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GolemMadness
Canada11044 Posts
. Was trying to make e7 work instead, but Qg3+ is always a problem. | ||
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
Rd2! Rxe2 (e1=Q? Rb2+ and mate to come) Rh1+ Rd1 Re1! Rxe1 e7 rook somewhere e8=Q e1=Q Qg6+ and mate to come. Should be correct I think. What I like about this puzzle is that it all hinges on the seemingly useless pawn on g2. Without it black has Rg1 after e7 and after both pawns queen, g6 is covered. | ||
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GolemMadness
Canada11044 Posts
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
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GolemMadness
Canada11044 Posts
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urboss
Austria1223 Posts
This puzzle is apparently really famous in chess history. Please don't post the solution, you can find it in the spoiler below. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/7Wj23hG.png) + Show Spoiler + | ||
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Omnishroud
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urboss
Austria1223 Posts
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marvellosity
United Kingdom36161 Posts
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jampidampi
Finland386 Posts
Nf6+ Kg7 Nh5+ Kg6 Bc2+ Kxh5 d8Q Nf7+ Ke6 Nxd8+ Kf5 e2 Be4 e1N Bd5 c2 Bc4 c1N Bb5 Nc7 Ba4 and a mate to come | ||
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urboss
Austria1223 Posts
The puzzle was presented at a chess tournament in Brussels 1987 that featured the strongest players of the time. A guy named Jim Plaskett comes into the press room full of grandmasters and sets up the position on the board: "White to play and win" he pronounces and leaves the room. For several hours, the GMs were trying to solve the puzzle. None of them succeeded, including Kasparov and Karpov. In comes Mikhail Tal, he examines the position for a few minutes, goes for a walk and comes back with the solution. | ||
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Orome
Switzerland11984 Posts
Nf6+ Kg7 Nh5+ Kg6 Bc2+ Kxh5 | ||
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urboss
Austria1223 Posts
This one is not too difficult. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/cPxgXBg.jpg) + Show Spoiler + 1. Qd4 cxd4 2. Rf7 d3 3. Rc7++ | ||
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urboss
Austria1223 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/UhrVZLz.jpg) + Show Spoiler + | ||
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3FFA
United States3931 Posts
Is it better to relax the day before or study rather hard the day before? A mix of the two? | ||
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Chewbacca.
United States3634 Posts
On March 08 2014 01:34 3FFA wrote: What do you guys do to prepare for tournaments? Do you follow any sort of day to day schedule of some sort? Is it better to relax the day before or study rather hard the day before? A mix of the two? That seems like something that would vary a lot from person to person. | ||
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Slayer91
Ireland23335 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + bxd4 obvious first move no obvious mate so after b-e3 bxq, bxqf2, kxb and forced mate with rook if n-e3 you can mate with qh2 i think | ||
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urboss
Austria1223 Posts
On March 08 2014 02:37 Slayer91 wrote: + Show Spoiler + bxd4 obvious first move no obvious mate so after b-e3 bxq, bxqf2, kxb and forced mate with rook if n-e3 you can mate with qh2 i think After 1. Bxd4, Black has many options to avoid the mate. For example 1. ... Re8, 1.... Bb2, also 1....Be3 is no mate (Black always has Re8) White's first move is a bit less obvious unfortunately. | ||
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GolemMadness
Canada11044 Posts
On March 08 2014 01:34 3FFA wrote: What do you guys do to prepare for tournaments? Do you follow any sort of day to day schedule of some sort? Is it better to relax the day before or study rather hard the day before? A mix of the two? If I have no idea who I'm going to be playing against, maybe I'll do some tactics and play a few blitz games or something. But then, I've always been pretty lazy about studying. | ||
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urboss
Austria1223 Posts
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