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Nice puzzles !

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Edit:This is one of Kramnik's games which I guess he is black.. to move.

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Is this the one from his infamous match with Fritz, when he blundered mate in one?

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Is that what happened. He was white and lost!? I just found a picture of it with a few pieces marked.
I thought he was BLACK.

1. Kg8 ..Ng moves
2. Qe3.. (fight)
3. Pawn wins down A-file.

Me bad. NEXT.

Just looking at it a3 looks better for move 2.. or maybe Qf2.

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Wow.. what a bad blunder I made. Somebody hurry up and do another puzzle.

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Originally posted by d36366
That's a good one.

The main line is:

1 Qa8+ Kg7 2 Bxe5+! Qxe5 (else BxQ) 3 Qh8+! Kxh8 (else QxQ) 4 Nxf7+ and 5 Nxe5 and white is a knight up...



Is it a real game?
Yes, well done.
That one's a construct, not an actual game position.

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It's very nice. I wonder it someone should spot it in the real game..

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Originally posted by Kakapo
Wow.. what a bad blunder I made. Somebody hurry up and do another puzzle.
white to move (Zukertort/Anglish 1883)

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Originally posted by wittywonka
[fen]4n3/8/Q3N1pR/2Brk1K1/4q3/8/B7/4R3 w[/fen]

White to move and mate in as few moves as possible.

Courtesy of User 276371.
1.Qf1!! [threat 2.Qf4#] 1...Kxe6+ 2.Qf5#
Triple pin.

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Originally posted by Squelchbelch
white to move (Zukertort/Anglish 1883)
[fen]4k3/p1P3p1/2q1np1p/3N4/8/1Q3PP1/6KP/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
I'm probably wrong since I just glanced at it but does Qb5 work?

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Yep. Nice puzzle !

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Originally posted by yosiman
I'm probably wrong since I just glanced at it but does Qb5 work?
Yes that's right.
The answer is
1.Qb5!...Qxb5
2.c8Q+...Kf7
3.Qxe6+!...Kxe6
4.Nc7+...Ke5
5.Nxb5
& black cannot stop the white K from getting to the corner, nabbing the a-pawn although white still needs to play reasonably carefully.

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Originally posted by d36366
That's a good one.

The main line is:

1 Qa8+ Kg7 2 Bxe5+! Qxe5 (else BxQ) 3 Qh8+! Kxh8 (else QxQ) 4 Nxf7+ and 5 Nxe5 and white is a knight up.

The ending with N+2P v 3P is actually a bit tricky but is a win for white. I wonder if there's something better but the the combo is so neat that this must be the solution, I guess.

The other lines start 1 ...[text shortened]... queens and takes the rook - two pieces up
2 .. Kd8 3 Nxf7+ and 4 NxQ

Is it a real game?
it's from a Petrosian game: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1106312









black to play.