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Re: Chess puzzle

Post by duncandisorderly » Tue Jun 22, 2021 4:10 pm

Zlatan wrote:
Tue Jun 22, 2021 4:06 pm
a7-b8…?
Queen to A1
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Re: Chess puzzle

Post by duncandisorderly » Tue Jun 22, 2021 4:11 pm

eastanglianclaret wrote:
Tue Jun 22, 2021 4:09 pm
I was gonna say g7-g6....I'm intrigued to know how white gets mate with the next move after queen to A8

Queen to H8

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Re: Chess puzzle

Post by kendaldave » Tue Jun 22, 2021 4:13 pm

duncandisorderly wrote:
Tue Jun 22, 2021 12:43 pm
Queen to A8 wins.

Someone as Black tell me what they'd do once I've moved to my queen to A8 and I'll tell you how I counter to force mate.


edit - just realised how dickish that sounds. I only mean that there's more than one move available to Black so there's more than one move available to white....
I'll try a neutral move, pawn to b5.

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Re: Chess puzzle

Post by duncandisorderly » Tue Jun 22, 2021 4:15 pm

kendaldave wrote:
Tue Jun 22, 2021 4:13 pm
I'll try a neutral move, pawn to b5.
Queen to A7

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Re: Chess puzzle

Post by Devils_Advocate » Tue Jun 22, 2021 4:16 pm

duncandisorderly wrote:
Tue Jun 22, 2021 12:43 pm
Queen to A8 wins.

Someone as Black tell me what they'd do once I've moved to my queen to A8 and I'll tell you how I counter to force mate.


edit - just realised how dickish that sounds. I only mean that there's more than one move available to Black so there's more than one move available to white....
I'm obviously missing something as I can only see the queen as the only white piece who can mate after your first move and the only mating squares are d5 or e4 which are both defended by black knights.

So if after your first move I play pawn b6-b5 what's your mating move?

Edit seen response to this so what about Bishop a7-b8

Edit: Seen it now well done

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Re: Chess puzzle

Post by kendaldave » Tue Jun 22, 2021 4:20 pm

I think Duncan's cracked it. Brilliant!

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Re: Chess puzzle

Post by duncandisorderly » Tue Jun 22, 2021 4:24 pm

Just call me Duncan Kasparov.
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