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In this chess puzzle black is in a hopeless position. But how can white apply the coup de grace by mating in one move?
Cinelli
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mc2fool wrote:Ha! That's sneaky!!! Took me yonks to work out "what am I missing?" but eventually realised....
Spoiler: Pawn Queens! De Bono would like this one!![]()
Lootman wrote:mc2fool wrote:Ha! That's sneaky!!! Took me yonks to work out "what am I missing?" but eventually realised....
Spoiler: Pawn Queens! De Bono would like this one!![]()
Yeah but it is a bit of a cheat I think. The black square being on the right is the giveaway, but there are certain things you should just not mess with.
jfgw wrote:I got it fairly quickly. It is ambiguous, however: only one of the two possible solutions can be correct.
mc2fool wrote:Lootman wrote:Yeah but it is a bit of a cheat I think. The black square being on the right is the giveaway, but there are certain things you should just not mess with.
And one of those on this board is putting giveaways in plain text.
GoSeigen wrote:jfgw wrote:I got it fairly quickly. It is ambiguous, however: only one of the two possible solutions can be correct.
Hmm I found two pairs of solutions... does it matter though? Any of the four is a solution to the puzzle as set.
Lootman wrote:mc2fool wrote:And one of those on this board is putting giveaways in plain text.
Sorry but I don't know how to do the clever hidden text thing.
Lootman wrote:You did? There are obviously two solutions, but I am not sure where you get four from, non-trivially anyway.
GoSeigen wrote:Lootman wrote:You did? There are obviously two solutions, but I am not sure where you get four from, non-trivially anyway.
I didn't exclude any level of triviality!
GS
Lootman wrote:GoSeigen wrote:I didn't exclude any level of triviality!
GS
Fair enough. Without giving too much away it can be noted that mate may be delivered by one of three different pieces!
Lootman wrote:GoSeigen wrote:I didn't exclude any level of triviality!
GS
Fair enough. Without giving too much away it can be noted that mate may be delivered by one of three different pieces!
mc2fool wrote:Lootman wrote:Fair enough. Without giving too much away it can be noted that mate may be delivered by one of three different pieces!
Uh? Well (spoiler, just in case): I can only see two, and they're really the same move. To be verbose it's pawn on c7 moves to c8 and becomes a queen or becomes a bishop.
mc2fool also wrote:Spoiler: Pawn Queens! De Bono would like this one!
UncleEbenezer wrote:I (and I think others) assumed that first reply was ingeniously constructed to encompass both possible orientations of the board!
DeBriele wrote:Yes it does Mc2. I'm with GS on 4 solutions
DB
mc2fool wrote:Lootman wrote:Fair enough. Without giving too much away it can be noted that mate may be delivered by one of three different pieces!
Uh? Well (spoiler, just in case): I can only see two, and they're really the same move. To be verbose it's pawn on c7 moves to c8 and becomes a queen or becomes a bishop.
Lootman wrote:mc2fool wrote:Uh? Well (spoiler, just in case): I can only see two, and they're really the same move. To be verbose it's pawn on c7 moves to c8 and becomes a queen or becomes a bishop.
A rook, perhaps?
mc2fool wrote:Lootman wrote:A rook, perhaps?
Uh? Rooks don't attack on the diagonal, and as the black king is fenced in and can't move, that would be stalemate.
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