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eqj2
11/18/2006
08:53:09
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 Subject: CPOTW Social Forum #2
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This is a new forum. Keep trying to figure out the puzzle. The answer will be posted Monday. Cheers Eddie
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hozat
11/18/2006
08:57:21
[ report this post ] | correction of mistake
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The mistake was referring to my previous post "jon's post", in which i said b7=Q#, corrected to b8=Q#, not directly to the game if you see what i mean.....
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eqj2
11/18/2006
09:01:11
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Ahhh my bad. =)
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mcrachel
11/20/2006
12:58:23
[ report this post ] | Thanks Eddie...
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...for creating the #2 thread!
Eugene told me the answer to the puzzle last week. It was driving me crazy, so I think he took pity on me and told me ; - )
I was just glad to know that I wasn't a complete idiot for not figuring it out ; - D
For those of you that haven't seen the answer and still want to try and figure it out, a hint is: know your chess history
Glad to see the forums are picking up more activity! Thanks everyone! And thanks again Eugene for generating excitement with the chess puzzles! My prediction is that with the increase in forum activity and hits on our new site, that our team rating will increase too! : - )
Regards,
~Mark
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jonstherealdeal
11/20/2006
17:18:38
[ report this post ] | Chess Puzzle
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I loved that chess puzzle. What a great win. He will always be known for changing the game a little bit. Thank you for the fun web site. i just visited the site again and it is really coming along great. Great job on your team wins to all my chess players of the world teammates. You are all outstanding. Good chess.
Jon
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eugene_perreault
11/20/2006
18:02:55
[ report this post ] | Great participation
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I would like to thank everyone who has mentioned items of interest. The more that are mentioned, the more there will be.
I thoroughly enjoyed the responses to the puzzles, I admit they weren't common puzzles. Be on your toes, you never know when one of those will pop up again. I will be adding a Mate in 1, and a Mate in 2 Tuesday here in this forum, so stay tuned.
Does anyone have a LEGITIMATE underpromotion to share with us. As far as my notes go, I have 2 Knight promotions. Has anyone ever castled for mate? I accomplished this once in 1967 at the young age of 8 years old - and have never duplicated it. I once had 3 Knights on the board at the same time - I under promoted to a Knight thinking he would just capture it anyway, well he was indifferent to it, the game finished with the 3 Knights on the board.
Anyone else have something unusual to share?
ECP
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mcrachel
11/21/2006
12:15:16
[ report this post ] | Underpromotion...
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Unfortunately, I can't say that I've ever won with it, but I was mated by knight promotion in the blitz game here. Too bad there's no past game history for the blitz, so I can't show it to you ; - (
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eugene_perreault
11/21/2006
17:37:41
[ report this post ] | The 3 Knights
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After, 34. ...Rd8
I just figured to promote and Black would capture the Queen. So without much thought I pushed 35. f8//N !?
Black responded with 35. ... Kb7 !?
And then, when you are presented with a free piece you go through the regular happy, joy, joy thoughts... then reality sets in, that you have absolutely no experience with 3 active Knights. There is only 2 per side in the box to start the game. First thing we did was to take a captured White Rook and place a pawn on it and declare it a Knight. Then the fun really started. Black realized he had nothing better than move his Rook from White sq to White sq. I had to invent something that resembles an attack. Well with our collective ignorance in such positions we both, as you can imagine, just made polite moves until one of us went wrong. I take no claim for great play but here is the finish:
36. Nge5 Ra8, 37. Nfd7 Rg8, 38. Nf3 Ra8, 39. Nxd4 Bh6, 40. Bd6 Rg8, 41. N3c5+ Ka7, 42. Nc6+ Ka8, 43. Nb6++ Final Position:
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mcrachel
11/22/2006
09:06:49
[ report this post ] | Nice job!
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I will have to try it sometime ; - )
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hozat
11/22/2006
09:22:00
[ report this post ] | Puzzleing.....
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Move the two rooks and the knight but do not move either king, and put the black king in checkmate.
Go on give it a go. It's not that hard.
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hozat
11/22/2006
09:27:31
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You don't have to move them one by one, just place he pieces in a checkmate position.
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mcrachel
11/22/2006
09:27:36
[ report this post ] | ?
