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Problem 10

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It's easy but has a spiffy solution, so please don't post any solutions here. If you absolutely need validation, send me a PM. 🙂

Sam Loyd
Holyoke Transcript 1867

White mates in 3

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Originally posted by SwissGambit
It's easy but has a spiffy solution, so please don't post any solutions here. If you absolutely need validation, send me a PM. 🙂

Sam Loyd
Holyoke Transcript 1867
[fen]b7/PP6/8/8/7K/6B1/6N1/4R1bk[/fen]
White mates in 3
I guess this is harder than I thought. I've had only one (wrong) try so far.

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I sent a PM. The mate in 3 proviso is the kicker, so I had to "back up" a few times to do it.

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SOLV'D [Mephisto2, Paul Leggett]

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This one took me ages (about fifteen minutes). I guessed the wrong first move and it took ten minutes before I concluded that I'd guessed wrong.

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Does it count as cooked if White has two ways to mate with his third move?

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That frustrating moment where Swiss Gambit said it would be easy, then I can't do it 🙁

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Originally posted by Fat Lady
Does it count as cooked if White has two ways to mate with his third move?
No - that's usually called a 'dual'. It's a more minor flaw. And Q/B or Q/R promotion 'duals' are exempted, because there is no way for the composer to avoid them.

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Originally posted by Fat Lady
Does it count as cooked if White has two ways to mate with his third move?
I was hung up on that a bit as well, trying to figure if it made a difference somehow.

I finally decided that if it did, SG would surely tell me!

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