For the first problem there are 9 black pawns on the board....moreover it is mate in two ...may be it is an April Fool prank....
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Ya I think so
There are 9 black pawns, which is illegal. Remove any one of them, and white suddenly has a mate in 1. :)
Third problem...promotion to queen or rook is a stalemate....promotion to bishop will give two black squared bishops....so promote to knight..
JMB2010 is right, remove any pawn to make it a legal position and it's definitely mate in one.
As for the third problem promoting into a knight just doesn't work.
I made a mistake in this game. Can anybody spot the mistake that I made?
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-mentor/beginner-mistake-tusuk-sate
JMB2010 wrote:
There are 9 black pawns, which is illegal. Remove any one of them, and white suddenly has a mate in 1. :)
Oh, didn't see that. Clever thing !
The_Cosmologist wrote:
@johnkorean.. You came very close to the answer.
What about white pawn to B6? that solves the threat of checkmate straight away... and then white clearly wins...
How can a white pawn move from b7 to b6?
Clever solution to the first puzzle !!
apostoli vale ta provlimata pou mas edwse o k.nikos!
OK !
In post 33, white to play and win ! Easy, but nice !!!! (Roeczak, please don't post the solution)
For the first puzzle does knight to e6 work?
apostolis1 wrote:
OK !
1.e3 and its all over
You found it !! Congrats, you are fast !!!!!
Another interesting puzzle.
Try this helpmate in six moves. Black moves first, then both sides co-operate until, at the end of a sequence of six black and six white moves, White checkmates on his final turn. A UK grandmaster failed to find the answer despite trying for more than an hour.
How about you?
I can do it in 7.... I'm sure it's the right idea, but not quite seeing the sequence
Here's a position with white to move and mate in one.
But before solving, do keep in mind that it was published on 1st April.