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e4
Joined 06 May '08 Moves 42492 ...composed by Leonid Kubbel.
White to play to Checkmates in two moves.
Clue: That is not a clumsy sentence, it is written just as I intended it.
RHP Arms
Joined 09 Jun '07 Moves 48793 Originally posted by greenpawn34
...composed by Leonid Kubbel.
White to play to Checkmates in two moves.
[fen]8/4P1Q1/2P5/8/8/6Pk/5P2/7K w - - 0 1[/fen]
Clue: That is not a clumsy sentence, it is written just as I intended it. The board is upside down
the solution is
c8 promoting to a grey queen
:-)
2014.05.01
Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 Originally posted by wolfgang59
The board is upside down
the solution is
c8 promoting to a grey queen
:-) But if the board's upside-down, black isn't mated. He has a5 as a flight.
2014.05.01
Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 I must have seen this before, because there's no way I would guess it.
Edit: removed hidden sol...want to see if others can actually get this. 🙂
e4
Joined 06 May '08 Moves 42492 Ill add another clue by changing very slightly (adding one letter, a 'w'😉 to the condition
Its' not:
White to play to Checkmates in two moves.
It's:
White to play two Checkmates in two moves.
The other clue is in the title of the thread.
Linkenheim
Joined 22 Apr '05 Moves 653730 so c8Q# or c8bQ# (you can convert the pawn to any Queen)
e4
Joined 06 May '08 Moves 42492 But you have to give Black a move, at the moment he is stalemated.
Joined 21 Feb '06 Moves 6830 I've got it -
Reveal Hidden Contenttwo checkmates means two kings! 1.e8= black king Kd8 2.Qd7 double mate
So when did the rules change to make this illegal?
e4
Joined 06 May '08 Moves 42492
Black is currently stalemated.
So...White promotes the pawn to another Black King.
Note taking any other Black piece will not allow two mates (now in one move.)
because now it is Black's move and he plays the only legal move. 1...Kd8.
and Qd7 mates both Kings.
New Braunfels, Texas
Joined 22 Aug '07 Moves 72168 Originally posted by greenpawn34
...composed by Leonid Kubbel...He also uses pieces sitting on the line between 2 squares and uses a board with 8.5 files! 🙄
2014.05.01
Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 Originally posted by MontyMoose
He also uses pieces sitting on the line between 2 squares and uses a board with 8.5 files! 🙄 In fairness, he did a great many serious, orthodox problems as well.
2014.05.01
Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 Here is another joke problem by von Holzhausen.
Place any piece on an empty square, then white stalemates in one move.
e4
Joined 06 May '08 Moves 42492 HI S.G.
I don't know this one.
Just a wee bit of clarification, is it a piece already on the board
or is it any piece not on the board.
Joined 21 Feb '06 Moves 6830 Not too tricky if you've read the rest of this thread!
Reveal Hidden ContentPut a black king on b8, then 1.Qc6 is stalemate since Black cannot move his queen without putting one king in check
2014.05.01
Joined 11 Apr '07 Moves 92274 Originally posted by greenpawn34
HI S.G.
I don't know this one.
Just a wee bit of clarification, is it a piece already on the board
or is it any piece not on the board. It is not a piece that is already on the board. A hint: it has something in common with the Kubbel problem.
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