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Greetings From France

Merry Christmas 2018

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Solutions Update

Easier Problem - White To Play

5k2/5p1p/1qp5/p2n4/r4pQB/2b4P/1P3PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 1

1.Re8+!

Not 1.Qc8+ Kg7 2.Re8 Nf6! and White's quick win slips away.

1...Kxe8
2.Qc8+ Qd8
3.Qxd8#

Denker's Problem

3r2nk/7p/5ppP/6p1/3B4/p6N/B6K/8 w - - 0 1

1. Nxg5 Rf8

Black's knight absolutely needs to stay where it is to protect the pawn on f6: 1...Ne7 2.Bxf6#)

And of course, the bishop cannot be taken: 1...Rxd4 2. Nf7#.

2.Nf7+ Rxf7
3.Bxf7 a2
4.Bxa2 g5
5.Bc3 g4
6.Kg3 Nxh6
7.Bxf6#

Black's knight absolutely needs to stay where it is to protect the pawn on f6: 1...Ne7 2.Bxf6#

And of course, the bishop cannot be taken: 1...Rxd4 2. Nf7#.

Off the reservation's analysis is pretty good, so I'm just going to copy and paste it:

39 More Challenging Problem

1. Nxg5 Rf8 (or Rd7)
2. Nf7+ Rxf7
3. Bxf7 ...

Now if the black N moves, then Bxf6# and the white B on the a2-g8 diagonal can stay anywhere on the diagonal so only the black pawns on a3 and g6 can move.

When the a3 pawn moves the B on a2-g8 takes it.
When the g6 pawn will be blocked by the white king
and there is Zugzwang and:

... Nxh6 (or Ne7)
Bxf6#

Posted by: Off the reservation at December 22, 2018 06:04 PM (vWMNq)

Hope to see you all next week!

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Note: that cryptic line of letters and numbers you see underneath each board diagram is a representation of the position in what is known as "Forsyth-Edwards Notation", or F.E.N. It's actually readable by humans. Most computer applications nowadays can read FEN, so those of you who may want to study the position, you can copy the line of FEN and paste into your chess app and it should automatically recreate the position on its display board. Or, Windows users can just "triple click" on it and the entire line will be highlighted so you can copy and paste it into your chess app.

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So that about wraps it up for this week. Chess thread tips, suggestions, bribes, rumors, threats, and insults may be sent to my yahoo address: OregonMuse little-a-in-a-circle yahoo dott com.

posted by OregonMuse at 05:27 PM

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