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The Great Chess Puzzles Thread

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Originally posted by heinzkat
Huh? Oh, really a DUAL. I thought you meant two solutions. But then 1... Nf6 and 1... d5 can be exchanged too. What kind of a PG is this 🙄
It was one from the free-wheelin' days where they didn't care about no stinkin' duals.

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Originally posted by SwissGambit
"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with BishopS"
In other words, the Greatest chess puzzle ever 🙂

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Originally posted by pulern
Where is the illegal position heinzkat?

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There it is

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Originally posted by SwissGambit

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There it is
Can't it get in via the green card lottery?

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Originally posted by heinzkat
In other words, the Greatest chess puzzle ever 🙂
Certainly helps the thread live up to its title. 😀

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Originally posted by heinzkat
Can't it get in via the green card lottery?
It tried to marry a legal puzzle, but its appearance put them off.

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Originally posted by pulern
Problem B:

Mate in 4

[fen]8/1PqPbpp1/2r4p/2n3r1/2kPppB1/2N4p/2P4P/1NQRnKR1 w - - 0 0[/fen]
Only now I get the "problem B" joke. Was it composed by Otto "B" Wurzburg too?

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Originally posted by heinzkat
Only now I get the "problem B" joke. Was it composed by Otto "B" Wurzburg too?
Problem B SOL:

1. Nd2+ Kb4 2. Qa3+ Kxa3 3. Rb1 and white giggles while black wriggles and mumbles something unintelligible and hurries away from the board

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White to move

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Originally posted by Ajuin
White to move

[fen]r4rk1/1p1qbppp/2p1p1b1/p3P3/3P1PP1/1BP5/P3Q2P/2BR1RK1 w - - 0 1[/fen]
1.f5

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Originally posted by SwissGambit
[hidden]message[/spooky]
2. e6?

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Originally posted by heinzkat
[hidden]follow up move[/hidden]
That looks hott to me.

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yup yup yup

unless 1...,a4 of course

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Originally posted by Ajuin
yup yup yup

[hidden]unless black plays that move that just helps white trap the bishop[/hidden]
2.Bc2

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Originally posted by SwissGambit
[hidden]2.Bc2[/hidden]
😲 you gave a clou!

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