Comments & QC
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Problem TacticianRatingComment
p00004bplopje1630childish
p00004bRuneMusen1628Okay problem... I guess
p00010bChesser1219This was WAY to easy. Piontless, how could this be rated 1769.2??!?!
p00010bjimmeebgood1156easier than most
p00010bYuan1644very difficult
p00010bpalindrome1619quite easy
p00010bmbingham1432This looks more like 700 than 1700.
p00010bOlar1282easy
p00010bkpmartin181483Outstanding puzzle, best one on the site
p00010bMarkusgoth2055Easy. A bit too high for 1700s but it is not a bad problem at all, especially for 1300s-1500s.
p00010badmeyer731602It's overated, but not that bad because it's so easy it looks like there is a hidden trick involved. Time burns off your clock and your rating decreases.
p00010badmeyer731602It's overated, but not that bad because it's so easy it looks like there is a hidden trick involved. Time burns off your clock and your rating decreases.
p00010bmastermind20071359Well, it's not obvious at once, but if you've figured it out it seems to be very easy!
p00010bjohn2001plus1598I found it difficult because it was not what I expected.
p00010bnotquitekarpov1332Pointless - solution is the most natural looking move anyway.
p00010brealpatzer1561why
p00010bnicola1173too easy for 1768 :)
p00010bnordmela1724too easy
p00010bclav1542IMO it's not easy, because it really looks like as if there was something hidden in that position. It must have been taken from a real game.
p00010bmryucky1336I agree, it is poor
p00010bBoriskudelin1849It is not that bad. The point id that you have to find out it WAS easy. When you do a lot of tactics - then you don't really know what to look for. For an easy one or for a hard one:) So it works :)
p00010bCarnap1367It is a fairly easy problem. It does appear devious though.
p00010bPsyMar1195I didn't know if it was easy or hard, and I got it wrong. I didn't even see the solution as a possible move.
p00010bcyruslaihy1280it looks complicated, make you think a lot, then you arrove at the most obvious answer
p00010bsteinar1566Why?
p00010batefile1045Good problem
p00010bDerek1410Its pointless, I agree. And this isn't even a tactic!
p00010bdarthsenior1168eas
p00013wTwistedslayer1336realy easy
p00013wBoriskudelin1849:) yeah
p00013wwolf2127681130too easy for this rating
p00014wOlar1282took me a while to see the first move, after that the rest was fairly easy
p00016bplopje1630it should have been easy but I just didn't see it
p00016bepimedes1361A good test of visualisation
p00016btralala1448yeah, nice!
p00017wGuptaempire1261did in two seconds, I am a beginner..
p00018wTama1551I solved it!
p00099wwolf2127681130easy
p00109wmastermind20071359Well, this one takes some risk with it, I think.
p00110wmastermind20071359easy
p00110wpenguin1197one word easy
p00110wGuptaempire1261lol
p00110wwolf2127681130too easy
p00119wwolf2127681130raffiniert...
p00143btmprat1274No other possibility
p00165bwolf2127681130very easy
p00167wwolf2127681130super easy
p00173wwolf2127681130beautiful pin
p00180bwolf2127681130and what then ...
p00205bpenguin1197very easy shouldn't be a 1039 problem
p00216wwolf2127681130surprise :-)
p00217wwolf2127681130too easy for the rating
p00222wwolf2127681130too easy for the rating
p00229bcheetah71517I don't see what is so hard about it.
p00229bwolf2127681130there is no way out of the knight pin.
p00237wwolf2127681130great, i loved it.
p00241bCirqueDude1455Black could defend with Nc6 instead...
p00253wMPradical1356can someone explain this one?
p00253wmykingislonely1805uh, you win a piece
p00253wwolf2127681130yeah, you have to take it.
p00253wwolf2127681130because of the following pin.
p00256bRoger1368its is a very good problem
p00256barusa181606easy
p00265bwolf2127681130difficult for the rating
p00265bwolf2127681130beautiful checkmate !
p00267wnonso1604NICE!!!!
p00267wChessdoom1581splendid!
p00267wd4d5e41503wonderful
p00268bitzerkle1033i dont get this one
p00268bwolf2127681130follow up ?
p00268bwolf2127681130its mate in 4.
p00270bTacticsSucks1783I missed that you could take With the N saved me some time.
p00270bsmotherhubbard1754Ok... you're still totally lost either way.
p00270bsmotherhubbard1754or...maybe not totally. But in serious trouble judging by crafty's -3.12 rating.
p00270btomohawk1820I think -3 is totally lost. Bad problem.
p00273battilaturzo1754What about first Qd5 and than Bc4?
p00273bmykingislonely1805Maybe because black can play Re6
p00273bsnakehead1460If Qd5+ then ...Kg6, then if h4+ the K escapes to g5. In the solution, this square is guarded by the white Q.
