Posers and Puzzles
04 Dec 05
04 Dec 05
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Originally posted by Bad wolfwhy only a draw?
Kxe1 appears to lead to a draw.
black can then only wiggle his queen while white promotes the pawn and then takes the rook on d2 for mate
oops... those pawns are tiny when it's late at night
all those pieces are small...should've put it on a board
05 Dec 05
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Originally posted by aging blitzerYou have black playing Qa1 twice in a row which obviously isn't possible. The point of the problem is that white must force the queen to be on the wrong square via playing 2. h3 rather than 2. h4.
I think I have it now..need to check though
Kxe1 Qa1
h4 Qa2
h5 Qa1
h6 Qa2
h7 Qa1
h8=N Qa2
Nf7 Qa1
Nd6 Qa1
Nxc4 Qa2
Na5 Qa1
Nxb3 mate
PS. Bad wolf engines are useless in this problem, they'll say it's a draw even when there is a clear mate in three.
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05 Dec 05
Originally posted by aging blitzerThe c5 pawn has to be took first
I think I have it now..need to check though
Kxe1 Qa1
h4 Qa2
h5 Qa1
h6 Qa2
h7 Qa1
h8=N Qa2
Nf7 Qa1
Nd6 Qa1
Nxc4 Qa2
Na5 Qa1
Nxb3 mate
1. Kxe1 Qa1
2. h3 Qa2
3. h4 Qa1
4. h5 Qa2
5. h6 Qa1
6. h7 Qa2
7. h8=N Qa1
8. Ng6 Qa2
9. Ne5 Qa1
10.Nd7 Qa2
11. Nxc5 Qa1
12. Ne4 Qa2
13. Nd6 Qa1
14. Nxc4 Qa2
15. Na5 Qa1
16. Nxb3#