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not bad but I find more difficult those having many possible variations...

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Originally posted by Jasen777
[fen]8/7b/8/8/1N5p/1pp5/7Q/k1K5[/fen]
I count mate in five but perhaps there is mate in four. White has to do something about b3-b2+...

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Originally posted by heinzkat
I count mate in five but perhaps there is mate in four. White has to do something about b3-b2+...
I saw a mate in two until I noticed someone placed a bishop way out there on h7.

Mate in 5 looks right.

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I think I found a white draw but I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be aiming for more here though it looks like it could be the purpose of the composition.

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Originally posted by Uries
I think I found a white draw but I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be aiming for more here though it looks like it could be the purpose of the composition.
1.Qa2+! bxa2 2.Nc6 and the knight will reroute through d4 to b3 or c2

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correct solution is forced mate in 5--Qa2!-b3 x Q/Nc6!-Bc2/K x B-h3/Nd4-h2/Nb3+checkmate-all other black moves are checkmate in fewer than 5 moves-----------😉

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Originally posted by RECUVIC
correct solution is forced mate in 5--Qa2!-b3 x Q/Nc6!-Bc2/K x B-h3/Nd4-h2/Nb3+checkmate-all other black moves are checkmate in fewer than 5 moves-----------😉
Quite unique notation.Bit confusing.What's it called?

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Originally posted by Romanticus
Quite unique notation.Bit confusing.What's it called?
It is a secret notation which is taught to you once you become a Grandmaster. Recuvic really shouldn't have used it in a public forum and I fear that he will now be forced to track down and kill us all.

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Originally posted by Romanticus
Quite unique notation.Bit confusing.What's it called?
I like this superior GM notation, a combination of algebraic and descriptive notation, quite a lot. 😀

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You guys are funny 😛
But seriously,I've never seen such notation.Does it have a name?

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It's a mixture of Algebraic and Descriptive called 'Wonkerlund' and
soley used for solving problems/studies that have Knights.

Years ago when I switched from descriptive to algebraic
I discovered that CHANDLER has eight unique letters.

So I used my name in place of the A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H.

So e4 was d4. Nc3 was Na3 and h4 was r4.
This not only totally baffled my opponents it baffled me as well.
I only used it about twice.

Using the normal algebraic notation you can spell out words.

1.c4
2.a3
3.b3
4.b4
5.a4
6.g3
7.e3

The cabbage formation.

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
It's a mixture of Algebraic and Descriptive called 'Wonkerlund' and
soley used for solving problems/studies that have Knights.

Years ago when I switched from descriptive to algebraic
I discovered that CHANDLER has eight unique letters.

So I used my name in place of the A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H.

So e4 was d4. Nc3 was Na3 and h4 was r4.
This not only t ...[text shortened]... 7.[b]e3

The cabbage formation.

[fen]8/8/8/8/PPP5/4P1P1/3P1P1P/RNBQKBNR[/fen][/b]
LOL!Gotta try one too 🙂

1.a3
2.Ra2
3.Ra1
4.a4
5.Nc3
6.g4
7.e4
8.d3

The 'arranged' formation.

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
It's a mixture of Algebraic and Descriptive called 'Wonkerlund' and
soley used for solving problems/studies that have Knights.

Years ago when I switched from descriptive to algebraic
I discovered that CHANDLER has eight unique letters.

So I used my name in place of the A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H.

So e4 was d4. Nc3 was Na3 and h4 was r4.
This not only t ...[text shortened]... 7.[b]e3

The cabbage formation.

[fen]8/8/8/8/PPP5/4P1P1/3P1P1P/RNBQKBNR[/fen][/b]
This cannot be coincidence. I was thinking about something along these lines for a chess problem just yesterday night. I only need some word to spell out... something like:

"For example" an h#2

1. Ba6 Rb3 2. Ba3 Ra4#

(this is more or less impossible but you get the idea, it is possible to include letters a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-k-q-r-b-n-x-O-O-e-p to spell out something nice, but what could it be?)