Forced Mate in 3! MASTER Difficulty
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For the sake of other players, if you find the solution, please submit your answer in white ink so that others can have the option of looking at your answer or not. Thank you.
I guess nobody is able to solve it...
I'll be posting the answer in about 12-24 hours from now.
toooooooooooooooooooooo dificult
Holy crap that was difficult. Great puzzle!
Solution
1. g8=N! b5 2. Ne7! Kxb4 3. Nc6#
impossible problem
It is really difficult!
mosai, not to underestimate your chess abilities but were you able to find the answer on your own or did you have help obtaining it?
It's not impossible, shivank2005,just insanely difficult.
I found it by myself
yeah i looked all varitions
tough
Keep trying, shivank2005, you only think you tried all the variations. I thought I did, too, but I overlooked something !
Great job, mosai, I applaud your effort!
POSITIONALchess7, I changed the color because it gives others a chance to find the answer. Thank you for your understanding.
Cute, but this kind of theme has almost become pedestrian in studies due to overuse, so the idea isn't too hard to find if you've solved enough studies. I guess that's nitpicking, though... But I'll try to one-up you with a master level continuation to find (both players missed correct play in the game, but can't blame them...) in response. After going through the puzzle, go back to see notes:
Credit to Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual.
Parnon, I've seen this situation by two GM's recently, I just don't remember who they were...I'll attempt it though.
clockblockerz, the bizarre thing is that on top of being a study, it was also played in a game in Sweden, according to Dvoretsky: Laveryd - Wikstrom, 1997. Game continuation from the starting position of the study was 1... h6? 2. h3? h5 3. h4 g5 4. g3 g4 0-1.
It seems to me that most people who are solving this are all rated around 1800-2000 so I'm overestimating the difficulty of the equation and underestimating the ability of the players. Impressive work for whoever found it on their own.
