An easy one

A study, white to play and win.

Good One
The simplest positions can have nice hidden tactics.
If only "white to play and win" would pop up during real games ...

Edit: I may have spoken too soon!

The solution I thought about was wrong!

This position does what I intended:



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Originally posted by paulbuchmanfromfics
Good One
The simplest positions can have nice hidden tactics.
If only "white to play and win" would pop up during real games ...

Edit: I may have spoken too soon!

The solution I thought about was wrong!

This position does what I intended:

[fen]8/8/8/7r/2R5/3k4/8/R2K4[/fen]

[hidden]1.Rh4! [/hidden]

As far as I can tell, the only way to win as white is to assume that you haven't moved a couple of pieces.

That totally gives it away. Maybe you should edit or hide that.

Originally posted by paulbuchmanfromfics
Good One
The simplest positions can have nice hidden tactics.
If only "white to play and win" would pop up during real games ...

Edit: I may have spoken too soon!

The solution I thought about was wrong!

This position does what I intended:

[fen]8/8/8/7r/2R5/3k4/8/R2K4[/fen]

[hidden]1.Rh4! [/hidden]

Yep, that move draws in the original position simply because black can cover the rook after white plays payback on the mate threat via rook checks and a skewer at the end. 🙂