal/-a:
The tactics ratings are inflated, that's why. Do you really think some people's OTB ratings are above 5000?
Thus this tactic is around 1900 when in reality 1400s should recognize the pattern easily, and even lower rated players could probably think of it, given a minute or two.
They are indeed inflated in some sense. I never deserve a 2400 elo, that's a fact. But I am better in tactics compared to someone that has 2200 elo tactics here on chess.com. In that sense the elo might be useful, but still there is a problem. That is, the problems repeat, thus people who play tactics for a longer period of time will get used to some problems and get a high rating not due to tactics skills, but due to memory. So in that sense it is corrupt, doesn't show what it is supposed to and I think that is a far bigger problem of TT than a minor inflation. Feel free to disagree.
Anyways nice puzzle MidnasLament. I got it right quite quickly, but I kind of doubt I wouldn't blunder this in a real game, especially blitz
If you don't is this an annoying puzzle for you? White to move.
https://www.chess.com/blog/MidnasLament/tactics-puzzle-11-careful-now
I like this one and chess.com has it rated as 1955, but I learned this idea in Silman's End Game book in the 1400-1599 chapter so....