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06 Aug 06

BigDogg

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06 Aug 06

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Originally posted by aginis
Got it in one, i guess that one wasn't so tough.

ch. 7 #521 WW
[fen]4kr2/R4p2/6p1/8/1K6/3B4/8/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]

Try: 1.Kc5? f5 2.Kd6 Rf6+ and Black activates his Rook.

Sol: 1.Bf5! gxf5 2.Kc5 f4 3.Kd6 f5 4.Ke6 and Black loses his Rook.

aginis

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07 Aug 06

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ch 7 #522 WW

Mephisto2

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07 Aug 06

Originally posted by aginis
ch 7 #522
[fen]8/8/2Pb2pk/1R1B4/6Pp/5R1K/2r5/8[/fen]

Black wins with 1. ... Rh2# 😛

White wins with 1.g5 and now
a) Kxg5 2.Be4+
b) Kh7 (or Kg7) 2.Rb7+ Kh8 3.Rff7 and after a few black rook checks black gets mated
c) Kh5 2.Rg3! Rh2+ 3.Kxg2 Bxg3+ (hxg3+ then simply Kg2 and later Rb7 wins) 4.Kh3 and later Rb7 forcing the bishop to sacitself.

aginis

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07 Aug 06

ch 7 #527 WW

(if the better players could give everyone else a chance please)

aginis

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08 Aug 06

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hmmm no takers huh?
well here's another
ch 7 #530 WD

aginis

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15 Aug 06

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i'm gonna bump this see if there is any interest, cause no one tried the last two puzzles.

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15 Aug 06

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Originally posted by aginis
These are excerpts from Chess School 3

chap. 7 Searching for Unusual Solutions

#516 WW (White to play and Win)
[fen]k4b2/Pp4BP/1P6/8/1p2p3/1P2P3/2K5/8[/fen]

doh!

D

BigDogg

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16 Aug 06

Originally posted by aginis
hmmm no takers huh?
well here's another
ch 7 #530 WD
[fen]5k1K/7P/6B1/5P2/p2p4/8/8/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]

1.f6 a3 2.Bf7 d3 3.Bg8 d2 4.f7 and Black can't release the stalemate, because 4...Ke7? 5.Kg7 allows White to queen with check.

aginis

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17 Aug 06

Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
1.f6 a3 2.Bf7 d3 3.Bg8 d2 4.f7 and Black can't release the stalemate, because 4...Ke7? 5.Kg7 allows White to queen with check.

exactly. now try #527

Mephisto2

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17 Aug 06

Originally posted by aginis
exactly. now try #527

1.f7+ Kg7 2.f8=Q+ Kxf8 3.Rf1+ and if the king goes to the e-file, then Rfe1 wins. If the king goes the g-file then 4.Rg2+ Rg3 (if the king goes to the h-file then Rh1 with similar follow up on h-file) 5.Rfg1 wins.