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CHESS TACTICS #70843

Problem's rating:	1906
Avg. time to solve:	02:47
Total attempts:	395
Solved percentage:	49.4%

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sylvainc911
02-Aug-11, 12:21

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I definitely need an explanation as to why White did not plat 1-PXQ???This is not an acceptable problem position....

michaelphines
23-Nov-11, 15:22

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Agreed. This problem has a problem

breakerofwind
23-Nov-11, 21:14

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White blundered

swash004
19-Jan-12, 03:15

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How about a Knight?

So, replace the pawn at d3 with a knight and the point of the puzzle remains - force the King onto a forking square. I suspect that the author chose a pawn to disguise the take by making it less valuable materially. If the Queen is elsewhere the puzzle either changes dramatically (probably a mate), or becomes too obvious as the only Queen check.

k1ngfish
10-Feb-12, 02:31

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Or a knight for black?

If black starts with a knight on e1 then whites "pre-puzzle" move of Re1 (or rather Rxe1) makes sense.

neerajranjan
01-Mar-12, 07:11

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some problems are way too different and are meant to be not solved (by me )..and this is one of them..

sereshk
27-May-12, 22:14

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I've just confused with the problem. it was not a nice one essentialy at all.

ranthony22000
30-Mar-21, 14:02

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Not acceptable?

Face it, in everyone of these puzzles the opponent has failed in some way and is thus "vulnerable" to whatever the "correct" solution is.

Else there would be no "puzzle" for us to solve.

Who cares how stupid or what the nature of our opponents blunder was?

It's our job to identify & properly punish the faulty play of our opponents.

Not to question the idiocy his or her blunders.

Get on with it.

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