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White to play and NOT mate

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A different kind of puzzle. White to play and NOT mate in one move!

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Originally posted by BobbyG
[fen]B5KR/1r5B/6R1/2b1p1p1/2P1k1P1/1p2P2p/1P2P2P/3N1N2 w - - 0 1[/fen]

A different kind of puzzle. White to play and NOT mate in one move!
Rc6+

Took me a while though!

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cool

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please stop. Just please, this puzzle has been posted some 10 times. I have a feeling it may even be on another thread on this very page. The answer is Rc6. Most people will be able to tell you the answer as soon as you write the thread title. Let it die.

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How do you print these someone please?

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Originally posted by mazda9934
How do you print these someone please?
ok, confused at first...
i was thinking, any king move...
duh!
then I realized that no mates mean we can't stalemate either...
and I agree...
this is the dumbest puzzle on earth...

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Originally posted by rubberjaw30
ok, confused at first...
i was thinking, any king move...
duh!
then I realized that no mates mean we can\'t stalemate either...
and I agree...
this is the dumbest puzzle on earth...
No, this is the \"dumbest\" puzzle on earth.


White mates in 6

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Originally posted by SwissGambit
No, [b]this is the \"dumbest\" puzzle on earth.
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[/b]
I took the liberty to combine your dumbest puzzle on earth with the original thread title. I think that makes it the new dumbest puzzle on earth 🙄

White to play and NOT mate.

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Originally posted by crazyblue
I took the liberty to combine your dumbest puzzle on earth with the original thread title. I think that makes it the new dumbest puzzle on earth 🙄

White to play and NOT mate.

[fen]K1k5/P1Pp2p1/1p1P2P1/8/p7/P7/6P1/8 w - - 0 1[/fen]
Heh. 1.g3! leads to stalemate. A fitting companion to the original version.

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Originally posted by BobbyG
[fen]B5KR/1r5B/6R1/2b1p1p1/2P1k1P1/1p2P2p/1P2P2P/3N1N2 w - - 0 1[/fen]

A different kind of puzzle. White to play and NOT mate in one move!
Simple answer?

White resigns