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That last one was too difficult?Or everyone just lost interest?

Here's an easy one.

White to play

Bf6+...Nxf6...2.pxf6mate.....yeah pretty easy...the last one i could not get just looking at it...

Originally posted by toeternitoe
Next round in the tourney.You're facing your old nemesis.He's rated 200 points lower than you but,for some reason,he always beats you.And yes,things look grim again.
However,there is a way to save the half point.

Black to move and draw
[fen]8/pB6/4nk2/8/4P3/5K2/7P/8 b - - 0 1[/fen]

Probably a bit more difficult but a good lesson in defense/swindling 🙂

toet.

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I set it up so you can force off the pawn with 1... Ng5+ 2.K any Nxe4 and draw since the h-pawn cannot queen.

I hadn't even seen that 1... Nc5 works too!
too funny 😛

Dusty,you got the mate in two right.
I think a pawn delivering mate is always nice.

toet.

I went with the with Knight check line (check all checks).
Black has the wrong Bishop.

Just posted a nice not too difficulr work out from the Blobby Knobby
game in the the Thread titled Swindle. (good game as well to play over).

you mean white has the wrong bishop.but it's the right one....for black

now I've confused myself

your knob thing: he'd draw

toet.

Originally posted by toeternitoe
you mean white has the wrong bishop.but it's the right one....for black

now I've confused myself

your knob thing: he'd draw

toet.

Oh, and one from my own games, pretty forcing so not that hard:

Originally posted by Gatusso
Oh, and one from my own games, pretty forcing so not that hard:

[fen]r1bk3r/ppp3pp/2q5/3pR3/1n6/3P4/PPP3PP/RNBQ3K[/fen]

mate in 4 (not counting a useless material giving move that postpones mate 😛)

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Yep, thats the way the game went, and that other move is indeed a slight bug, still proud of that mate though, I was a 1500 player back then.

well it's only a bug when presented as a mate in 4 problem.If you simply say 'white to play and win' it's already fixed.

And as an actual game it's indeed a nice mate.Pawnmates,gotta love 'em 🙂

toet.

You're white.What do you do?

white to play

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Nice one, heres a few more (from an Euwe book), all black to move:

Originally posted by Gatusso
Nice one, heres a few more (from an Euwe book), all black to move:

[fen]4rrk1/pppb4/7p/3P2pq/2PQ4/6P1/PP3nKP/R3RNN1 b - - 0 1[/fen]
mate in 3

[fen]1k6/ppp3Qp/3q2p1/8/bn6/P5P1/1P3r1P/KR3R2 b - - 0 1[/fen]
mate in 4

And the last one is quite tricky, find the winning move:

[fen]1r4k1/p2q1ppp/8/3b4/3n4/P1Q5/PBPP1PPP/R4R1K b - - 0 1[/fen]