Chess Puzzle #19291

CHESS PUZZLE, FEN 8/8/8/p4p1p/p6p/K3Q2p/p1r4p/rk2b2n w - -

Added by:	fikzter
Added on:	22-Dec-09
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Difficulty:	chess puzzle 8/8/8/p4p1p/p6p/K3Q2p/p1r4p/rk2b2n w - -
Attempts:	2200
Solved:	49 (2%)


White to move, mate in 74

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ooooops
30-Mar-11, 21:44

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Really great puzzle

fikzter
17-Apr-11, 08:44

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Thanks

Thanks I liked it too. Was hard to add to the puzzle selection

ooooops
17-Apr-11, 11:23

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Yeah all those moves

supahsonic
30-Apr-11, 15:59

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...

HOW THE HECK DO YOU DO THIS!?

fikzter
01-May-11, 01:13

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uhm

Do you mean to ask what the solution is?

supahsonic
01-May-11, 18:18

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ummm...

It kind of has a lot of moves...

howru
12-May-11, 11:20

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This puzzle brought my average number of incorrect moves WAY up! It's hard not to make any mistakes when the solution is that long...

torrey64
02-Aug-11, 21:38

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torrey64
02-Aug-11, 21:42

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I easily gave this puzzle one star difficulty rating...........................................not.

fikzter
02-Aug-11, 23:43

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Hahaha

Yeah, it's a long puzzle. Found the basics somewhere, don't remember. edited a bit so it would fit in this puzzle compiler.

it was fun

edwardbutler
22-Aug-11, 01:32

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I want my 15 minutes of my life doing that puzzle back!

darcy1234
22-Aug-11, 02:17

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I found that the end of the puzzle was hard to get.

frizzmeister
22-Aug-11, 04:23

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great puzzle

once you get into this puzzle its really great pattern

abcdaa
22-Aug-11, 04:36

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dammmmmmmmmm IT

yet again, i must ask... why not add like 25 more pawns??? ARGHssss

fikzter
22-Aug-11, 04:44

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More Pawns

Not possible The Puzzle Engine here couldn't handle more moves (trust me, I've tried)

edwardbutler
22-Aug-11, 04:45

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yeah then there'd be like mate in 500 moves and with any luck someone would shoot me to put me out of my misery!

roddack
22-Aug-11, 05:23

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Again?

Kind of getting tired of the daily variations of this.

thereaper1
22-Aug-11, 05:24

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Once you figure out the pattern it's great to get into. Move 19 was hard for me and move 73 was also a nice move to find.

fikzter
22-Aug-11, 05:52

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Again?

This should be the last variation there is in this collection So I guess this will be the last one

herpaderp
22-Aug-11, 06:00

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Again.

Yesterday's puzzle was pretty much the exact same, same pattern of moves, just not as long.

onickel
22-Aug-11, 06:08

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deceive...

could you not make checkmate in like 3 moves? Its pretty hard to understand your "logic"

absentmind14
22-Aug-11, 07:14

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end

very bored

ottovanbis
22-Aug-11, 10:01

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too simple/boring

The pattern of using the pin on the lonely rook to force zugzwang in marching the pawns and letting the metaphorical hourglass drop more grains of sand is interesting at first, but is quite cliched by the half way point, a simplified version would have been nicer.

graderguy
22-Aug-11, 11:23

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.........

I thought the 24 move daily puzzle a couple days back was a bit much. This one, not even going to bother.
1. The puzzle has no relation to a real game. Can't imagine having 7 pawns stacked up on the A and H files. Not even sure that would be possible. So what is the lesson? How do I apply it to a real game?? In my mind, I can't. But I'm a medium poor player.

2. 74 moves?? Seriously?? These are supposed to be puzzles, not entire games.

woutstra
22-Aug-11, 12:58

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these kinda puzzles are anoying me now... it's the 3rd/4th puzzle with the same routine and with a sh**load of moves-_-

eachknight
22-Aug-11, 19:45

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redactoranalist
22-Aug-11, 23:41

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Interesant

Destul de plictisitor si interesant in acelas timp.

extremo
29-Aug-11, 22:30

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Longest "puzzle"

Now that endgame tablebases are easily available (all 6 piece endings are solved and online), this may be the longest "puzzle" 517 moves, Queen + Knight vs. Rook + Bishop + Knight so far. All possible 7 piece endgames may be available in a few years. Maybe there's a longer one lurking in there.

www.gothicchess.com

abcdaa
30-Aug-11, 07:45

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I h8 u.

wow. schweet. now there's an official number for overkill. it's 517. and while we're on the topic of killing... i will not be responsible for my actions if someone posts a puzzle here from that abominable site posted so graciously by extremo!

torrey64
25-Sep-11, 10:21

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It is kind of depressing when you ask for a hint an it says that it is a move with the queen.

roddack
26-Sep-11, 10:21

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Longest "puzzle"

Problem with the longest puzzle one is that the draw can be declared from moves 51 through 517 if I am not mistaken.

elfuego51
23-Jan-12, 16:26

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I'd hate to be black and running through a computer analysis of this one. Everything's going so smoothly, then probably a bunch of missed mates and finally:

Blunder: -Mate(74)

Wha?!?!?!?!?!?!?

strepsil999
09-Mar-12, 01:10

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………………

That was the weirdest puzzle I have ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

agitcyber
28-Mar-12, 22:57

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Not Puzzle

it's not the puzzle,74 moves = playing from the start to the end

blitzkov
26-Jul-12, 23:08

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great puzzle how can any one solve it??

crocodili
31-Oct-12, 09:17

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boring,,,,,

ctcblueii
30-Dec-12, 12:15

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rickypr18
13-Feb-13, 19:31

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What's the point of this puzzle? Besides increasing the wrong moves per puzzle statistic.

hakapeszi
16-Mar-13, 13:49

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This puzzle was easy to solve,but the most joyful puzzle i have ever seen.Congratulation,

extremo
18-Mar-13, 07:25

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2% solve rate

Congrats to the succesfull. Even if you figure out the pattern right away, it is a challenge to make the 74 moves correctly. The hand - eye mouse coordination requirement is significant.

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