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Originally posted by rookorbycrook
oh the answer is displayed i see now... yes rd8 check but also force the king to d3 without the check with rh5 just as effective
1.Rd8 isn't check (but the right first move)

1.Rh5? Kd3 doesn't give white a checkmate in 1 move

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yh sorry was putting rook on e8 my mistake dnt i feel like a fool lol

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Originally posted by rookorbycrook
[pgn]rh5 kd3 nc5[/pgn]
I think you forgot to number your move. No that was not it. Maybe an illegal move. Forgot to put the fen for the position, since this is not the beginning of a game.



This is not a Exuma puzzle after all. This gives me encouragement that the next one has a solution too. But 1. Rh5 does not work.

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yes i realised rd8 then nc5

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Originally posted by RJHinds
I think you forgot to number your move. No that was not it. Maybe an illegal move. Forgot to put the fen for the position, since this is not the beginning of a game.

[pgn]
[FEN "7R/1B1N4/8/3r4/1K2k3/8/5Q2/8 w - - 0 1"]
1. Rd8 Kd3 2. Nc5+ {Now solve the next one}
[/pgn]

This is not a Exuma puzzle after all. This gives me encouragement that the next one has a solution too. But 1. Rh5 does not work.
I don't quite follow.Of course the puzzles have a solution.That's the whole point of a puzzle,to solve it.

What is an exuma puzzle?

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I just finished this game in a coffee house, white to move. 🙂

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Originally posted by Wilfriedva
I don't quite follow.Of course the puzzles have a solution.That's the whole point of a puzzle,to solve it.

What is an exuma puzzle?
It is a puzzle composed by Exuma. Here is an example:

White to Mate in 6 moves. Clue -- you must sac the rook.



Only greenpawn34 was able to solve it with the help of some funny arithmetic.
But actually it is not clear if it can be solved, because Exuma has never returned to give the solution.

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Originally posted by ChessPraxis
[fen]6k1/3n3p/5p1Q/4p1pP/3p1nP1/5P2/6r1/7K[/fen]
I suppose this is your example of a Exuma puzzle with Black to move and mate in 6 or is it a mate in 2, but without a clue.

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Originally posted by RJHinds
I suppose this is your example of a Exuma puzzle with Black to move and mate in 6 or is it a mate in 2, but without a clue.
Sorry Ron, I added some text after I put it up.


Originally posted by ChessPraxis
[fen]6k1/3n3p/5p1Q/4p1pP/3p1nP1/5P2/6r1/7K[/fen]

I just finished this game in a coffee house, white to move. 🙂
1.Qg7 Kx 2.h6 and stalemate.

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Originally posted by SwissGambit
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SOLV'D
I know it isn't a hard problem, I was just happy to have had the chance to play it live in a total lost game with seconds ticking away. 🙂

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