p00275bwolf2127681130hmm, too easy...
p00280wwolf2127681130like it.
p00293bwolf2127681130lindo - excellent
p00296bunderated1302this is more like a must than a puzzle.
p00296bunderated1302this is more like a must than a puzzle.
p00296bwolf2127681130too easy for the rating
p00299wArthurrocks1764why is this 1999? Not as hard as it's rating
p00299wibaric1428It took me some time because i was focused on the attack and not on queen capture.
p00299wstbrie1314Nice way to give it away, ibaric.
p00299wsujabdul1603everybody thinks abt moving forward only... but it seems something else
p00299whedgehoghead11028attacking is not everything
p00306wwolf2127681130hmm, first i didnt see the mate. hahaha
p00308wwolf2127681130uhhh, difficult for the rating.
p00317bwolf2127681130easy
p00325whmpf1420001640overrated"!
p00325wMarkusgoth2055Overrated.
p00325wDerek14102230.5!? Way Overrated.
p00331bwolf2127681130ok, and then ??
p00336bwolf2127681130and then ?
p00336bwolf2127681130hmmm, its mate, didnt see :)
p00346bwolf2127681130too easy
p00347bwolf2127681130yeah, easy
p00351bwolf2127681130and then...
p00361bwolf2127681130where does he go ???
p00364wwolf2127681130beautiful combination, a bit difficult for 1165
p00370bMarkusgoth2055Almost missed this one! Freakingly nice position indeed.
p00388bnotyetagm15072 RxBg7+! is a great example of the DESTRUCTION/DECOY principle applied to a bishop (Black g7-bishop) defending an opposing bishop's (White c5-bishop) TACTICAL BASE (d4-square, attacking Black c3-rook).
p00388bwolf2127681130beautiful
p00396wwolf2127681130followup ?
p00398bMilacek1785excellent ... clearly better than Rh7+
p00408bmoegigo1514cxd4 doesnt threat mate on g7
p00416wwolf2127681130easy...
p00423wimpromptus1513Missed the Bishop +
p00425wplopje1630yeah. But obvious. It had to be a forced mate otherwise it was a loss. Knight e3 failed on bishop f1.
p00426wChessdoom15812 easy 4 me!
p00426wtmprat1274No big deal. Overrated.
p00436bwolf2127681130hmmm, cant see, whats happening ??
p00436bwolf2127681130ah, fork :-)
p00440bAuge1591Ein bekannter Konter.
p00440bwolf2127681130good idea
p00441bMarkusgoth2055In fact this is a very deep problem that worth playing.
p00441bMarkusgoth2055The 3rd move is so tactful that it ensures the victory. Nice problem indeed.
p00446wmastermind20071359very easy one!
p00446wunderated1302bang bam...
p00456btomohawk1820Should include ...Nf8 Qxc2 and Rxa8
p00461wlagplayer1668This was silly since rxb4 leads to an easy won pawn endgame.
p00461wedgy1662Terrible problem. ...Rxb4+ is a trivially won endgame. Of course lousy problems like this never get removed...
p00461wMeyinor1796I suggest to add a pawn on a3, to fix this problem.
p00461wuraleech2721So you would rather be up by a pawn than up by a rook? True, they both win, but which is the better move?
p00461wMarkusgoth2055This problem is rated 1802???
p00461wedgy1662uraleech, a trivially won game is a trivially won game. Both moves have the same value.
p00461wmark19601495Rc1+ is correct. Faster win with a rook up. Argue otherwise and you miss the point of the problem.
p00461wfredc1420Rxb4 leads to easy endgame.
p00461ww1b8881397the question is to find the best move (Rc1+), not to find one of the winning moves (ex: Rxb4+).
p00461wbwtaylor1447Crafty has scored the moves wrong because it can't search deep enough. Both are +99.99. There is no way to argue that Rc1+ is better than Rxb4. Both win, by force, with no complications. The number of moves to win has no value according to the rules of chess.
p00461wchesswiz15541. none of us paid for this site so we shouldnt be complaining in the first place. 2. the point of this site is to help our tactical skills, wether you found rc1+ or rxb4 it did just that.
p00461wKABOOOM1789People. Yes, Rxb4 leads to a won endgame. But Rc1+ just wins a Rook. Which is better being up a pawn or up a Rook? Use your heads. Alot of these problems have many moves that win, but the machine only accepts the best.
p00461wLinder1563Meyinor is absolutely right. And this site is there to make your tactical and not your endgame skills better
p00461wmykingislonely1805Calm down everyone, SveJoe already suspended this problem. Twice.
p00461wimnothere1165I dont get it...I thought Rxb4 was the answer...o wait a minute nvm.rook to c1 then d1 and you get to take the white rook while keeping yours
p00479wunderated1302block that queen...
