24 Nov '12 08:03>
Reminds me of something from the mind of Robert Brieger, a problem composer I knew way back when.🙂
Originally posted by greenpawn34Excellent; thanks for posting.
This is amusing and quite a brilliant idea.
I’ve no idea who composed it.
[fen] 7K/P1p1p1p1/2P1P1Pk/6pP/3p2P1/1P6/3P4/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
White to play and mate in 10.
The number 10 will scare people off so here is the solution.
Just enjoy the whole idea.
[pgn]
[FEN "7K/P1p1p1p1/2P1P1Pk/6pP/3p2P1/1P6/3P4/8 w - - 0 1"]
1. a8=N {It’s easy to ...[text shortened]... nk you are getting the idea by now.} 8... gxf6 9. g7 f5 10. g8=N {Checkmate on move 10.}[/pgn]