Magnificent Puzzles (24)

Submitted by Phobetor on Sat, 03/21/2009 at 9:06am.

There are many places where you can find simple tactical puzzles (for example Chess.com's Tactics Trainer or Daily Puzzle) or more complicated puzzles with highly unlikely positions, where the key move is a totally unexpected move. There are only few places however where you'll find puzzles which are complicated but yet simple. Puzzles with few pieces on the board, but with a very elegant solution. In the Magnificent Puzzles I'll try to entertain you with such puzzles.

The 24th puzzle by M. Liburkin, 1949, is another miniature, with only six pieces left on the board. Still the solution is quite unexpected, with white forcing a draw in a very original way. How does white force a draw? Good luck!

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Comments:

by Phobetor - 3 months ago
Eindhoven Netherlands
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no NinjaBear, then Qd1 stops white from getting a queen

by NinjaBear - 3 months ago
Salt Lake City (USA) China
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Does Kb2 accomplish the same thing? -instead of Kd2-

by madpawn - 6 months ago
London England
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Thanks for taking the time!

by Dekker - 7 months ago
Limmen Netherlands
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bedankt voor de puzzel!

by Pavrey - 7 months ago
Mumbai India
Member Since: Jun 2007
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Good one - the motif with the pawn queening with check is sublime

by Ranong9 - 7 months ago
Bangkok Thailand
Member Since: Feb 2009
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        BISHOP  d7   h3          B   h1    c6

        BISHOP  h3   g2           B   c6    g2

                    d6   d7                h1  * Q *

         KING     c1  d2            B  g2     f3

                     d8  * Q * +

and so all .          DRAW

by James8 - 7 months ago
San Jose, California United States
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cannot believe it that I solve it without a single mistake the first time. must be getting better...Cool

by uritbon - 7 months ago
tel aviv Israel
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got it wrong because in my calculations, the check factor evaded me...

by jalali - 7 months ago
tehran/iran Iran
Member Since: Jan 2009
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very nice puzzle good luck

by nqi - 7 months ago
Southland New Zealand
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Got the right theme... Quite similar in many ways to Reti endgame compositions

by diomed1 - 7 months ago
Minnesota United States
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    Nice one.

by WScott336 - 7 months ago
Traphill, North Carolina United States
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Member Points: 123

Another great puzzle.  Thank you very much.

 

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