Chess Puzzle #11679

CHESS PUZZLE #11679

Added by:	slockster
Added on:	10-Jun-09
Description:	Puzzle in Edward Lasker's chess books beautiful finish, sorry if its been done before, but here's nothing wrong with rekindling a great puzzle
Difficulty:	online chess puzzle #11679
Attempts:	723
Solved:	86 (11%)


White to move, mate in 3

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kingdawar
08-Apr-11, 07:58

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Copy of

puzzle #244

123cro
01-Oct-12, 04:17

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contradiction with common sense

none is supposed to think of the right way at start of the deal

nonkowtower
01-Oct-12, 08:14

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pawn promotion

the poor pawn finally gets promoted to the highly coveted royal family only the royal family would rather have a royal pet than a new concubine.

phonybenoni
01-Oct-12, 09:08

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If puzzles didn't contradict common sense, they wouldn't be puzzles.

yadasampati
01-Oct-12, 11:36

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looks impossible ...

... but i solved it. Beautiful puzzle!

yadasampati
01-Oct-12, 12:21

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@nonkowtower

nice literary way of putting it pure poetry!

puzzler77
01-Oct-12, 13:50

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#11679

Curious why this instance of the puzzle was used instead of #244. I wonder how many other duplicates are out there. The programmers have developed a routine that checks for duplicates but that feature must have come after this puzzle was created.

yadasampati
01-Oct-12, 14:17

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@puzzler

The routine probably compares initial positions. In

puzzle #244 there is no pawn on h4.

puzzler77
01-Oct-12, 15:04

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ahh

I did not notice that! Thanks yadasampati

yadasampati
02-Oct-12, 08:34

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I did not notice it either ...

... until you came up with your point

kingdawar
02-Oct-12, 08:36

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In terms of problem chess this pawn on h4 really is a travesty (I know by now, nobody else on GK can be bothered much by it )

puzzler77
02-Oct-12, 13:53

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Incidentals

Now I know what you mean by an unlimited number of variations of any given puzzle. I like

puzzle #244 better as all it has are the bare necessities!

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CHESS PUZZLE #11679