1. Standard memberSwissGambit
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    30 Nov '09 18:56
    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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    30 Nov '09 18:56
    Originally posted by SwissGambit
    "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with BishopS"
    In other words, the Greatest chess puzzle ever 🙂
  3. Standard memberSwissGambit
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    30 Nov '09 18:57
    Originally posted by pulern
    Where is the illegal position heinzkat?

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    There it is
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    30 Nov '09 18:59
    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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    30 Nov '09 18:59
    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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    30 Nov '09 19:00
    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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    30 Nov '09 19:09
    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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    30 Nov '09 21:272 edits
    Originally posted by heinzkat
    Only now I get the "problem B" joke. Was it composed by Otto "B" Wurzburg too?
    Problem B SOL:

    Reveal Hidden Content
    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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    09 Dec '09 21:20
    White to move

  10. Standard memberSwissGambit
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    09 Dec '09 21:35
    Originally posted by Ajuin
    White to move

    [fen]r4rk1/1p1qbppp/2p1p1b1/p3P3/3P1PP1/1BP5/P3Q2P/2BR1RK1 w - - 0 1[/fen]
    Reveal Hidden Content
    1.f5
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    09 Dec '09 21:40
    Originally posted by SwissGambit
    [hidden]message[/spooky]
    Reveal Hidden Content
    2. e6?
  12. Standard memberSwissGambit
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    09 Dec '09 21:43
    Originally posted by heinzkat
    [hidden]follow up move[/hidden]
    That looks hott to me.
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    09 Dec '09 21:45
    yup yup yup

    Reveal Hidden Content
    unless 1...,a4 of course
  14. Standard memberSwissGambit
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    09 Dec '09 21:47
    Originally posted by Ajuin
    yup yup yup

    [hidden]unless black plays that move that just helps white trap the bishop[/hidden]
    Reveal Hidden Content
    2.Bc2
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    09 Dec '09 22:48
    Originally posted by SwissGambit
    [hidden]2.Bc2[/hidden]
    😲 you gave a clou!
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