Chess Puzzle #9636

CHESS PUZZLE #9636

Added by:	d6s3j
Added on:	06-Mar-09
Description:	from one of my games
Difficulty:	online chess puzzle #9636
Attempts:	715
Solved:	173 (24%)


White to move, mate in 9

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chessikins
11-Dec-12, 00:44

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Wow...

That bloody fifth move drove me bonkers for ages...only when I'd exhausted all other avenues...don't think I've seen this before in a study....great stuff..a real workout...more...

sicknero
11-Dec-12, 02:38

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It was

the fourth move had me stuck for a few seconds. Plain sailing after that though. Good puzzle.

counto
11-Dec-12, 05:06

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indeed

i didnt see the forth move at first, but i didnt get a move wrong, i got move 5 right away, a simple puzzle but a nice puzzle that makes u think

counto
11-Dec-12, 05:09

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gameknot.com if u think that puzzle was hard try this one!

sicknero
11-Dec-12, 05:22

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Ugh.

17 moves lol. I get intimidated by that number of moves in a puzzle but I'll give it a bash.

The fourth move - I nearly always fail to see the whole board ... in this case it was "Oh yeah! My Queen can move five squares!" No wonder I've yet to get above 1400 haha.

counto
11-Dec-12, 05:25

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i didnt get it either

counto
11-Dec-12, 05:38

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gameknot.com how bout this one?

counto
11-Dec-12, 05:41

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And last but not least...

this one. gameknot.com

sicknero
11-Dec-12, 05:53

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The first one you posted..

.. is actually easier once I noticed that Black has two Pawns ready to Queen That points to a need to keep the pressure on rather than the vague strategy that seemed to be needed at first glance.

counto
11-Dec-12, 05:57

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did u solve?

sicknero
11-Dec-12, 06:01

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Yes,

after plenty of trial and error

counto
11-Dec-12, 06:17

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when i say did u solve i mean in 5 moves or less

sicknero
11-Dec-12, 06:22

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Not entirely sure what you mean - it's a 17 move puzzle. If you mean did I do it with less than 5 wrong moves, then no.

counto
11-Dec-12, 06:25

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did u try the second and 3rd ones there much easier but fun

thor99
11-Dec-12, 13:53

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how do you make a chess puzzle that is the puzzle of the day?

counto
11-Dec-12, 14:15

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Thor99

u need to make a puzzle... the daily puzzles goes in order the daily puzzles are on the 5000th puzzle, and u started making puzzles recently so it will be about 70- 100 years before 1 of your puzzles is on the daily puzzles

tugger
11-Dec-12, 14:29

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They don't run in order, for example of my puzzles #26062 has been a daily but not #7708, both are hard. Also you have a much better chance of getting one of your puzzles as the daily hard than the daily easy, because there's many more puzzles 1 or 2 stars than 3+. I think they're picked at random from all the puzzles that aren't cooked.

counto
11-Dec-12, 14:31

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ohhhhhhhh