p00479wwolf2127681130and then ...
p00479wwolf2127681130ok, good idea.
p00490bAuge1591Without considering all stupid moves before.
p00491wTama1551way to simple no distractions to get your attention of track. 1870?????? wtf think its that high because there rent a lot of people that play it.
p00498bwolf2127681130difficult...
p00507bwolf2127681130back rank mate. gooood.
p00516bunderated1302lovely sequence and sacrafice.
p00516bunderated1302stuffed this up 2nd time around.
p00517bunderated1302nice a neat.
p00517bwolf2127681130its very tenting to take the queen. hahaha...
p00523wPeaceProcess1539What after 2.Bf3,Qxf5 3.Bg4
p00523wmykingislonely1805Bf3 Qh4 i guess
p00523wmykingislonely1805Bf3 Qh4 i guess
p00523wmykingislonely1805the queen has no other place to go
p00530wfloreatdunum1654Extremely poor. There is no practical difference between eveluations of -3.85 and -5.89 pawns. Whoever included this here has either a) no commonsense, or b) no understanding of chess, or c) is an arsey little pedant with smelly old anorak and a plastic bag full of scoresheets. In any case, whoever included this problem certainly deserves no friends. GET RID OF THIS SHITE.
p00535wmastermind20071359nice
p00536wwolf2127681130why not show the next moves?
p00539bPrufrock1587It is mate on the move if the rook is taken by the Bishop. I'm with JoeLag on this
p00539bjustafan1390Ne7..Rf7?..2.Ng6+..Kg8..3.Qxh7+...Kf8...4.Qh8 ++
p00539byoung02613283.Qxh7+...Rxh7
p00539bwolf2127681130beautiful. For explanations look at Crafty. Ne7= +2.0, Re7= +7.0. :)
p00549wwolf2127681130and then? What follows, is so beautiful.
p00549wwolf2127681130white Q without defence.
p00563bJSorel1701very easy for a 1700
p00577wwolf2127681130it was easy !
p00577wslacker001526Talk about a help-mate. White hangs himself with his last move. It took me a while to see it, though, somewhat peculiar to see that opportunity pop up.
p00578bnetbuzzard1245There is only one legal move.
p00587bwolf2127681130but why not s h o w the following moves? :(
p00593bArthurrocks1764how about Bg5+ retard?
p00593bmykingislonely1805allows the king to escape the pin
p00598wwolf2127681130please show what follows then, its so interesting !
p00606wmorkovkin1644wrong problem. there are at least 3 equal possibility Qg5; Qa7; Nd3
p00606wostap18521...Qg5 2.Rc2 and what? 1...Nd3 even loses to 2.Be6+
p00606wmorkovkin1644You are right. I do not understand why I wrote that :)
p00606warmeno1831but why is 1803 so easy problem?
p00608wedgy1662stupid non-problem
p00608wViolinist1418It takes a strategist to realize the passed pawn is compensation for the rook... except that the position shown doesn't quite give you any choices eh?
p00608wzenchess1612i agree this is a non-problem, and i think white is better anyways in the final position, so this should be removed
p00608wMarkusgoth2055Too easy for 1500s... but maybe some pseudo-strategists don't realize that. It's easy to make mistake.
p00608wAngryPirate1308I agree with edgy and zenchess.....It isn't really a problem as you MUST take back with the rook, there really isn't any choice...there is no tactic or strategy involved.
p00608wnetlava1438LOL
p00608wspacecowboy1394This comment is in reply to the prior comments posted by edgy, Violinist, zenchess, & AngryPirate. Juding from your comments, you four guys didn't understand something when you made your comment about this problem. Go to the bulletin board and find the posts by JoeLag and SveJoe on August 24, 2005. Those posts should explain a little something to you guys. Now, the comment by zenchess regarding he thinks White is better in the final position (after 1...Rxe8) is an opinion that is probably correct. For confirmation, one just has to take a look at Crafty's analysis of the problem which is presented on this web site. Crafty agrees with zenchess and so do I. Crafty's score of +.2.04 means White has a decisive advantage. For this reason, I agree with zenchess' assertion that this problem should be removed. The best move by Black after 1.Bxe8 still loses.
p00608wbeco1362Sorry the rate mistake. I think it is poor. One star only.
p00608wtheKnife1585very poor
p00608wwald1609well I guess in real chess games, you don't know a priori when there is a problem-like tactics, so it's good to have some "non-problem" problems amongst the problems. However, at least then one should not be loosing, as in this one ...
p00608wChessdoom1581Damnit you fools, whats the problems? For every1 who thinks it is "to easy" why did you had it wrong then? Thats the tactic, You think so hard when its so esy, you've think easy in a real chessgame 2 right?
