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Very nice, indeed. funniest till now.

wonderful!!!!

 

intresting! as said in previous comments.

Never seen anything like it!

nice one

Lots of fun..many thanks..like having a holiday from regular puzzles.If you don't have a sense of humour you're done for..

how do you get to this position in a chess game

the first time i didn't get it, but then i understand it... it's really smart idea, very good, Bravo! and thank you

This is a chess puzzle; not a game. It is very creative. How often do you see mate-in-twelve?

Anyway, strange positions can arise from strange games. An acquaintance of mine decided, since is opponent would not resign, he was going to checkmate him using a king and a pawn although he had many pieces on the board. It was all in fun. he cornered the king using many pieces and had to make waiting moves so that he could mate the king using a pawn protected by the king. The ending position seemed improbable. These kind of things sometimes happen in casual games.

I think chess problems are useful when they provide positions that realistically can be reached in otb play. There is absolutely no way this position could ever be reached and so the usefulness of the problem is diminished.

annasergeevna how do you find it dumb? it is creative!

This position Can be reached, from the normal start position, with "normal" play. Not good play perhaps, but normal in the sense that nothing unnatural need happen to get there, such as either side taking an extra move, etc. (But if you do want really lifelike Mates + reasonable play, the puzzles from my profile page are primarily from my games, other GK players, or derived from theirs. And so should be more "real" to Recognize in a game situation, than many "Problems" which usually require "no unimportant extra material" etc. And which is why we call these puzzles I think. No Problem guidelines, except to fit the GK Input page. ) baronderkilt

But in this one; if I have not missed one, there is no piece that Cannot be where it is. (EG as if there were a WT pawn on g2, then Bh1 position would be impossible.) And so attainability becomes primarily an excercise of establishing that each pawn could be where it is, using no more captures than the number of pieces and pawns lost by the other side.

I find 2 means of reaching the BL Queen side pawn situation, both needing only 4 captures. And at least 3 means of reaching the Kingside BL pawn formation, the 2 I reviewed both needing 3 captures maximum. Total 7 captures to attain BL pawn formation.

(BTW If anyone REALLY wants a gamescore made to reach this position, but not take the time, I'm willing to make one @ $50.00 an hour, charging no more than one hour, but no less than 1/2 hour.   )

I certainly respect your opinion if you prefer more likely game positions, or clean Problem positions etc. But myself, I do find this puzzle very instructive to demonstrate this principle shown. Personally, I've never seen it before, repetetive like a windmill, yet running the King down a corridor of dbl checks like this. Perhaps I'd call it a Gauntlet or Ladder, Corridor or something. "Tunnel of Light" that is seen right before dying !? lol . Does anyone_know if the theme HAS a NAME from Problem Composition nomenclature? It seems a very plausible tactical motif, simply carried to its most extreme. To me, that makes a Great example. Very memorable.

Regards }8-)

really,really beautiful and easy