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This is my first chess problem. Or better to say first harder one, others I constructed were either too easy or had few different solutions. This one is finally OK. :-)
And please, try without Fritz for at least few minutes.

Any comments would be appeciated.

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?

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That is incorrect. Black plays Qg4 and you are mated. :-)

Here is a little hint: first few moves are forced due to the mate threat on g4.

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what is incorrect? the fact that i have no clue. Hence the (?)

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Originally posted by Starryknight14
(if you need fritz to solve this then you should probably ask your mommy to tell you a bedtime story and give up on chess for a few years...)
Lol, what a pathetic patzer you are. And lazy too, you could have at least checked with Fritz that your answer is not correct. Actually it loses, and you have to win. ROFL

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Just ran it through chessmaster white wins

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so you are saying that (?) question mark is a losing move? I use it all the time when i am looking for forced mate. Who are you to tell me that ? is a bad move. After i play 23 ? it follows 23... ?. Then it transposes to ?! via 24 ?!#. Thus mate is forced.













Patzer............

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I love your avatar lee. Where did you get it?

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Originally posted by leestatic
Just ran it through chessmaster white wins
How long did it need to find all the moves?
Fritz finds it in like 10-15 secs but it takes him maybe few more seconds to see all moves. :-)

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Just ran 23 ? through fritz and it confirmed my above line was correct. ? is the best move.

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Well since axb loses to Qg4#, what about 23 axb+? Capturing the pawn... WITH TEMPO!

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Originally posted by Starryknight14
I love your avatar lee. Where did you get it?
thanks http://www.animationlibrary.com
it took about ten mins i set it up and kept switching sides.

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Wow, 10 minutes!
5th move is hardest one to find, right? (just to check if your solution is OK)

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Originally posted by Mislav
Wow, 10 minutes!
5th move is hardest one to find, right? (just to check if your solution is OK)
B4 KB7

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Originally posted by leestatic
B4 KB7
Yes. Actually after b4, cxb4 is my main line, cause then idea of b4 is seen.

So the solution goes: 1.a7+ Ka8 2.cxb7+ Kxb7 3.a8=Q+ Qxa8 4.Rxa8 Kxa8 5.b4! cxb4 6.d4 (stops black's knight from giving check on e5, after Nxd7) b3 7.d7 Nxd7 8.h7 b2 9.h8=Q+ Kb7 10.Qh7