White to Move© (The Turk's Tactics Thread)

kenan

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18 Mar 08 08:27

kbaumen

Sigulda, Latvia

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22 Mar 08 18:50

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Originally posted by heinzkat
[fen]1k6/1P6/1K6/1N6/2R5/2r5/8/8 w - -[/fen]

1. Rc8+ Rxc8 2. Na7 Rc1-7 (except 2. ... Rc6 because of 3. Nxc6🙄 3. Nc6+ Rxc6 4. Kxc6 Ka7 5. Kc7 and black is dead meat.

EDIT: had Rc3 instead of Rc6.

heinzkat

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22 Mar 08 18:51

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Correct - a composition by Sam Loyd (1859). Notice all other moves fail to stalemate traps.

kbaumen

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22 Mar 08 18:52

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Eh, I'm running out of puzzles (sounds dumb probably) but this is fun.

White to move.

heinzkat

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22 Mar 08 18:59

4 edits

1. Qa5+ Kc6 (1. ... Kxa5 2. Bc7 mate, or 1. ... Kb7 2. Qc7+ Ka8 3. Qa7 mate)
2. Qc7+ Kd5
3. Qd7+ Ke4 (3. ... Kc5 4. Ba7 mate)
4. Qc6+ Kf5
5. Qe6+ Kg5
6. Qh6+ (cute) Kg4/Kh4 (6. ... Kf5 7. Qf4 mate, or 6. ... Kxh6 7. Bf4 mate)
7. Qf4+ Kh3
8. Qg3 mate

kbaumen

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22 Mar 08 19:31

Originally posted by heinzkat
1. Qa5+ Kc6 (1. ... Kxa5 2. Bc7 mate, or 1. ... Kb7 2. Qc7+ Ka8 3. Qa7 mate)
2. Qc7+ Kd5
3. Qd7+ Ke4 (3. ... Kc5 4. Ba7 mate)
4. Qc6+ Kf5
5. Qe6+ Kg5
6. Qh6+ (cute) Kg4/Kh4 (6. ... Kf5 7. Qf4 mate, or 6. ... Kxh6 7. Bf4 mate)
7. Qf4+ Kh3
8. Qg3 mate

Nicely done.

Composed by L. Kubbel.

P.s. I hope I spelled his name correctly. I have it written in Latvian.

heinzkat

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22 Mar 08 19:36

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Leonid Kubbel, sure I think that's the correct spelling.

White to move, mate in 3 moves (another composition of his)

SwissGambit

Caninus Interruptus

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23 Mar 08 19:22

Originally posted by heinzkat
Leonid Kubbel, sure I think that's the correct spelling.

[fen]6n1/2K1p2Q/4k3/8/8/2B5/8/7B w - -[/fen]

White to move, mate in 3 moves (another composition of his)

1.Bh8 Nf6 2.Qg6 Ke5 3.Qe4#

heinzkat

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23 Mar 08 19:27

Correct.

SwissGambit

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23 Mar 08 19:43

heinzkat

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23 Mar 08 20:09

Must start with
1. Ng3+ Kh4
2. Kb2 [2. ... Kxg3 3. Bc6] c1=Q+
3. Kxc1 Be4 [trying to promote that pawn]
4. Nh1 [!] Bxh1 [4. ... Kg5 5. Bh3 [even Bc8 works I think] 5. ... Kf6 6. Nf2 and Black cannot win]
5. Bh3 [!] Bc6 [5. ... Kxh3 6. d7]
6. Bg2 [!] Bxg2 [6. ... Bd7 7. Ke2 and White has a draw easily]
7. d7 h1=Q+
8. Kd2 [this must be it] and Black cannot stop the d7 pawn - draw.

I think this was composed by Sam Loyd - but I'm not entirely sure. At the start I thought it was, but now it could well be somebody else.

ilywrin

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23 Mar 08 20:28

Originally posted by heinzkat
I think this was composed by Sam Loyd - but I'm not entirely sure. At the start I thought it was, but now it could well be somebody else.

If I recall right, the author is Mark Liburkin.

heinzkat

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23 Mar 08 20:34

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Then the solution as posted is the correct line (the position was composed by Mark Liburkin, 1949)

White to move.

ilywrin

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23 Mar 08 20:57

Originally posted by heinzkat
Then the solution as posted is the correct line (the position was composed by Mark Liburkin, 1949)

[fen]r4r1k/1bnqb2p/p4p2/1p1ppPp1/4P1Q1/1BN4R/PPP2BPP/2KR4 w - -[/fen]

White to move.

Looks like: 1.Rxh7+ Kxh7 2.Qh5+ Kg7 3.Qg6+ Kh8 4.Rd3 g4 5.Qh5+ Kg~ 6.Qxg4+ Kh8 (6...Kf7 7.Qg6# ) 7.Rh3#.

heinzkat

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23 Mar 08 21:08

Correct, although there is one more move available for Black: 4. Rd3 Qxf5! and mate in eight instead of seven. From Volokitin - Savchenko, 2004.

ilywrin

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23 Mar 08 22:36

White to move