Puzzles February 2025 Part 2

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Criptix

Puzzle time!
GL on solving!
This months theme: Pins

You can leave your comments and discussion at the bottum of the puzzles.

Thx to T1Avenge

Easy

Medium
Hard

T1Avenger

Btw peoples the hard puzzle this time is of extreme difficulty, 7.8% pass rate at about 3900 rating, so anybody who solves it without hints first try is legendary 🔥💪

NachoCat11

I don't get the last move, won't white just take the black queen?

Cornfed

I don't recall signing up for this specific thing - puzzles. I don't see myself ever posting here so 'follow' is not checked. How do I get out?

Criptix
NachoCat11 wrote:

I don't get the last move, won't white just take the black queen?

If they take the queen and black puts Nf3 it's checkmate.

So black looses a Rook and wins a Queen.

NachoCat11
Criptix wrote:
NachoCat11 wrote:

I don't get the last move, won't white just take the black queen?

If they take the queen and black puts Kf3 it's checkmate.

So black looses a Rook and wins a Queen.

Oh, okay, now I see it. Thanks!

Criptix
Cornfed wrote:

I don't recall signing up for this specific thing - puzzles. I don't see myself ever posting here so 'follow' is not checked. How do I get out?

You can set the settings in the club to not receive notifications from the forum and therefore not from the puzzles. But then you will not receive any notification from the forum. Why not just try to solve the puzzles? Everyone is free from this. It is certainly not an obligation or anything.

Cornfed

No thanks.

I am perfectly happy to receive notifications from the forum, which I want...but one should not automatically have to get 'puzzle' notifications. That's...just wrong to force those on people. I get WAY too many notifications as is...like people posting: '.' or such...and I have to go see if it's a legitimate comment or some kid just trying to score 'posting points'. Really is a bother. I report them for spamming...but it's way too many.

Criptix
Cornfed wrote:

No thanks.

I am perfectly happy to receive notifications from the forum, which I want...but one should not automatically have to get 'puzzle' notifications. That's...just wrong to force those on people. I get WAY too many notifications as is...like people posting: '.' or such...and I have to go see if it's a legitimate comment or some kid just trying to score 'posting points'. Really is a bother. I report them for spamming...but it's way too many.

Than I can't help you, sorry. Then you can only ignore the notifications of the puzzles.

It's a service we do for ppl who want to solve these.

MrMojoRyzen
Criptix wrote:
Cornfed wrote:

No thanks.

I am perfectly happy to receive notifications from the forum, which I want...but one should not automatically have to get 'puzzle' notifications. That's...just wrong to force those on people. I get WAY too many notifications as is...like people posting: '.' or such...and I have to go see if it's a legitimate comment or some kid just trying to score 'posting points'. Really is a bother. I report them for spamming...but it's way too many.

Than I can't help you, sorry. Then you can only ignore the notifications of the puzzles.

It's a service we do for ppl who want to solve these.

Then...it should be 'for people who want to solve' them...not everyone. Perhaps a new forum specially for that?

Criptix

There is only one forum inside the club. So it is like it is. Anyone who don't want to solve them ignore it.

Cornfed

Just think this could have been done better, that's all I'm saying.

PBK_Studio

I solved the easy and medium no problem. I was only able to get the first move of the hard puzzle, that one was really tough. After using hints to solve it, I had to use an engine to understand it.

T1Avenger

@PBK_Studio haha yeah, that one’s really hard

good job on finishing the other ones too, we’ll have more at the beginning of march 🔥💯