Master's Cut
White to play and win the game
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BishopTakesH7 wrote:
All the traps made this one pretty difficult. Solved though.
You are a serious puzzle composer so everything is solvable for you my friend. However it means gray-hair for those who are not familiar. 
However "the original" had this nice dummy. Also the problem was a duality at the end of the main motif of the puzzle.
This was my first puzzle shared in the forum, all unintentional. I was playing around, and I pressed the "post" by accident...
Sep 9, 2024
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#4
The second was easier - Used a hint for the first but second no hints - easy once you see that the knight has to come in to mate
SuryaVS wrote:
The second was easier - Used a hint for the first but second no hints - easy once you see that the knight has to come in to mate
The second one is not a real puzzle motif, it is just as the first one. However the second one has a duality at the end of puzzle. The thing is that black's best defense is not to take the saced rook and just push the pawn ignoring the temptation, staying on the straight and righteous path. I just made that because it is a nice side-dish, that is now lacking on the first puzzle on this thread.
Please visit "the original" thread that is 3 years old and read the conversations that have led to the creation of this thread and the subsequent remade puzzle.
However there is another question rearing it's ugly head: "Can "Master's Cut" puzzle's position be achieved legally?" 
Hey... Have your say.
Sep 9, 2024
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#8
ieved only in a study as the pawn are to far away with only 6 pieces and pawns of the white side captured.