"Puzzle #3"

Submitted by rubyflyer on Thu, 11/20/2008 at 6:30pm.

 Note: There is more than one answer.

» posted in Fun & Trivia
 

Comments:

by BorgQueen - 23 days ago
Adelaide Australia
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 192

I hate puzzles like this; who cares what move you play, white still wins with such an overwhelming material advantage.  Just about any move you make leads to mate.

by MarkShinelov - 31 days ago
Russia
Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 268

OK... Just how are you supposed to get 4 pawns in a file in a game? good puzzle otherwise.

by Komoliddin07 - 31 days ago
Toshkent Uzbekistan
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 1551

hard

by sss3006 - 37 days ago
blore India
Member Since: Oct 2008
Member Points: 103

why not b-f2 ch, etc etc? hmm as noted, lots of possibilities

by hancock - 46 days ago
India
Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 21

there was many other moves to checkmate

by progmtl - 47 days ago
Massachusetts United States
Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 2

Some advice: I think a well-constructed chess problem's solution should be the one which works in fewest moves, or if there are multiple such solutions, either they are all valid or the most elegant is the "correct" one.

In this case there is a better solution:

1. Bxh2+ g1=Q

2. Rxg1+ Nxg1

3. Qxg1++

Also, it is not clear why all the extra pawns, white's light squared bishop, etc. In a composed problem I suppose you can throw extra pieces in to mislead. But if you are trying to illustrate a point, it just muddies things up.

EDIT: I thought the white pawn was moving downward for some reason.  Please disregard the proposed solution.

-progmtl.

by ShahidAnwer - 47 days ago
Lahore Pakistan
Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 237

very Puzzling Puzzle :)

 

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