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Chessproblem 001

Chessproblem 001

Posers and Puzzles

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Let us start with an easy one:

White to move



Author: Karel van der Weide

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No, Sebastian Filippas - Ivan Salgado Lopez, European Youth Chess Championship/Fermo 2009 😞

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oh okay, sorry

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Black is a 17 or 18 year old GM yet he walked into this; they are awarding those titles to almost anyone nowadays 😛

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I'm not very good at these things, but I think Rxh7 is a win.

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Originally posted by heinzkat
Black is a 17 or 18 year old GM yet he walked into this; they are awarding those titles to almost anyone nowadays 😛
If Kramnik can get mated in one, anything's possible.

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🙂

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Rxh7 is the right move here!

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Originally posted by romwel
Rxh7 is the right move here!
Followed by
...Kxh7
Qh5 #

Doesn't work if you do something else 😛

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Yes what if black upsets the board instead of playing Kxh7 ?

Or the mock heart attack?

Or "Look behind you!"

Black still has many good replies to Rxh7 ... unfortunately none of them are legal chess moves.