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CHESS TACTICS #56303

Problem's rating:	1980
Avg. time to solve:	03:22
Total attempts:	281
Solved percentage:	45.6%

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jimmy987654321
14-Jun-11, 23:44

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eh???

Try the continuation on this one. Black fails to take the queen. I think the computer must have been having an off day when it produced this

jimmy987654321
14-Jun-11, 23:56

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yup

i played against the computer. Its definitely screwed

zairinho
22-Jun-11, 17:20

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Black is trying to avoid the stalemate, when it becomes obvious that white will force it due to threefold repetition black takes the queen.

breakerofwind
22-Jun-11, 21:00

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zairinho is correct. If the king takes the queen, Black has no legal moves and it is a stalemate.

ht_booloo
29-Aug-11, 01:02

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what after 1. ... Kg2 2.Qg8+ Kh2 3. ???

why not?

zairinho
29-Aug-11, 03:26

Comment deleted on 29-Aug-11, 05:08.

zairinho
29-Aug-11, 05:09

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1. ... Kg2 2.Qg8+ Kh2 3. ???

if your question was, why not this series of moves, the reply will of course be

3. Rxh3+ Kh3 4. Qg3+ Kxg3 which is a beautiful forced stalemate

in case others dont understand the previous comments made:

black has material advantage so white tries to force the stalemate, if 5. Qg3+ Kxg3 is played, this is stalemate (white has no legal moves remaining). 6. Qh4+ Kg2 7. Qg3+ Kxg3 shows that white will force a draw either by threefold repetition or through stalemate

i find it strange that white doesnt play 6. Qf3+, but then of course the result is the same anyway

nekru
27-Aug-12, 08:41

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2. ....Kh2 3.Th3 Kh3 4.Dg3+

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CHESS TACTICS #56303