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Avatar of Simendo

Hope you enjoy it:)

Avatar of GhostRider75

very nice mate! i really enjoy it.

Avatar of Iran-22

very interesting

Avatar of jalali

nice thank you

Avatar of KingPan

white:kc3 black counters with pawn b1----why not?

Avatar of Simendo

If black moves b1=Q, this will happen:)

Thats why:)

Avatar of ty4playing

My first thought was like KingPan's: couldn't black just play b1=Q and have a queen for white to reckon with?

Then I realized, if 1...b1=Q, 2. Ra8+! Kb5  3. Rb8+! wins the queen and also prevents the other pawns from promoting.  So it technically would take longer to mate in these lines, but mate would still be inevitable.

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yes in a hurry it seems like b1=Q would be good, but as you say, and i show in the diagram this would just resulting in loosing the queen...of course black would have delayed the loss, but nothing else...

Avatar of Yuomay

b1=N+?

Avatar of TroyVincentAllenBurn

nice

Avatar of WScott336

Thanks!  Very interesting puzzle.  I enjoyed it.

Avatar of bigfish

nice

Avatar of underflow

very good.  thanks for showing the alternate board too!

Avatar of THEWHITEFOX

I love it

Avatar of lph

very well play out moves