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Mate with Stipulations.

Mate with Stipulations.

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My favorite mate with stipulations was her reply, "Well ok, but you have to take me to dinner first." 😲

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Another try at freeing the white bishop.

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Originally posted by tvochess
Another try at freeing the white bishop.

[pgn][Event "enkel lopers spelen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4p1B1/2P5/4pP1p/2P1P2P/P6B/2K2PP1/k7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.16"]
1. Bh6 Ka2 2. Bc1 Ka1 3. Bd2 Ka2 4. Bb4 Ka1 5. Bc3+ Ka2 6. Bb2 e6 {Zugzwang.} ...[text shortened]... Bc1 Ka1 8. Bd2 Ka2 9. Bb4 Ka1 10. Bc3+ Ka2 11. Bb2 exf5 {Zugzwang.}[/pgn]
Keep going!

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Don't have the time right now. Will give someone else a chance. 😉

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Think I got it now.Going down tvo's path

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Seems like the solution. Though I'm still trying to figure out how to counter 16 ... f4 instead of fxe4.

EDIT: After 17. f3 your white bishop is trapped. So I guess it is not good enough 😉.

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Perhaps this is a more forcing way.
After 12. Bxe5 there are 3 options for white.
a)12. ... Kxa3 (see pgn 2)
b)12. ... fxe5 (see pgn 1)
c)12. ... f4 13. Bxf4 Kxa3 following the principle of option a again (no problems because the bishop covers the a7-g1 diagonal at all times)







Please tell me if I missed something.

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Thanks Paladin for keeping them right whilst I was away.

The first one was quite easy. Only the 2nd White move needs thinking about.
All of Black's moves are forced.



The Bishops Only Problem. (composed by H.E. Dudeney BCM 1917.)

Here is Paladin's solution from the 18th June 2008.



Line 2



Green Paladin and I will see you all again in another 4 years.

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Originally posted by tvochess
Wilfried, you moved the White king... I think it starts with this sequence, after which the white bishop can be brought in the game to mate.

[pgn][Event "enkel lopers spelen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4p1B1/2P5/4pP1p/2P1P2P/P6B/2K2PP1/k7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[Sou Bxe3 Ka1 9. Ba6 Ka2 10. Bb5 Ka1 11. Ba4 Ka2 12. Bb3+ Ka1 13. Bd4#
[/pgn]
disregard.

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Originally posted by tomtom232
[pgn][Event "enkel lopers spelen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4p1B1/2P5/4pP1p/2P1P2P/P6B/2K2PP1/k7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.16"]
1. Bh6 Ka2 2. Bc1 Ka1 3. Bd2 {the point is that you can never go to b2 with check... once you notice that this is a cake ...[text shortened]... t of that box just to try and put it back in... 😕
I don't understand why everybody wanted to let the king out of that box just to try and put it back in... 😕

"White can only move his Bishops." 😕

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Originally posted by Green Paladin
I don't understand why everybody wanted to let the king out of that box just to try and put it back in... 😕

"White can only move his Bishops." 😕
aha... I didn't apply that to the pawn. fxe4 puts a whole new twist on the problem then. hmmm.