Chess Puzzle #83015

CHESS PUZZLE, FEN 5Qn1/2R1p3/bp2B1p1/1N1Pk1P1/1K2N3/2P1qp2/2PP4/4R3 w - -

Added by:	9422m
Added on:	14-Nov-12
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Difficulty:	chess puzzle 5Qn1/2R1p3/bp2B1p1/1N1Pk1P1/1K2N3/2P1qp2/2PP4/4R3 w - -
Attempts:	15
Solved:	6 (40%)


White to move, mate in 2

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schizoidman
15-Nov-12, 16:05

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excellent 2-mover

I enjoyed solving this one. There are many possibilities all with subtle flaws.

9422m
15-Nov-12, 18:34

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It's from 1952 before I was born.
I pay attention to the Classical Players more than the modernists.

9422m
15-Nov-12, 18:44

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I'm a mathematics nerd as well.
I was the chair of mathematics in Arizona for High School.
I majored in pre-medicine and ended up in the Army after going to seminary.
What a ride it was.
I took over the mathematics chair back in 2002.
Incredibly I remembered my math background (and physics and chemistry (inorganic and organic) as well as biology.
I ran two marathons. One in 1978 and another in 2001 (the former in California and the latter in Arizona.
Both of my hips are totally replaced with titanium and I can't really run anymore.
You are older than I am.
I suppose a trivia question is in order for both of us.
Who do you think was the greatest voice in the 1960s (hint: a woman for me)?
Grace Slick of the Jefferson Airplane!

Thank you for responding and making this place feel more at home for me. Often chess becomes so competitive with egos.
I have no ego.
In the Army I was a chaplain.
John

schizoidman
15-Nov-12, 22:37

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We are a lot alike. I am an engineer. My oldest son is working on his doctorate in mathematics. I have run one marathon in Arizona, 2011, and was training for my second, Boston, when I got hit by a pick-up in March. I have titanium in my leg and arm as a result. I hope to run another, not recovered from the accident to be able to run yet. But I will get there. I will be attempting Boston in 2013 so I better recover enough soon so that I can start training.
No military service and no seminary, but I am a born-again Christian.
If I had to pick the singer with the greatest voice in the 60's, I would have to say Barbara Streisand. She is not my favorite, but no one can match her voice.

9422m
15-Nov-12, 23:56

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I thought White Rabbit and Somebody to Love were Slick's finest.
Today others have come and gone.
Neil Diamond is still around and he is good. I saw him at a concert in St. Louis some years back live singing the songs he made in the 70s.
Streisand has a big nose and close set eyes. Her voice is good but not as much as Karen Carpenter. Or Stevie Nicks.

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