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1. Rxb3 axb3
2. f4 b4
3. Be6#
is that an alternate solution or have i missed something
ha ha ha
Sep 23, 2012
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#8
In the puzzle in post #4, this solution also seems to work ...
1.Rf8 bxa5 2.Ra8+ Kb6 3.Nc4#
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Sep 27, 2012
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#10
anupralhad ,I'm not sure about your solution in #10 - if Black moves 1...Kg4 then how do you mate in 3 moves ?
sorry bro
this puzzle for stephen_33
this puzzle is not good but nice
Three of the posted puzzles are illegal positions. (posts 1, 2, and 15).
Sep 30, 2012
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#16
Thanks anupralhad, I've never had a puzzle created just for me before 
It's very logical & nicely composed. I solved it without any errors but had to think carefully about it. Always a good idea to have more than one way of checking the Black king on at least one move because it makes people stop & calculate which is the best - the second move gave me the most trouble !
Some people dislike puzzles which involve a queen sacrifice but don't worry about them - it's a clever technique used by many of the greatest G.M.'s. Just look at some of the games of Alekhine for example - he used queen sac.'s with real flair !
Here's an example...
Takes calm nerves to give up your queen like that.
Sep 30, 2012
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#17
BigDoggProblem wrote:
Three of the posted puzzles are illegal positions. (posts 1, 2, and 15).
And your point is ? Correct me if I'm wrong but there's no such thing as a set of rules that governs the composition of a chess puzzle - I've seen puzzles with ten or more queens of the same colour on the board but so what !
A chess puzzle is a process of logical problem-solving & not to be mistaken for a real game, even though some may be derived from actual games.
The only 'rule' that really matters is that it should do what it states in the title !
Sep 30, 2012
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#18
The puzzle in post #15 seems pretty good to me anupralhad. Clever use of Zugzwang - It took me a while of staring at it before the solution came to me.
I kept thinking I had to find some way of bringing the white rook (on g1) & queen into play, perhaps advancing the pawn on the h-file.
Nice one !
stephen_33 wrote:
BigDoggProblem wrote:
Three of the posted puzzles are illegal positions. (posts 1, 2, and 15).
And your point is ? Correct me if I'm wrong but there's no such thing as a set of rules that governs the composition of a chess puzzle - I've seen puzzles with ten or more queens of the same colour on the board but so what !
A chess puzzle is a process of logical problem-solving & not to be mistaken for a real game, even though some may be derived from actual games.
The only 'rule' that really matters is that it should do what it states in the title !
My point is that it isn't a chess puzzle if the rules of the game are not observed. It's a bizarre variant game masquerading as chess.
As for chess problem conventions, see http://www.saunalahti.fi/~stniekat/pccc/codex.htm#c1
"Article 14 - Legality of Positions
(1) A position is legal if it can be reached by a sequence of moves from the initial array. Otherwise, the position is called illegal.
(2) In studies and problems that apply the FIDE-rules, illegal positions are not acceptable for composition tournaments unless the tournament conditions so stipulate."