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I don't understand...is it a mate it 1-? Or just an exercise to see how few moves it takes to mate without moving either king?
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hozat
11/22/2006
09:29:39
[ report this post ] | ^^^^^^^^
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Look above.
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mcrachel
11/22/2006
09:30:04
[ report this post ] | Oh, ok
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Posted mine before I saw your explaination...
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hozat
11/22/2006
09:31:05
[ report this post ] | ^_^
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kk
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mcrachel
11/22/2006
09:35:38
[ report this post ] | Another ?
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Are there multiple solutions or only one?
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mcrachel
11/22/2006
09:41:07
[ report this post ] | Yet another ?
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How are you guys able to post the chessboards and pieces on these forums...?
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mcrachel
11/22/2006
09:44:15
[ report this post ] | Thanks Hoz...
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Just figured out the solution to the puzzle : - )
It's nice to figure one out on my own after getting stumped by Eugene twice in a row ; - )
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hozat
11/22/2006
09:50:12
[ report this post ] | answers....
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There are four solutions;
Chessboards use FEN notations;
Don't post solutions on here, let others work it out.
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mcrachel
11/22/2006
10:05:31
[ report this post ] | FEN notations?
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So, how do I go about posting a chess board here, I don't understand...
And I was just curious so I could post my own puzzle, I wasn't going to show the solution to your puzzle ; - )
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hozat
11/22/2006
11:22:25
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start with 'fen="' then use numbers to represent empty sqares and capitals for white pieces and normal for black, use the letter.
e.g a white knight on e4 would be fen=8884n3888, a black king on h1 is fen=88888887K
Begin in top left, for counting. o.k?
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mcrachel
11/22/2006
11:27:49
[ report this post ] | ok
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thanks!
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eugene_perreault
11/22/2006
16:09:04
[ report this post ] | FEN Help
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I shall be posting a paper on how to install FENs for those who need it, on the website. It is scheduled for the first of the year with a program to make it real easy.
Until then:
hozat was almost correct; a White Knight on e4 would be:
8/8/8/8/4N3/8/8/8/
A Black King on h1:
8/8/8/8/8/8/8/7k
Starting at a8 to h8/a7 to h7/ etc until you reach h1
#s represent EMPTY sqs.
Capital letters = WHITE pieces
Lower case letters = black pieces.
The very interesting problem by hozat would be:
8/8/8/4k3/8/8/8/RRN4K/
A Little confusing, but there it is.
ECP
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hozat
11/24/2006
08:11:42
[ report this post ] | Oops
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Sorry got black and white mixed up there. ;) thanks eugene.
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eugene_perreault
11/24/2006
19:31:39
[ report this post ] | Mate in 1
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White mates in 1, from a game of mine played in 1967 when I was 8 years old. I had been playing tournament chess for 2 years and this was played at school in our chess club.
Last moves were:
27. ... c6-c5
28. Bd4-e3+ Ra2-d2
29. Qg8-c4+ Bb1-c2
Arrives at this unusual position...
White to Mate in 1.
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eugene_perreault
11/25/2006
15:22:58
[ report this post ] | Interesting Mate in 2
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Solve this Mate in 2, but can you show it?
ECP
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eugene_perreault
11/26/2006
21:07:35
[ report this post ] | "Simple" Mate in 2
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White to Mate in 2
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mcrachel
11/27/2006
10:05:30
[ report this post ] | Damn you Eugene...
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...for that last mate in 1...stumped AGAIN! ; - P
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billebrooks
11/28/2006
00:10:33
[ report this post ] | My website game
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The analysis of my game on the website vs. surnight as black has the comment that instead of 22. Rd7, 22. e6 is somehow quicker. However, I looked at that move during the game and dismissed it because 22. .. Nxe6 seemed like too good of a response. I open up my bishop's diagonal to pressure g7, but then the knight defends g7. Besides, the black knight at c7 was blocking the rook from coming to c7 and defending f7; so why would I want it to move? After Rd7, the rook is pressuring the knight at c7, the pawns at f7 and g7, and the potential mating square h7.
Btw, there is a mate in 6 here starting with move 26, but there are 8 different lines (the one listed is the longest). I know, because I put them in as conditional moves.
