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"Winton British Solving Championship"



White to move and mate in 2 moves.

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@BigDoggProblem

Both my ideas lead to.checkmate, could be in 2, but black could force another move.

1.e2xf3 something 2.Ke2 #


No, that does not work, due to a worthless sac.

1.kf2 still has a worthless sac that makes it more than 2

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@BigDoggProblem

1. Qb2. If the rook moves, Qh8#. If the knight moves to d2 then Kxd2#, if it moves to a3 then O-O-O#. If fxe2 Qb7#

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@BigDoggProblem

e3 Any move by black then Ke3#, impossible due to Rxc2...

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@BigDoggProblem

1. Qb2 a) fxe7 2. Qb7# b) 1. ... Rmoves 2. Qh8# c) 1. ... Nd7 2. Kxd7# d) 1. ... Na3 2. 0-0-0#


Nice. I got it after
wondering why there was a pawn on c5.

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@DeepThought

SOLV'D

That pawn on c5 is rather unfortunate, from a composer's standpoint.

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@BigDoggProblem

pawn takes pawn, then king moves forward

which I now realise doesn't work at all 🤣🤣

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@petewxyz

It would lead to checkmate, just possibly in 4 I think.

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@Eladar
Worth a go. Determined to learn the game but just now it is beating me!

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@petewxyz said
@Eladar
Worth a go. Determined to learn the game but just now it is beating me!
Play good players and you feel like you know nothing.

Play poor players you can feel like a champion.

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@petewxyz said
@Eladar
Worth a go. Determined to learn the game but just now it is beating me!
What you've described is mate in at most 4.
1. exf3 Rxc2 (1. ... Nd2 2. Kxd2#, 1. ... Na3 2. Ke2# or Kd2#.) 2. Qxc2 forcing a knight move so a) 2. ... Nd2 3. Kxd2# and b) 2. ... Na3 3. Ke2+ (3. Kd2 Nb1+.) Nb1 4. Qc1#
.

With problems, depending a little on the style, each piece on the board is there for a specific reason. So you have to spend a little time asking questions like:
What does the pawn on c5 stop?
. Also, in problems,
if a king and a rook are on their starting squares castling is always possible and in those cases almost always part of the solution, especially if it is on the queenside
, they really like doing that.

This is distinct from puzzles and positions from real games where there'll be pieces and pawns that aren't really part of the problem.

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This is all excellent stuff🚬

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@DeepThought
Thanks for that

Move the Queen so it is taken by the Knight is only route to castling, but I haven't figured out why the Knight would be compelled to take the Queen??

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When I saw the Ke1 and Ra1.


I knew 0-0-0 mate must be in there somewhere. Never got around to solving it.

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Saw everything, except

Castles... dammit!


Thanks for sharing dogg.

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