20 Aug '10 07:14>
Simple, but instructive. White to play and win
Author: G. Zakhodjakin ,1932
Author: G. Zakhodjakin ,1932
Originally posted by skeeterReveal Hidden Content
Very good. After Kc7....a3 is forced ( as are all blacks moves ) then Ba4 and the mate becomes obvious despite the Queening of the 'a' file pawn
skeets
PS.... tried 5 times to 'hidden' this but it seems it can't be accomplished with the edit feature ??
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyTa heaps GB. That must have been it as I actually had it working OK but then thought I should probably mention to ignore the queening pawn threat and it went south after that. Can't edit it out now but perhaps a kindly mod could delete it so as not to spoil it for others??
[hidden]Very good. After Kc7....a3 is forced ( as are all blacks moves ) then Ba4 and the mate becomes obvious despite the Queening of the [b]a file pawn[/hidden]
'Hidden' no likey apostrophes (and, I think, quotation marks).[/b]
Originally posted by skeeterReveal Hidden Content
Bugger. Just realised that the 'hidey thingy' doesn't work in a 'reply and quote' post so it's pointless. Apols to Meph2 for that.
skeets
Originally posted by Mephisto2Simple?!
Here's another one (to test out the 'hidden' thing, lol):
Unbelievable that K+2N vs K+N can win, yet so simple to make it happen in this position. White to move
[fen]4n1k1/8/3NN1K1/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 0[/fen]
Puzzle by Johan Nepomuk Berger, 1921
edit. there are multiple solutions, but all the same idea
Originally posted by Mephisto2Reveal Hidden Content
Here's another one (to test out the 'hidden' thing, lol):
Unbelievable that K+2N vs K+N can win, yet so simple to make it happen in this position. White to move
[fen]4n1k1/8/3NN1K1/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 0[/fen]
Puzzle by Johan Nepomuk Berger, 1921
edit. there are multiple solutions, but all the same idea