Henry Edward Bird

Originally posted by Ice Cold
2...KxN
But then I'm an idiot. 🙁

Fine.

Then I say 1. Nc6 Kxf7 2. Na8#

its prettier anyway.


and


Rc8+ Kxa7 Ra8+ Kxb6 Qc6#

Originally posted by Nowakowski
Fine.

Then I say 1. Nc6 Kxf7 2. Na8#

its prettier anyway.


and


Rc8+ Kxa7 Ra8+ Kxb6 Qc6#

Nc6...Kxa7

I told you I was an idiot. 🙁

Originally posted by Ice Cold
Nc6...Kxa7

Nc6xKa7

Queen Sac!

1. Qg8+ Rxg8 2. Ra8+ Kxc7 3. Nd5#

lol

Originally posted by Nowakowski
Nc6xKa7

Damn dyslexia, sorry you're right, of course. 🙂 I had Knight a8 and not c6 for some reason. 🙁

Originally posted by Ice Cold
Damn dyslexia, sorry you're right, of course. 🙂 I had Knight a8 and not c6 for some reason. 🙁

How about winning with style? Tossing both rooks out the window?


1. Rcxb7+ Bxb7 2. Rxb7+ Nxb7 3. Nc6+ Kc7 4. Na8#

Originally posted by Nowakowski
How about winning with style? Tossing both rooks out the window?


1. Rcxb7+ Bxb7 2. Rxb7+ Nxb7 3. Nc6+ Kc7 4. Na8#

That was nice 🙂

GIN had some very pretty solutions.

Originally posted by Exuma
Wait a minute - Ra8+..Kxc7

Yeah, Nowa corrected me ... 1.Ra8+ Kxc7 2.Qc6#

The second solution I gave works, though...1.Rc8+ Ka7 2.Ra8+ Kb6 3.Qc6#

Was something wrong with the diagram? Obviously, there are lots of shorter mates. 😛

Originally posted by SwissGambit
Yeah, Nowa corrected me ... 1.Ra8+ Kxc7 2.Qc6#

The second solution I gave works, though...1.Rc8+ Ka7 2.Ra8+ Kb6 3.Qc6#

Was something wrong with the diagram? Obviously, there are lots of shorter mates. 😛

Yes the diagram is pretty strange! How in the world could the position ever occur anyway? I wasn't sure if I translated it correctly from the notation in the Bird e-book, and also wasn't sure if the pieces moved the same at the time of creation of the puzzle 😲

Just playing around. I admit I missed the mate(s) in 2 and thought it was a mate in 3. How it could possibly be a mate in 9 I have no idea. I was half expecting GP to show up with a pretty way to do it in 9 moves. Nowa's ones are fun enough though, in the spirit of the bizarre setup.

Originally posted by Exuma
Yes the diagram is pretty strange! How in the world could the position ever occur anyway? I wasn't sure if I translated it correctly from the notation in the Bird e-book, and also wasn't sure if the pieces moved the same at the time of creation of the puzzle 😲

Just playing around. I admit I missed the mate(s) in 2 and thought it was a mate in 3. How it ...[text shortened]... to do it in 9 moves. Nowa's ones are fun enough though, in the spirit of the bizarre setup.

Well, it certainly is a legal position, if not plausible from a game between two decent players. However, many good problems are not at all concerned with that.

HP Rehm

Mate in 7

Sorry swiss, that just hurts my head... so many black pawns don't belong on the 2nd
rank.

As to the previous position - its solved!!!


#9
1. Rc8+ Kxa7 2. Ra8+ Kxb6 3. Rxa6+ Nxa6 4. Qb5+ Kc7 5. Qd7+ Kb6 6. Qc6+
Ka7 7. Nb5+ Ka8 8. Qxa6 Kb8 9. Qa7#


and because some of you out there think Queen sac's are cool... here is a knightly
mate with a queen sac... 🙂

1. Qxb7+ Bxb7 2. Rcxb7+ Nxb7 3. Ra8+ Kc7 4. Nd5#

Originally posted by Nowakowski
Sorry swiss, that just hurts my head... so many black pawns don't belong on the 2nd
rank.

It's just two of them. 😛

Originally posted by SwissGambit
It's just two of them. 😛

oh dear,

and 2 on the 3rd i fear.


who could let such a thing happen?


oh dear.

Originally posted by Nowakowski
oh dear,

and 2 on the 3rd i fear.


who could let such a thing happen?


oh dear.

It might not be as fun as a problem with a million short solutions [🙄] but maybe some of our more logically inclined readers will give it a try.