I was absolutely right. The best solution for post #501 (while not unique in order) is in 45 moves, and the knights take a more efficient path towards their final destination through the four central squares.
I haven't found the solution itself, though, and I haven't the time to do it myself also :)
I'm planning to include some posts in this thread in our future magazine. Its great.
It will be interesting to see this magazine,will it be online or on paper ?
White to play and mate in 5
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Some hint :
1. Qc4+ Kh8 2. Nf7+ Kg8 3. Nh6+ Kh8 4. Qg8+ Rxg8 5. Nf7#.
nobody likes to be manipulated
sherlock that is a very smart quote!!!! man i wish i could make a stemp with that sentence and stamp it on everyones forehead...
Looks like 1. Ke1xNf1
Well... I had my chess club last night. I had an absolutely amazing puzzle shown to me, it was from a real game, but sadly, I don't know who the players are. [...]
I'm not sure i got the exact position, but the idea is definitely still possible.
This is the game Koskinen - Kasanen (Helsinki 1967).
Here is the exact position :
( the quutation is from #226 )
Some puzzles and posts mysteriously disappeared from the thread .
There was an Australian guy Smiley , and he posted a few interesting puzzles and had some comments on the other puzzles . Non of his post one can't find now.
If he had deleted them by himself there must be his icon and " comment deleted " , but nothing like this there is not.
May be some of the puzzles he posted were so offensive, that mods deleted them all ?!
An important mechanism of win for such an endgame :
White to play and win
Your site manipulates people from some countries, selectively and becomes more and more " yellow " .
Some puzzles and posts mysteriously disappeared from the thread .
There was an Australian guy Smiley , and he posted a few interesting puzzles and had some comments on the other puzzles . Non of his post one can't find now.
If he had deleted them by himself there must be his icon and " comment deleted " , but nothing like this there is not.
May be some of the puzzles he posted were so offensive, that mods deleted them all ?!
This sometimes happens (especially on old threads).
I'm not sure of the exact reason, but I think it could be if the user is banned, or deleted his account or something.
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White to play and win - white overcome blacks counter play here .
P.S.
The puzzle above is not easy - takes more time.
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Not all, only some in the beginning. His account is closed.
What about the puzzle ? I will have to re post it on this page .
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White to play and win - white overcome blacks counter play here .
( the puzzle is not easy )
Nice one!