Force the Win
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Aug 9, 2008
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Fairly simple, straightforward... nice use of opponents' material though
It's those kinds of spots players end up in and think they are trivial until they end up with stalemate. Nice puzzle.
Cool. My thought process was:
1. The B would take away the a2 square so that the Black K can't move out of the corner. Black is forced to advance the pawn.
2. The N would deliver checkmate. It has to go to either c2 or b3. c2 is much faster.
Not only is c2 faster, trying to get to b3 will land you a stalemate.
Fun little puzzle. Did you compose it yourself? If not, where did you get it?
