1. e4
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    18 May '09 12:39
    Hi guys.

    Heinzcat posted a couple of wonderful Knight mates in the middle
    of the recent thread 'The Joy of Knight Mating' but that thread has
    gone all tits up and these masterpieces seem to have slipped by unnoticed.

    Marvel at the perfect and humerous timing of the first one.

    And the second one is like watching a 'B' movie.
    The Three Amigos! hunting down the Baddie.

    Don't try to solve them, just click 'play' and enjoy the sheer artiristy
    that went into composing these wee of joys of creativity.



    [/b]
  2. Pale Blue Dot
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    18 May '09 14:01
    Originally posted by greenpawn34
    Hi guys.

    Heinzcat posted a couple of wonderful Knight mates in the middle
    of the recent thread 'The Joy of Knight Mating' but that thread has
    gone all tits up and these masterpieces seem to have slipped by unnoticed.

    Marvel at the perfect and humerous timing of the first one.

    And the second one is like watching a 'B' movie.
    The Three Amigos! ...[text shortened]... + Kc3 29. Nf6xd5+ cxd5 30. Nxd5+ Kb3 31. Nd4+ Ka4 32. Bc2+ Ka5 33. Nc6#[/pgn]
    [/b]
    [/b]Those are spectacular! Here's one taken from Lasker's Manual of Chess. White to play and draw.

  3. The Hague
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    18 May '09 14:18
    Originally posted by greenpawn34
    Hi guys.

    Heinzcat posted a couple of wonderful Knight mates in the middle
    of the recent thread 'The Joy of Knight Mating' but that thread has
    gone all tits up and these masterpieces seem to have slipped by unnoticed.

    Marvel at the perfect and humerous timing of the first one.

    And the second one is like watching a 'B' movie.
    The Three Amigos! ...[text shortened]... + Kc3 29. Nf6xd5+ cxd5 30. Nxd5+ Kb3 31. Nd4+ Ka4 32. Bc2+ Ka5 33. Nc6#[/pgn]
    [/b]
    Excellent. Beautiful!
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    18 May '09 14:201 edit
    Originally posted by Green Paladin
    Those are spectacular! Here's one taken from Lasker's Manual of Chess. White to play and draw.[/b]
    Ha, I was thinking of digging up that threefold repetition as well 😉
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    18 May '09 14:591 edit
    Four more; this "Knight mates" results in entertaining finds indeed:







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    18 May '09 15:04
    Originally posted by greenpawn34
    Hi guys.

    Heinzcat posted a couple of wonderful Knight mates in the middle
    of the recent thread 'The Joy of Knight Mating' but that thread has
    gone all tits up and these masterpieces seem to have slipped by unnoticed.

    Marvel at the perfect and humerous timing of the first one.

    And the second one is like watching a 'B' movie.
    The Three Amigos! ...[text shortened]... + Kc3 29. Nf6xd5+ cxd5 30. Nxd5+ Kb3 31. Nd4+ Ka4 32. Bc2+ Ka5 33. Nc6#[/pgn]
    [/b]
    😲
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    18 May '09 15:10
    And another one:

  8. Pale Blue Dot
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    18 May '09 15:57
    Another from Lasker's Manual:
  9. e4
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    18 May '09 16:53
    These are all very lovely - nowhere near as good as the first too though.

    I wonder if anyone has put that 2nd one through a box to see
    if it's cooked.
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    18 May '09 17:01
    Originally posted by greenpawn34
    These are all very lovely - nowhere near as good as the first too though.

    I wonder if anyone has put that 2nd one through a box to see
    if it's cooked.
    I did,thinking it would never find it.But within 10 seconds fritz said 1.Na4+ #33
    Amazing 😕
  11. ...who does not know
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    18 May '09 19:16
    Originally posted by greenpawn34
    These are all very lovely - nowhere near as good as the first too though.

    I wonder if anyone has put that 2nd one through a box to see
    if it's cooked.
    What does that mean, to put it in a box to see if it's cooked? Forgive my ignorance please. Just wondering?
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    18 May '09 20:282 edits
    Originally posted by Eric LeFavour
    What does that mean, to put it in a box to see if it's cooked? Forgive my ignorance please. Just wondering?
    It's GP slang for feeding the position to a chessengine (a box) to see how it handles it (an attempt to make the thing implode aka 'cook it'😉

    edit: we forgive your ignorance 😉
    edit II: for now! 😛
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    18 May '09 21:03
    Originally posted by Eric LeFavour
    What does that mean, to put it in a box to see if it's cooked? Forgive my ignorance please. Just wondering?
    It means to put it in a microwave and see if it cooks.
  14. ...who does not know
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    18 May '09 21:06
    Originally posted by Romanticus
    It's GP slang for feeding the position to a chessengine (a box) to see how it handles it (an attempt to make the thing implode aka 'cook it'😉

    edit: we forgive your ignorance 😉
    edit II: for now! 😛
    You guys kill me. LOL After reading some of the "other" knights mates threads. It would be aweful if I disclosed that I did not know who "the pride and sorrow" was either. However, I do claim to be green and am very aware of Fisher and Capablanca. I don't know where Kasparov falls in all of that but it looks like I need a good book to thicken what I don't know. I will be researching Morphy though probably all evening. LOL I don't know shloads about them but I do know who they are. 😀
    Thanks again for the education Romanticus/Greenpawn. Or should I get all bent out of shape and start yelling wolf?
    Just a joke for anyone not thinking I was just joking. So to clarify, I was just joking! 🙂
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    18 May '09 21:26
    On a more serious note a chess problem is "cooked" when there are more than one key(ie first) moves.
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