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Blog 5

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The solution to the selfmate is rather charming.

White to play and force Black to mate him in 5 moves.

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I'm not ruining it - SG has just posted the solution.

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1.Ba6axb6
2.Bb5bxc5
3.Bc4cxd4
4.Bd3dxe3
5.Be2exf2

Black mates

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I'm no good at this, but I've been messing around for a few minutes with this stuff.

Included is my thought process as well ...

What it this?

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1.Nf3Nf6
2.Ne5Ne4
3.Nc6Nc3
4.Na3Na6
5.Nc4Nc5
6.N4e5N5e4
7.Ng4Ng5
8.Nh6Nh3
9.Nb8Nb1
10.Ng8Ng1

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      Can I make it better?

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      1.g3g6
      2.b3b6
      3.Nf3Nf6
      4.Ne5Ne4
      5.Nc6Nc3
      6.Na3Na6
      7.Nc4Nc5
      8.N4e5N5e4
      9.Ng4Ng5
      10.Nh6Nh3
      11.Nb8Nb1
      12.Ng8Ng1
      13.Bg2Ba6
      14.Bb7Bg7
      15.Ba3Bb2
      16.Bc8Bc1
      17.Bb2Bb7
      18.Bg7Bg2
      19.Bf8Bf1

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          The 3rd time I went to far though. I wasted a lot of moves (especially trying to make it white to move). I'm sure you could do this one a lot shorter.

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          1.g4g5
          2.Nf3Nf6
          3.Rg1Rg8
          4.Rg3Nd5
          5.Rh3Rg6
          6.Nd4Rf6
          7.Rh6Rf3
          8.Rg6Rg3
          9.Rg8Rg1
          10.b4b5
          11.Na3Na6
          12.Rb1Rb8
          13.Rb3Rb6
          14.Nc4Nc5
          15.Ra3Rc6
          16.Ra6Nc3
          17.Rb6Ne6
          18.Rb8Ra6
          19.Ne3Ra3
          20.Ra8Rb3
          21.Rh8Rb1
          22.Nc6Ra1
          23.Nb8Nb1
          24.Nf5Nf4
          25.Nh6Rh1
          26.Ng8Nh3
          27.Bb2Ng1
          28.Bg2Bh6
          29.Bg7Ba6
          30.Bf8Bg7
          31.Bb7Bb2
          32.Bc8Bc1
          33.Nc6Bb7
          34.Nb8Bf3
          35.Bg7Bg2
          36.Bf8Bf1

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              I bet this has been done to death. ???

              Edit: On second thought, you could move the king and queen down there too!

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              Originally posted by paulbuchmanfromfics
              I'm no good at this, but I've been messing around for a few minutes with this stuff.

              Included is my thought process as well ...

              What it this?

              [pgn]1.Nf3 Nf6 2.Ne5 Ne4 3.Nc6 Nc3 4.Na3 Na6 5.Nc4 Nc5 6.N4e5 N5e4 7.Ng4
              Ng5 8.Nh6 Nh3 9.Nb8 Nb1 10.Ng8 Ng1[/pgn]

              Can I make it better?

              [pgn]1.g3 g6 2.b3 b6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Ne5 Ne4 5.Nc6 Nc3 6.N ...[text shortened]... to death. ???

              Edit: On second thought, you could move the king and queen down there too!
              I assume you're trying to make Proof Games?

              Now, here comes the hard part: the gamescore must be exact i.e., no move transpositions allowed!

              1.e4 e5 2.c4 is NOT a sound proof game [for example] because white's first and second moves can be transposed.

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