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Magnificent Puzzles (9)

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Submitted by Phobetor on Sun, 02/01/2009 at 2:24pm.

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.

Below is the 9th puzzle. Black seems to be winning, with his strong h-pawn. White's extra b-pawn doesn't seem to make a difference. Or does it? It's white to play and...draw! Composed by V. Kalandadze in 1981.

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Comments:

by GeoffreyBernardo - 8 months ago
Pretoria South Africa
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 142

I prefer "White to play and WIN" puzzles by far!

by lubo - 8 months ago
Sofia Bulgaria
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 453

First! ... ops :) that was for the daily puzzle. Anyway, I solved this one

by draco_alpine - 9 months ago
London England
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 489

YES solved 1 thanks this is a great puzzle stalemate hides are great!

Thanks!

by h777 - 9 months ago
Vancouver Canada
Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 7290

Its stalemate if black takes the rook nice puzzle

by luis3141 - 9 months ago
Argentina
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 93

Another really nice puzzle.

by Grakovsky - 9 months ago
United States
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 917

Fantastic puzzle! Now if Black captures the rook it is stalemate. Thank you.

 
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