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Chess Problem

I can not show a diagram to this puzzle, as I have forgotten the solution. It exists, though! Trust me!

 

Starting with a normal position, you must make a game that ends in 5 full moves (5 for white, 5 for black) in which the last move is 5...gxh1=N#. So in other words, black, on his fifth move, must capture a piece on h1 with a g2-pawn, promote it to a Knight, and checkmate white. I read somewhere that Botvinik or someone like that (someone really good) gave up on it and said it was impossible. Are you smarter than the ex-world champion?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

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  • 12 months ago

    jrcolonial98

    Mayb

  • 12 months ago

    birdsopening

    Are you sure it's not 6 moves? It takes 5 moves just to get the pawn to h1, but then the white king can go to g2, so black will need six moves, five to put the pawn on h1, 1 to cover the g2 square. I just spent an hour trying to do five moves and I still can't do it.

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