Chess Puzzle #27464

CHESS PUZZLE, FEN 8/1p6/1p3p1p/5K1k/1P5p/8/1P4PP/8 w - -

Added by:	catacrok
Added on:	25-Jul-10
Description:
Difficulty:	chess puzzle 8/1p6/1p3p1p/5K1k/1P5p/8/1P4PP/8 w - -
Attempts:	891
Solved:	229 (25%)


White to move, mate in 7

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kingdawar
17-Sep-11, 13:16

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Author

M. Lewitt, 1896

mrfery
11-Dec-14, 00:52

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Not that hard

Just to make sure there would be no stalemate, since the black king is virtually trapped and the pawns have nog much place to go to. 3 stars seem reasonable.

jordanz1997
11-Dec-14, 01:36

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Solved in less than 2 mins

No mistakes at all solving this one on my phone while on the move.

The structure of the pawns tells you that black would eventually have to send its own pawn in a suicidal final move.

😎😎😎

paviland
11-Dec-14, 02:29

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Shuffle Those Pawns!

Not exactly easy even when you're familiar with the technique - had to give it some careful thought.
Lots of fun to solve however

macheide
11-Dec-14, 06:06

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Hard or not hard, it's beautiful. Thanks!

solb33
11-Dec-14, 06:57

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It is neat.

Its probably to easy because its completely forcing.

morphman
11-Dec-14, 13:51

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very nice

I could not see the solution until after the third move, then it was pretty obvious. Had I visualized the final mating position from the start, it would have been much more obvious, I think. Important lesson in this puzzle!

ficommm
11-Dec-14, 14:40

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I would have never thought this could end in 7 moves. Great ending!

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