Zugzwang examples

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Cami3
Black to move!
 

 

4xel

The puzzle version of your puzzle!

 

Cami3

Thank you! I must learn how to do that! happy.png

texaspete
Why is this better than Rh8?
Cami3

You should play something as to paralyze white's pieces on the king side wink.png

4xel
texaspete wrote:
Why is this better than Rh8?

 

 

Rh8 was my first guess and apparently also is a winning move, but is likely much less accurate, as it allows the rook and the f pawn to move. Rf3 leads to a clean and easy win, where Black can trade his knight or his rook for the White queen.

Cami3

That's right! Rf3 is the move that gets white in zugzwang! Now white plays c4 and black answers with Kh6. White will run out of waiting moves and when playing for example Re1 Rf2 follows, Qg4 and Qh2# 0-1 

4xel
Cami3 wrote:

Thank you! I must learn how to do that!

 

 

Inserting a chess diagram from directly from the forum post, set the puzzle position up, make the moves of the puzzle as the mainline (you can write side lines for the sake of analysis, they won't interfere with the puzzle part) click on "theme" and you have an option to set it as a puzzle.

 

Importing from the analysis board, when you click on "share", you have the same puzzle option.

 

If you want to post a tactic from a game as a puzzle you may also show if you want the moves that lead to the position, and thsose that ended the game without having them part of the puzzle, by right clicking on the beginning of a tactic and select 'set begin', and set end at the end of the tactic (although it requires some testing to get the color of the first player right).

Cami3

Thank you very much, I'll try happy.png