I was preparing to post the excact same puzze right now;) Spooky:) Its a crazy puzzle
Mate in 102!
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That's just hilarious! Black is in a straight-jacket.
Dec 16, 2009
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wow, weirdest pawn structure ever. god, black should have just resigned halfway through.
I lol'd when you move the white king and then occasionally the black king thinks he can sneak a step and forgets that the rook has his eye on him and the rook says 'HEY! Noooooo, go back!' lol
FFS Old Lad, :-P
It's not very practical, I've only ever had this position once in a tournament game.
Nice puzzle, thanks,
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wow, long enough, thanks
" nimzovich wrote:
Good point, Loomis.
If it doesn't come up too often, it's probably not worth studying/learning, and one should just hope to work it out over the board.
Just like KBN vs K mates."
Right...because chess problems should be confined to the straightjacket of practicality. Screw artistry, creativity and challenge of solving; if it doesn't arise in one of my boring, drawish Petroff Defense games, I'm not looking at it and I don't want anyone else doing it either.
mate in 2
lilemu wrote:
mate in 2
But why would white play Kxc8? Rxc8 would certainly stretch the game out further...
noob
Just noticed the Blathy position is illegal. Seems he didn't care about that very much. :P
A puzzle from the 1890's by Dr O.T.Blathy. White to play and mate in 102! These problems have the same basic idea and once mastered they are easy to solve.