Puzzles needed for tactics trainer

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condude2

This is the FEN string 5b1k/p5p1/3PQ1pr/4P2p/5P1K/2P2qP1/7r/R1B3R1 w - -

 

Please make it stop when the diagram says so.

 

Thanks.

 

 
 
Blackadder

Also, I hear you are in the market for hard puzzles, Katona's ??

In which case, take a look at this. Note: the variations have all been checked with a computer, but on my old laptop I had to leave Rybka running for a rather long time for it to realise just how toast white is.

I also posted it here a few years back: http://www.chess.com/forum/view/more-puzzles/endgame-puzzle-hard

^ In that thread you will find all the sub-variations which demonstrate why Blacks plays as he does.

samlong1989

Heres a nice endgame puzzle with 2 bishops and the king. Its from my own game, but as I was a piece up, I added the white knight to give a more equal feeling (so the puzzle solver doesn't feel confident from having an extra piece - the knight does nothing to affect the puzzle either).



Abhishek2

Here is one of my games (played twice! Against 2 different players)

Not this one: (a submission)

this one (another variation)




MSC157

Both puzzles are my work.

the_knife

Reminds me one of my games, Metaknight251 : 

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=14782354

(unfortunately not suitable for tactics trainer without modifications)

the_knife

Several winning lines.

deadeyecutter

TT submission from one of my blitz games. Mate in 7 by black after a blunder by white.



EndgameStudent

I regret to say I have stopped looking at submissions as it has become too time consuming and stressful. Hopefully another approver, or approvers may look at your submissions. 1st Oct 2012

ClavierCavalier

I could understand time consuming, but why is it causing stress?

C-nack
ClavierCavalier wrote:

I could understand time consuming, but why is it causing stress?

Exactly my question. :D

Martin0

Probably he feels responsible for submitting the puzzles, and therefor gets stressed when he is always several pages behind the last posted puzzle. Always being behind can easily cause stress (especially when you know many people are waiting).

ilmago
 
 

went through everything since page 34.

sorry about not giving as many details also on rejected ones as the previous approver for now.

 

approved ones:

MartinO, 203

http://www.chess.com/tactics/server?id=385265

Metaknight251, 204

http://www.chess.com/tactics/server?id=290993

Ponageman, 205

http://www.chess.com/tactics/server?id=258607

Legobagger, 206

http://www.chess.com/tactics/server?id=467795

tavster, 207

http://www.chess.com/tactics/server?id=316323

samlong1989, 208

http://www.chess.com/tactics/server?id=147271

thanks for the contributions!

 

 
the_knife

Good job ! (both ilmago and katonas/EndgameStudent)

fwhoberg

Here is a new puzzle for tactics trainer. 

ilmago
 
 

approved:

fwhoberg, 209

http://www.chess.com/tactics/server?id=314989

 

remember to start the diagram with an introductory move for the other side next time, please. That is the format required for new problems to insert into tactics trainer.

 
ilmago

Meta, [edit: I agree, that one was not eligible,] that one tends to be ambiguous. Please make sure that the best move is clearly better than the next best move for each move by the solving side, so that a problem is not ambiguous.

homernh
Cnacnel wrote:
ClavierCavalier wrote:

I could understand time consuming, but why is it causing stress?

Exactly my question. :D

Blame a troll.  There was a lot of criticism on one of the puzzles.    http://www.chess.com/tactics/server?id=474557

It's been deleted now, along with the 3 chapters of the story about frogs, flies, and a magician.

Thanks for all the hard work over the last few months, katonas/EndgameStudent. 

xdimkx

Noooo, I loved the frog story. Is katonas in trouble for writing it up? what is going on??

"There was a lot of criticism on one of the puzzles".  and this critisims looked more like baby wining to me: "Oh, no  not my rating points. Bad, bad, bad bad puzzles Cry"

wake up chess.com!!! these pearls make the site interesting and the problem famous!!!

RESTORE THE COMMENTS!!! 

fwhoberg

ok I wil remember next thankyou have a nice day.

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