Chess Puzzle #25494

CHESS PUZZLE, FEN 8/p3Rppp/kp6/8/2P5/2P5/P1P3rB/1KR5 w - -

Added by:	gerjan14
Added on:	25-May-10
Description:
Difficulty:	chess puzzle 8/p3Rppp/kp6/8/2P5/2P5/P1P3rB/1KR5 w - -
Attempts:	963
Solved:	597 (61%)


White to move, mate in 4

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kingdawar
19-Jan-21, 03:45

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One of four entries:

puzzle #581,

puzzle #3270,

puzzle #25494, and

puzzle #53718. I'd say puzzle #581 should be considered the original for multiple reasons.

shrinarayanan
19-Jan-21, 06:12

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Kingdawar

you take the fun out of posting puzzles. I said it before, they should check with you first before posting puzzles.

kingdawar
19-Jan-21, 07:27

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It's good to realize that these often reproduced diagrams don't just 'happen' -- they went through several hands before and there usually is a paper trail to be found. And in the case of the 200,000+ entry GameKnot puzzle archive the diligent posters already did a lot of web crawling and scraping history before entry 10,000.

geokev
19-Jan-21, 14:45

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@kingdawar

I appreciate your scholarship and dedication to the craft

lavacouch
19-Jan-21, 15:59

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As do I. Kingdawar has a treasure trove of knowledge and GK is lucky to have him.

big-dags
19-Jan-21, 16:34

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Very neat puzzle

andycp2016
19-Jan-21, 17:00

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I'm really confused about why anyone would think Kingdawar is taking the fun out of posting puzzles. I always thought he made things more fun. In any case, I thought all the variations he showed us were equally difficult, yet their solve rates ranged from 43 to 62%. Go figure.

kingdawar
03-Aug-23, 03:33

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This again

Thanks guys. It's hard to put the fun back into the posting and solving of puzzles. Remember: hell is repetition.

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