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White to move and draw.

The whole idea is in the first move, which is really amazing.

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Re6

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No: Qxe6 and the knight is pinned.

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The Knight isnt pinned .

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i don't see a draw i see a win for black ( assuming the king is on a2 which is not clear!)

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After 1.Re6 Qxe6 the Nb3 is pinned.

Of course the king is on a2, look at the position!

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the board is flipped

e8(Q)

:~)

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Mottian wrote:

After 1.Re6 Qxe6 the Nb3 is pinned.

Of course the king is on a2, look at the position!


Yes I see that the knight is pinned, and I also see that white can move a pawn and the king can move to a square so he is not stalemated after your cited variation.  The board has no notations, so why can the king be on h7 making e8 (Q) the best move?

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The orientation of the board is the usual one, the white king is on a2, the white pawn goes up. Sorry, but I don't know how to settle the notation.

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Kb1? I don't know, it looks drawn

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I was wrong! There is a draw there!! Very Elegant!
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Since you said that the first move is really amazing, I looked at the more "extreme" options. After examining this one move, It gradually became evident that it actually works. And for those who gave up, here's the fattest hint I can give:

Hint (highlight this line) - The first move is a knight move.

And now, can you see the whole thing?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 This puzzle has a vaguely familiar feeling to it. I think that I've already seen this long ago.

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Great! Laughing thank you for having taken me seriously.

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Re4.

Unless black accepts a draw, Black will win in 10 or so moves regardless.

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Elona, I think white loses after 1.Re4. Could you insert some variations?