Chess Puzzle #6927

CHESS PUZZLE #6927

Added by:	andy94
Added on:	29-Oct-08
Description:	Another endgame composition by me. White to move and mate in 4 moves.
Difficulty:	online chess puzzle #6927
Attempts:	919
Solved:	95 (10%)


White to move, mate in 4

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existentialist
04-Mar-12, 06:07

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So what's the knight on b1 for?

Distraction?

vergiliu
04-Mar-12, 06:16

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Yes,a cheap trick

kingdawar
04-Mar-12, 06:33

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A kid armed with a tablebase

vergiliu
04-Mar-12, 07:11

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It's a good puzzle(without Nb1) and a good exercise.His puzzles are very often posted at "Puzzle of the day-hard"
But what's happened with his account?

manu21
04-Mar-12, 07:38

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Once the first move is found then the rest follows easily,I just struggled to find that first move to keep the king in the corner and avoiding the stalemate.

elfuego51
04-Mar-12, 07:45

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That's cheap, I was never going to figure it out on my own with that knight on b1. Although, that explains why I had such a tough time putting it in a useful spot.

golems
04-Mar-12, 08:24

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It was average.

joyyan
04-Mar-12, 08:48

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the knight on b1 was probably making the puzzle harder to solve

adolfoanderssen
04-Mar-12, 14:04

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Adolfo Anderssen

Mal problema porque sobra una pieza

bseibert
04-Mar-12, 17:57

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Great Puzzle...

This definitely demonstrated the power of the King control squares G1, G2, and G3 while balancing the "waiting" move necessary to avoid stalemate while balancing the need of protecting/controlling the H4 square. Nb1 works as a nice distraction and make the solution a bit less obvious.

george2003
06-Mar-12, 04:36

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I would NEVER move the knight on b1.=)

george2003
06-Mar-12, 16:01

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I wonder what the knight on b1 for? Distraction?

bseibert
06-Mar-12, 17:55

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That question is so 2 days ago... ;-)

Of course, a simple distraction for lazy players that can't work out the problem in their head... and do trail and error to figure out the puzzle.

george2003
07-Mar-12, 04:18

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Oh yeah

Distraction

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CHESS PUZZLE #6927