Chess puzzles should be fun!

doodinthemood

Posers and Puzzles

15 Mar 08 09:51

eldragonfly

leperchaun messiah

thru a glass onion

Joined: 19 Apr 03
Moves: 16870

12 Apr 08 17:39

Originally posted by doodinthemood
Forget the insanely difficult retrograde analysis and cunning but unrealistic mates in two. Let's have some simple but fun problems 😀

[fen]1K5R/2Bk1k2/2k1pPk1/2pk1k1N/2k3kP/1R1NkkP1/2B2p2/3R1Q2[/fen]

White to play and checkmate every king on the board in 1

Ne5

heinzkat

Joined: 25 Apr 06
Moves: 5939

12 Apr 08 17:52

This one doesn't work so well on a screen:

Mate in 0.5

LemonJello

Joined: 24 Apr 05
Moves: 3061

12 Apr 08 18:11

Originally posted by SwissGambit
Oh, snap! Pawns in the blast radius don't explode. Fortuitously, the masterpiece can yet be saved:

[fen]3kk3/QB2k2N/Qrr1k2N/Qrr1k3/Qrr1k3/QN2k2N/4k2N/1K1kk3 w - - 0 1[/fen]
Mate in 1
Atomic Chess

Nxc5##########?

heinzkat

Joined: 25 Apr 06
Moves: 5939

12 Apr 08 18:29

1 edit

Originally posted by LemonJello
Nxc5##########?

The Knight is pinned by the Rook on b4, so Nxc5 is illegal? Or are there even more additional rules?

Edit: never mind, of course a pinned piece is allowed to capture the piece that is pinning it!

SwissGambit

Caninus Interruptus

2014.05.01

Joined: 11 Apr 07
Moves: 92274

12 Apr 08 19:21

Originally posted by LemonJello
Nxc5##########?

Very good! No wonder this thing went unsolved for a month...

SwissGambit

Caninus Interruptus

2014.05.01

Joined: 11 Apr 07
Moves: 92274

12 Apr 08 19:23

Originally posted by heinzkat
This one doesn't work so well on a screen:

[fen]7k/8/5N2/8/8/8/8/B7[/fen]

Mate in 0.5

Lift Nf6, discovering check, and watching the g8 and h7 squares still.

Reminds me of another joker:

Mate in half a move

Jirakon

In Christ

Joined: 30 Apr 07
Moves: 172

13 Apr 08 02:48

Black

White

Mate in 1/3 move.

Dejection

Joined: 12 Sep 07
Moves: 2668

13 Apr 08 04:13

The final third of exf8=Q.
The first third is taking the piece, the second is grabbing your new queen, and the final is placing the queen on the board

Jirakon

In Christ

Joined: 30 Apr 07
Moves: 172

13 Apr 08 04:22

The first third is taking the piece, the second is grabbing your new queen, and the final is placing the queen on the board

I was thinking f8Q#. The first third is moving the pawn to f8. The second is removing the pawn. I counted grabbing the queen and placing it as the same thing.