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CHESS PUZZLE, FEN 8/3k4/8/R2K2B1/8/8/8/8 w - -

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Added by:kingdawar
Added on:24-Mar-09
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chess puzzle 8/3k4/8/R2K2B1/8/8/8/8 w - -
Attempts:783
Solved:72 (9%)
White to move, mate in 4
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kingdawar
06-Jan-12, 10:27
Comment deleted on 03-Feb-13, 08:58
yadasampati
03-Feb-13, 03:42

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Amazing puzzle
Offering the bishop seems totally improbable (at first glance). You are just left with the king and a rook, and the moving space for the black king seems totally open ... but it is not  
barrydevries
03-Feb-13, 05:12

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I don't really like this puzzle, because the situation is completely winning, even if you don't offer. I don't think anyone would play this in a game, because it just doesn't make too much sence..
yadasampati
03-Feb-13, 08:53

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It definitely makes sense ...
... and if you see this beautiful mate in three, why not play it?

There are many puzzles in which there is a clear advantage for the starting color, but the essence is to give mate in a specific number of moves.
yadasampati
03-Feb-13, 08:56

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For instance, the sequence 1 Bd8 Kc8 2. Kc6 Kxd8 3. Re5 Kc8 4. Re8#, is very instructive to learn how to quicly give mate with a rook and a king
karlic
03-Feb-13, 09:03

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I agree seems pointless the game is is a win for white regardless I think it takes 1 more move to win if you don't sacrifice. Is a win a win? is it better to win with more pieces left or in the shortest number of moves.
yadasampati
03-Feb-13, 09:08

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Oops, i meant "mate in 4" and not "mate in 3" in my second message.

But again, i think the material or positional balance between the two colors is not of much importance to a puzzle.It is the combinatorial difficulty, ingenuity and beauty of the solution that counts.
phenstyle
03-Feb-13, 13:27

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True, this problem is about improving one's tactics and being able to see how to mate in the given number of moves. I don't think any human would've played this move in a real game. I can imagine a chess computer playing it though lol.
windyj
03-Feb-13, 21:55

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There's other way of mating it in 4 moves than the one offered, so I guess this puzzle has more than "right" solutions...
kingdawar
30-Dec-17, 07:13

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Also check puzzle #200485
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