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lol you guys really like using cheats and engines =( it is indeed a draw.
tonydal wrote:
We have to use engines when you don't post the solution along with the position.
Maybe he doesn't want you to know the solution yet- And you don't have to use Engines. How about you do it yourself? That is an easy solution and so is the puzzle. ;)
All black has to do is give up the rook for the pawn and a drawn two knights vs. king is created.
mattattack your right, Rook takes pawn = draw.
No, it's not. Your love of knights can not overcome logic.
tonydal wrote:
DresdenRacer wrote:
tonydal wrote:
We have to use engines when you don't post the solution along with the position.
Maybe he doesn't want you to know the solution yet- And you don't have to use Engines. How about you do it yourself? That is an easy solution and so is the puzzle. ;)
I see...so he's sort of a Puzzle Tease. Hm.
I do (and will) use engines when the solution isn't provided. If I want to work it out myself, I can simply not look at the solution...but it's nice to have that option.
Oh, I see...Too lazy, eh?
tonydal wrote:
DresdenRacer wrote:
tonydal wrote:
We have to use engines when you don't post the solution along with the position.
Maybe he doesn't want you to know the solution yet- And you don't have to use Engines. How about you do it yourself? That is an easy solution and so is the puzzle. ;)
I see...so he's sort of a Puzzle Tease. Hm.
I do (and will) use engines when the solution isn't provided. If I want to work it out myself, I can simply not look at the solution...but it's nice to have that option.
oh i see how you feel about it now. problem being, most people just randomly guess and move pieces everywhere until they get it with harder problems.
Also, they just press the help sign straight away, and look at the solution.
however, if the solution is not provided, people get more involved and sometimes post comments on trying to work out how to do it. there is proof of that on other people's post, and a few of mine i think, although i don't know.
but with solutions, people just look and go, and almost 90% they don't post anything (i like comments 
)
Lord-Chaos wrote:
mattattack your right, Rook takes pawn = draw.
And I am not insane. That post was edited.
draw
mattattack99 wrote:
Lord-Chaos wrote:
mattattack your right, Rook takes pawn = draw.
And I am not insane. That post was edited.
oh right sorry, i should have said "editted:"
tonydal, and Lord Chaos both make good points.
I'm not sure now where I stand on this anymore.... Maybe a postwriter builds up a reputation for posting good (or bad) positions, and we should make an effort to seek out (or avoid) those......
I know when I post an extremely complicated Sam Loyd composition, and within a minute you get a reply "Easy, got it first try" I don't feel like including solutions.
tonydal wrote:
There is a good reason I seldom attempt to solve the problems offered up in the forums...and that is because they are frequently unsound.
*gasp* give us a chance! there are the makings of some bad BUT good compared to the alot of you puzzle makers out there! well i mean the puzzles we make may not be super great, but i think some of mine are quite smart, or just pretty *wink wink*
hey and i thought correcting people's incorrect puzzles was a sport! (it certainly has become one in all my posts)
Yeah, when I first joined these forums I read just about every thread started in More Puzzles, but as I grew more experienced I discovered the content (EDIT: to clear things up, I mean the content of More Puzzles, not the content of Lord_Chaos specifically) was roughly:
10%: People posting full games as puzzles
10%: Smothered mates
10%: Threads that appear to have no relation at all to any puzzle or chess position
10%: Random puzzles (you experienced forum-browsers know the kind I mean)
20%: Very unsound puzzles
20%: Puzzles that are extremely simple (yes, I know they have their place because some people still need to learn the ideas)
20%: Interesting endgame studies, GM positions, or mate in n puzzles
Luckily, often you can tell from the title and author which threads are at least worth a glance.
no way! which of the 20% am i in? well ive made one stupid smothered mate but thats it lol.
SirDavid that is a lie! i gurantee you havn't looked at all of mine. click on my contents =(.