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CHESS PUZZLE, FEN 8/8/8/1K6/7B/2Q5/3p2N1/3k4 w - -

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Added by:	drju
Added on:	02-Mar-10
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Difficulty:	chess puzzle 8/8/8/1K6/7B/2Q5/3p2N1/3k4 w - -
Attempts:	886
Solved:	58 (6%)


White to move, mate in 3

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redactoranalist 01-Sep-11, 04:13 » Report abuse	Easy. Nu cred ca e foarte greu!
sandnes1985 01-Sep-11, 05:27 » Report abuse	What a ridicolous task It's thousands of ways, and black was not forced to move the way you made him move. Bad puzzle!
k1ngfish 01-Sep-11, 05:52 » Report abuse	Thousands of ways? Blacks first move is forced & he has just 2 choices for his 2nd (& last) move.
dragon_checkmate 01-Sep-11, 09:06 » Report abuse	sandnes1985 I agree wuth k1ngfish, and in my opinion, a puzzle can't be bad. Yes, it can be unrealistic or easy, but that doesn't mean its a bad puzzle.
thebish 01-Sep-11, 12:18 » Report abuse	Excellent miniature This is an excellent puzzle, a miniature, meaning seven pieces or less; 8 to 12 is called a Meredith, named after William Meredith (1835-1903) who preferred composing problems with this number of pieces. About this being unrealistic (or ridiculous)... you do understand this is a composed problem, right? Meaning a puzzle to solve, for which there is only one solution? Being realistic isn't the main criterion. But it is totally realistic if you imagine that White is being played by a much stronger player. It's a legal position, and there aren't nine queens or ten rooks or anything totally strange. I've seen hundreds of problems much more unrealistic than this!
ederpv 01-Sep-11, 12:48	Comment deleted on 02-Sep-11, 04:39
eddeebee 01-Sep-11, 13:37 » Report abuse	Neat puzzle I thougt this was a rather neat puzzle with white's first move Qc8 being completely unintuitive. One test of a good puzzle. ederpv's suggestions are "help-mates" as black can play dxe1 in both cases instead of Ke2.
ederpv 01-Sep-11, 13:53	Comment deleted on 02-Sep-11, 04:39
jananorway 01-Sep-11, 14:52	Comment deleted on 30-Jul-14, 12:50

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