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Chess Puzzles #9 - Endgame (Difficult)

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Which of these 5 puzzles is your favorite?

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  • 3 Months Ago

    PardalsemCasa

    1.Ne1 a1=Q+ and there's no knight fork cause white must deal with check to its king...

  • 3 Months Ago

    Drak0dan

    ... How is the solution in the first one the best? Ne1 goes for the same fork, without losing the Bishop.

  • 5 Months Ago

    ka7th

    is it possible to make these puzzles interactive (ie post them like the daily puzzle)?

  • 5 Months Ago

    PardalsemCasa

    OMG!!! Surprised

  • 5 Months Ago

    tileei

    First: A bit easy but I didn't saw the Nd4 move.

    Second: I thought something like Qxd5. I didn't see the mate Qa3#

    3rd: The only that I solved.

    4th: I think the most difficult

    5th: My favourite.

  • 5 Months Ago

    rupnaylak

    First was easy. Second was easy once you find the idea. Third was hardish. Fourth and fifth were nice, but simple.

  • 5 Months Ago

    drunkennite

    puzzle #2

  • 5 Months Ago

    doubledouble

    Nice puzzles!

  • 5 Months Ago

    Wrinn

    First puzzle:  I considered Nd4 before Bf6 with the idea of the draw position.  

    2nd:  Wow I wasn't expecting that at all.  It's obvious that black threatens mate with Qa3#.  I considered Nc5 blocking the bishop's view of a3, Bxc5 Qxa5+ Kb8 c7+ Kb7 Qxc5, but couldn't see much after this point.

    3rd:  For some reason I never considered that the h pawn could move 2 spaces.  I got all the way up to Bxd7 and then was lost.  Why is it that the simplest moves are often hardest to see?

    4th:  Well I figured it would involve promoting the h-pawn.  I missed the better Kc4 and chose Kd5 again, and instead of Nf8 I chose Nd8 with the idea of Nf7 watching the h8 square and being able to move there if chased away by a pawn.  I couldn't think of a variation after this.

    5:  Ka2 is where I went wrong :(  

     

    The 3rd problem is what struck home the most for me.  How often do we get into these positions and not realize we have winning mate in #  positions?

     

    Great vid, thanks for posting

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