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All welcome. Post midgame puzzles here for everybody that sees it to solve!

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here is the first puzzle:

 

 
Hint: The idea is to destroy Black's pawn structure starting with a move that moves two pieces in ONE move.
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might be a little dumb for a real gameplay but ok for a puzzle.

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I have to agree this does not look right for a real game at least not with most people who play here

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Why not just take the bishop?

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This looks more like a midlife crisis puzzle to me Frown

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the thing here is to destroy black's pawn structure to maybe allow early mate if right/good moves are played

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second puzzle:

 

 
 
continued from last puzzle. a little mate in 4
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here is the reason to not be greedy in the first puzzle.

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I'd have thought he was the Joker if I didn't know it is You!

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By the way, EVERYBODY can post puzzle if it's NOT a frozen board! (P.S. I'll try to solve your puzzles too.)

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mate in 5 starting with starting position
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also, it is a blunder mate.

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the first puzzle and the second one combined would be:

 
might be a little diffrent because I can't remember all the moves.



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ok i will try to make moves forced

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Hi friends

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hi

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In the first one, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t take the bishop. In the second one, it’s not a forced mate in four if black plays correctly. In the third one, Ng5 is a bad move since checkmate is not forced. You should probably make some puzzles where there is a forced win
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