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Puzzle Created Author Color Moves Difficulty
430014-May-08concordborn -- All variations but one lead to a smothered mate.
Alt. solutions: heinzkat
B6
(4)
429914-May-08jembar -- Four bishops!!!!!
Improved by: slavisa (mate in 2 instead of 3)
Alt. solutions: slavisa, heinzkat
W2
(5)
429814-May-08slin_reloaded -- white to move, mate in 3 movesW3
(16)
429713-May-08flying2828 -- From one of my games against a player rated 1856. I added in the pawn on e7 to make it a force mate…
Alt. solutions: slavisa, codebreaker , alex_p_84
W4
(12)
429613-May-08ralbama1 -- There has to be a quicker solution than 6.
Improved by: codebreaker (mate in 4 instead of 5), codebreaker (mate in 5 instead of 6)
Alt. solutions: codebreaker
W4
(11)
429513-May-08ralbama1 -- Mate in 5... or less.
Alt. solutions: codebreaker , pyotr_kropotkin, wizard2011, alex_p_84, larsq, slavisa, ralbama1, intrepidexplorer
W5
(4)
429413-May-08maximev -- this is simple mat in 2W2
(18)
429313-May-08neliz193 --
Alt. solutions: soultosqueeze
W2
(17)
429213-May-08blip49 --
Alt. solutions: larsq, heinzkat , codebreaker
B4
(12)
429113-May-08mjrtoo -- Black to move, mate in three.B3
(14)
429013-May-08heinzkat -- Black to move, mate in two.B2
(12)
428913-May-08heinzkat -- Mate in four.W4
(10)
428813-May-08nuntar -- Pikaso - Goldmund (2003)
Alt. solutions: codebreaker
W6
(11)
428713-May-08nuntar -- Christiansen - NN (2003)
Alt. solutions: heinzkat , flying2828 , easy19
W10
(15)
428612-May-08pusaandfink --
Improved by: heinzkat (mate in 2 instead of 3)
Alt. solutions: heinzkat
W2
(9)
428512-May-0888ichabod88 -- the first move is importantW5
(12)
428412-May-08ralbama1 -- Mate in 3, er 2... shoot, I thought I had prevented that...
Improved by: pyotr_kropotkin (mate in 2 instead of 3)
W2
(11)
428312-May-08pyotr_kropotkin -- An attractive mating combination from a friend's GK game.
Alt. solutions: codebreaker
B6
(13)
428212-May-08animusrex -- W4
(10)
428112-May-08gm_lemoncake -- W3
(8)
428012-May-08jetpac -- My first puzzle - not very hard, and it didn't end up working the way I pictured it in my head, but …
Improved by: heinzkat (mate in 4 instead of 5)
Alt. solutions: nuntar, codebreaker
W4
(10)
427912-May-08manu21 -- properly a quicker solution jsut wanted to make my #9
Improved by: heinzkat (mate in 5 instead of 6)
Alt. solutions: jahayek, heinzkat , codebreaker
W5
(10)
427812-May-08heinzkat -- Mate in four.W4
(11)
427712-May-08heinzkat -- Mate in five.W5
(10)
427612-May-08nuntar -- McDowell (2004)W4
(10)
427512-May-08heinzkat -- Mate in six, lots of alternative solutions...
Alt. solutions: heinzkat
W6
(3)
427412-May-08animusrex -- B9
(11)
427311-May-08benka --
Alt. solutions: pyotr_kropotkin
W2
(13)
427211-May-08jakey101 -- It's not hard to tell this was taken from a game between two grandmasters.... (not …
Improved by: heinzkat (mate in 2 instead of 3)
Alt. solutions: specialistol, pyotr_kropotkin, alex_p_84
W2
(12)
427111-May-08jakey101 -- Black's down the exchange for two pawns and a king: prove it! B4
(12)
427011-May-08jakey101 -- I seem to make too many puzzles similar to each other-this is no exception. Not too hard, though =)W2
(9)
426911-May-08flying2828 -- I had an easier version of this checkmate in an actual game... Oh, whoops. I should've kept it exa…
Improved by: codebreaker (mate in 2 instead of 4)
B2
(9)
426811-May-08florante28 -- my first puzzle hope they like it.........W3
(10)
426711-May-08heinzkat -- Vassily Ivanchuk - Bu Xiangzhi, 2008. LoaS.W13
(18)
426611-May-08nuntar -- Van der Heijden (2004)
Alt. solutions: codebreaker
W3
(11)
426511-May-08pyotr_kropotkin -- Further variations on a theme. The king hunt as I originally intended it to be seen.B11
(11)
426411-May-08nuntar -- Kramnik - Sokolov (2005)W5
(6)
426311-May-08pyotr_kropotkin -- Variations on a theme. Although not quite the same theme as the initial solution to puzzle #4262, a …
Alt. solutions: heinzkat
W8
(5)
426211-May-08pyotr_kropotkin -- Black to move and mate in eleven, a solution I was inputting at the exact same time as heinzkat. Mis…
Improved by: heinzkat (mate in 11 instead of 12)
Alt. solutions: nortimra
B11
(10)
426111-May-08tinny1 -- the dancing queenW5
(9)
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