Chess Puzzle #17780

CHESS PUZZLE #17780

Added by:	fikzter
Added on:	24-Nov-09
Description:	KOHTZ, Johannes & KOCKELKORN, Carl: Deutsches Wochenschach, 1911
Difficulty:	online chess puzzle #17780
Attempts:	645
Solved:	50 (7%)


White to move, mate in 26

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zetsuna
26-Apr-12, 03:53

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I was thinking it would be too hard that I won't be able to solve it.. But somehow I've managed to find all the right moves with few mistakes (less than five that is).. Although it still deserves 5 stars (imo)..

blackmonkey
07-Jul-12, 08:54

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i managed to solve it too with few mistakes. but i still don't see the logic of the moves

torrey64
31-Jul-12, 18:50

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Too hard.

polde
25-Jan-13, 00:51

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26 moves... that is a whole match

tonymo
25-Jan-13, 00:52

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It looks to me like the logic is that the N dances round the king twice just to capture the B on d2 and the pawn on f4, so that the e3 square becomes available for the rook to give mate.

jdu1957
25-Jan-13, 03:52

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finally

I got it but had more mistakes than the rest of you. I see part of the logic as practice with the power of the knight but also using a combination with other pieces to ke.ep the knight in control. I liked it.

yadasampati
25-Jan-13, 13:23

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An amazing composition

Although i am getting a bit tired of all these long puzzles in this section, i must say that this one quite impressed me. There is some sort of repetitive pattern followed, but there is a lot of combinatorial variety at the same time, and it is not one of those "mathematical compositions".

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CHESS PUZZLE #17780