Chess Puzzle #7081

CHESS PUZZLE #7081

Added by:	kingdawar
Added on:	04-Nov-08
Description:	Composed by Avenir Nikolaevich Popandopulo, Shakhmaty v SSSR 1969.
Difficulty:	online chess puzzle #7081
Attempts:	648
Solved:	24 (3%)


White to move, mate in 14

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aquila96
06-Feb-12, 02:03

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Too many moves

the difficulty of this puzzle is very much based around the amount of moves which must be made in specific order

rlh63
06-Feb-12, 07:33

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why not take pawn?

instead of moving around the bisschop, black can take to my opinion the pawn on a2.

fudgemuffin
06-Feb-12, 08:09

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...wuht?

dikaios1
06-Feb-12, 08:39

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very difficult

kpnone
06-Feb-12, 12:45

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@rlh63 The black bishop moving around is to prevent the mate by the knight on g5 or d2 (depending on the placement of the white bishop.

bewxdarkone
06-Feb-12, 14:25

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rlh63, if you think an alternate move is possible, why don't you fill in the alternative solution in the site system? It can do 2 things:
1) prove that you are right, which improves the raises the quality of the puzzle
2) shows you why it doesn't work, which improves your understanding of the puzzle.

In this case, it's #2, since if the d7 knight moves, your knight must have the option to move to b3 (which no longer can because there's a white pawn in the way)

qohelet
06-Feb-12, 16:40

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honestly... wtf...

ccmm01
06-Feb-12, 18:22

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NO!

No way! Way too unreasonable and just bad.

browni3141
06-Feb-12, 20:02

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I guess I'll be the first to praise this puzzle. It's very beautifully composed. I suspect that the complainers just don't understand it.

fudgemuffin
07-Feb-12, 08:29

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14 moves is not a puzzle.

kpnone
07-Feb-12, 08:59

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14 moves is not a puzzle says the person who has been a member for 18 months and has only finished 16 games. Learn the beauty of the game before you bash it. Someone smarter than you made it.

fudgemuffin
07-Feb-12, 09:05

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Unlike me, you've lost more games than you have won, you troll.

Its quality, not quantity, just like this puzzle.

rlh63
07-Feb-12, 11:26

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thx bewxdarkone, good advice

blitzkov
11-Aug-12, 23:09

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fudgemuffin

whats wrong with you? kpnone is telling the truth.

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CHESS PUZZLE #7081