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billebrooks
11/28/2006
00:22:14
[ report this post ] | A mate in 9 from my other surnight game
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Black to mate in 9 (it isn't as bad as it sounds):
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eqj2
11/29/2006
21:10:53
[ report this post ] | Nov.29
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Ok like I said. I will post the stats of the day. As we stand we are 5 wins, 0 losses, and 1 draw. Well done everyone. Cheers Eddie
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eugene_perreault
12/01/2006
13:03:18
[ report this post ] | "Simple" Mate in 2 Solution
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1. Ka5 !!! With the threat of 2. Ne2#
Some trys would be:
1. ... Qxf2, 2. Nf5#
1. ... Qxe5+, 2. Nb5#
1. ... Rxd4, 2. Nd3#
1. ... Qxd4, 2. Rxd4#
That was a tough first move to spot. With all the firepower poised to strike it was tough to bother with a King move first.
ECP
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mcrachel
12/01/2006
13:40:34
[ report this post ] | One of these days...
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...I will solve a Eugene puzzle on my own ; - D
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eqj2
12/01/2006
13:52:29
[ report this post ] | Nov.30
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5 Wins and 2 Losses. Great job everyone. Cheers Eddie
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mcrachel
12/01/2006
14:17:59
[ report this post ] | Go team!
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#20!
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eugene_perreault
12/01/2006
17:20:10
[ report this post ] | Mate in 1
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Mate in 1 puzzle.
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eugene_perreault
12/01/2006
17:29:30
[ report this post ] | Mate in 2 Puzzle
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Mate in 2 puzzle for your enjoyment.
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eugene_perreault
12/04/2006
00:59:20
[ report this post ] | What a Move !!!
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I have been playing chess for OVER 40 years, and have (so far) 3,420 notated games. I have played against opponents from over 30 countries, rated as high as 2650. I have taught Chess at 17 schools from Middle School to College and in the Military. In short, I know a little about chess.
I can honestly say that I have just made one of my 100 best moves ever; in one of our team games.
My opponent "atis" is stronger than his rating, and had a strong passed pawn and material advantage for his King position and undeveloped Kingside. Can you spot the stunning move which forces his immediate resignation?
The game is: -> gameknot.com
I shall offer analysis of the game on our website next week.
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jonstherealdeal
12/12/2006
11:30:35
[ report this post ] | Test
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Is this working?
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eqj2
12/14/2006
13:29:09
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the site is working?
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hozat
12/15/2006
07:42:42
[ report this post ] | ahhhhhhhh
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It seems that if i refresh the page it works, strange.....
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hozat
12/15/2006
07:43:25
[ report this post ] | i can't see my post!
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hozat
12/15/2006
07:44:15
[ report this post ] | Refresh again...
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grrrrr!
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hozat
12/16/2006
08:21:12
[ report this post ] | Silence.....
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Doesn't anyone have anything to say??
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jonstherealdeal
12/17/2006
02:07:45
[ report this post ] | Hozat
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I do. I have been out X-Mas shopping tonight. The mall was crazy.
I think everyone was waiting for tonight. I got 1/2 my shopping complete.
Happy Holidays to all that celebrate.
Jon
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eqj2
12/17/2006
09:29:40
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I am around but sadly just in and out at this time. Over the past three weeks I have had one day off. Too much OT heck I have not even finished my shopping. =( My wife stepped up and helped with the kids shopping for me but there still is the wife to finish.
Man I am not looking forward to that.
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mcrachel
12/18/2006
12:45:18
[ report this post ] | Hi everyone!
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I just got back from a 2 week vacation in Mexico...good times! I look forward to getting back to the team...
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hozat
12/19/2006
08:38:10
[ report this post ] | Hi Team!
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Mexico?! It's ok for some.....
Anyway, Merry Christmas everyone!
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eqj2
12/25/2006
13:27:09
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. Eddie
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eqj2
12/31/2006
13:37:19
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Happy New Year everyone. You are all a great team and thank you for all your hard work. Lets make this our best year. Cheers Eddie
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billebrooks
1/06/2007
22:21:14
[ report this post ] | Strange Position
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Here is a position from a tournament game of mine today:
Black to move and win
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