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01 Sep 07
01 Sep 07
Originally posted by ivan2908Not quite instantly, but took me about 5 seconds.
Take your stopwatch and solve it !! What is your result? White mates in two. After we solve this many times, someone else can submit other problems, so we can se who is the faster and more accurate!
[fen]r2qr2k/pbpp2pp/1p5N/3Q2b1/2P1P3/P7/1PP2PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 0[/fen]
01 Sep 07
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Originally posted by ouwe belgwhen you do enough of problems, you see the 'ordinary' things (like the king where it usually is) at first glance. you just recognize the king, its pawns and the knight + queen right away, and know what to do. there's no calculation, just recognition. it's the exceptions which take the time. -like if the king was somewhere in the middle, surrounded by a jumble of pieces, that would take the couple of seconds to register in my mind.
Yeah I understand.But first you need to locate the pieces.I would think that part takes everyone at least a few seconds.
01 Sep 07
1...2-3 sec
2...2-3 sec (like the solution!)
3...2-3 sec
4...40 sec
5...15 sec.
to solve mate in 2's you don't have to look at and study the whole board, just find the king, see whats attacked, and then work out a way to attack. (which is obvoiusally the hardest part)
01 Sep 07
I'm going to be honest here, unlike some posters (*cough*CIV*cough*). All 5 instantly for a 1400 RHP? Yeah, right.
OK, for me,
1... Less than 1 sec (I've seen it numerous times before, so I already knew it.)
2... About 20 sec.
3... About 45 sec.
4... About 1 min.
5...About 5 min. (I had tunnel vision on this one. I kept looking at a wrong line, refusing to believe that a different one would work. Like I said, I'm lousy at tactics.)
01 Sep 07
Originally posted by wormwoodGuess I'm just a bit slow then.Once I've spotted the enemy king and my pieces that can attack it I saw the tactic in the blink of an eye.Just takes me a few seconds to locate the relevant pieces.
when you do enough of problems, you see the 'ordinary' things (like the king where it usually is) at first glance. you just recognize the king, its pawns and the knight + queen right away, and know what to do. there's no calculation, just recognition. it's the exceptions which take the time. -like if the king was somewhere in the middle, surrounded by a jumble of pieces, that would take the couple of seconds to register in my mind.
Anyway,great idea this thread 🙂
01 Sep 07
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Originally posted by ShinidokiYou killed the thread! Too difficult :-)
ok here's a new one.....taken from a Corr. game of mine.
READ THIS FIRST!
Black to move and win -- clearly blacks first move is exf2+, and white must respond with Kh1...however, I want you to calculate what happens after 1...Kxf2 [hint: mate in 12]
[fen]r4rk1/p4ppp/3q1n1b/2Rp4/3P4/1P2pNPb/PB2BP1P/3QR1K1 b - - 0 1[/fen]
There is some more mates in two while waiting for someone who will solve your problem !
Beware, this problems are harder, find ALL possible mates in two, there is more solutions than one (6 solutions on first problem, then 4, 5, and 6 again) ! Mate in two are for 7 years old, who said that before?! 😛
Here you go: