Posers and Puzzles
For each move, find the unique game ending in that move.
4...b5#
4...Re1+
4...Re2
4...Qb5#
5. Ng3#
5. Qxe4#
5...Rxh1#
6. gxf8=N#
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1. d4 c6
2. Kd2 Qa5+
3. Kd3 Qa3+
4. Kc4 b5#
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1. e4 h5
2. Qxh5 Rxh5
3. e5 Rxe5+
4. Kd1 Re1+
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1. e4 h5
2. Qxh5 Rxh5
3. e5 Rxe5+
4. Kd1 Re2
In Christ
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Black
White
1 d4 e5
2 Kd2 Qg5+
3 Kc3 exd4+
4 Kb3 Qb5#
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Black
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1. h4 d5
2. h5 Nd7
3. h6 Nf6
4. hxg7 Kd7
5. Rh6 Ne8
6. gxf8N#
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1. g4 h5 2. gxh5 Rxh5 3. Bh3 Rxh3 4. Nf3 Rxh2 5. Ne5 Rxh1#
{Black mates} 0-1
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Originally posted by David113
For each move, find the unique game ending in that move.
4...b5#
4...Re1+
4...Re2
4...Qb5#
5. Ng3#
5. Qxe4#
5...Rxh1#
6. gxf8=N#
As Dejection's line has shown, 5...Rxh1# is cooked. It should be 5...Rh1# [no capture]
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1. d4 e5
2. Qd3 Ke7
3. Bg5+ Ke6
4. Be7 e4
5. Qxe4#
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1. e3 e6
2. Qg4 Ke7
3. Ne2 Kf6
4. Qxg7+ Kf5
5. Ng3#
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Originally posted by SwissGambit
As Dejection's line has shown, 5...Rxh1# is cooked. It should be 5...Rh1# [no capture]
Cannot find that one.
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Originally posted by heinzkat
Cannot find that one.
That has the most beautiful solution of the lot. It's worth the effort to find.
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I'm not trying to solve SwissGambit's one, but try this...
3. Qxe5#
Not that hard, but kinda fun.
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Originally posted by c0lefalk
I'm not trying to solve SwissGambit's one, but try this...
3. Qxe5#
Not that hard, but kinda fun.
1.e3 [or 1.e4] e5 2.Qh5 Ke7 3.Qxe5#
The dual disqualifies it from this list, however.
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Wow, twelve minutes.
Good job. Ran into it on chessgames.com
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