p00608wDerek1410this is overrated!!!!!
p00608wLaskoVortex1427What's the catch?
p00608wmykingislonely1805Boo! Whoever makes these problems (non-problems) should give up chess
p00608wlyctc1474when a monkey could make the correct move...
p00613bfloreatdunum1654Nice - first use the pin against the f7 pawn, then use the pin against the g7 pawn...
p00623bunderated1302I think it's great when you muff these ones and second time round when you see the solution. the sound of the moon slap you give yourself is priceless..
p00624bmastermind20071359oh well...
p00641bnemrod1406and what abot Qe7?
p00641bWilsonia1706Off the top of my head, 2.Qe7 Rxe7 3.fxe7 Qb5 4.Rxf7+ Bg7 and black wins I think.
p00667be4e5f41413Spieß
p00681wfloreatdunum16541...Bxd5 is also winning, as Crafty's output below indicates. Who really cares whether its -8.49 or -3.33, in real life?
p00681wmykingislonely1805crafty does
p00690bpinkerton1537Emanuel Lasker loves these economical mates. To him everybody on the attack's has been stretched in an ideal manner.
p00693wFireGarden1571This problem has got to be trading on its rating! At least as far as I was concerned! :)
p00693wfreeher1426I actually missed this one. For some reason, I just assumed it was a perpetual check and moved Qc1 without looking too closely, missing that the queen was hanging altogether. (of course, Qc1 isn't even a perpetual...)
p00693wwolf2127681130too easy for the rating.
p00694bwolf2127681130too easy
p00699bwaaek1030These sorts of questions are harder on a tactics site than in a game: you keep looking and looking for moves which win, and sometimes there just aren't any.
p00710wAuge1591standard defense against standard attack
p00712btomohawk1820Solution should be longer.
p00719wjkool999i am 72 but i leep trying i love chess i hope 2 get beter problems help a lot i like playing here thanks
p00750wwolf2127681130seems sooo easy, but...
p00758wwolf2127681130easy
p00776bwolf2127681130zu leicht für ranking.
p00784wnotyetagm1507The f1-rook is not loose, the f1-square is a loose mating focal point! So 1 ... Qh3! threatens 2 ... Qxh2# and 2 ... Qxf1#. White cannot meet both threats.
p00784wtheKnife1585White cannot meet Qxh2 at all anyway. ;-)
p00789wPhilwillb1335Very good. I thought that Ng5 was better because then KxR is answered by NxQ+ forking White's Rook. Missed the little fact that White could play the Queen to b3 checking, and then allowing KxR without the preceding punishment.
p00789wQuickFire1560What Phil said!
p00789wEngrStudent1247nicely done!
p00791bCLance2103more than one winning lines
p00798wwolf2127681130too easy for the rating
p00798wwolf2127681130much too easy. there is no other move.
p00799wunderated1302what a great turn around.
p00799wwolf2127681130very easy :-)
p00819bcamembert1600The solution really should be extended to Qxe5 dxe5 Rxd7+ Kg8 Bc4+. Playing Qxe5 on a whim because you can't see anything better (which I almost did myself) isn't the same as solving the problem.
p00820bwolf2127681130i like those backrank mates. :)
p00842bunderated1302a good points earner for the quick
p00842bwolf2127681130ok, relatively easy.
p00858bpinkerton1537This position teaches us not to be afraid of ghosts.
p00861wunderated1302missed this 3 times
p00861wwolf2127681130seems so easy, but didnt find it
p00866bdeepfriedbrain1795of course mate is best, but i think Rb4+ also wins (cxb4 Qxb4 Kc7 Re7+ Qxe7 Qxe7+ is a won ending for white, yes?)
p00869bRussellovich1468very sweet
p00871wLaskoVortex1427Hard to see that white is missing a rook.
p00898btpollet1718étonnant que ce problème soit si difficile, alors que la solution est d'une simplicité absolue.
p00923bunderated1302painfully exposed king...
p00927wwald1609again one of those: find the only moves which do not instantly loose...
p00942wfloreatdunum1654A theme known with reversed colours from the Dutch Defence. What was the opening here?
p00982wMasterThak1402I like 1...Kf4
p01001wwolf2127681130i like this knight attack :)
p01018wwolf2127681130removal of defense, beautiful.
p01023wMarkusgoth2055Somehow interesting.
p01023whmpf1420001640a bit underrated...
p01023wwolf2127681130last queen move is difficult.
p01035wnemrod1406nice ;)
p01051bwolf2127681130removal of defense.
p01056wLaskoVortex1427If 2.gxh3, then its mate in three: 2...Qh4+ 3.Ke2 Rg2+ 4.Rf2 Qxf2++.
p01063bpkendal1474very nice.
p01110bwald1609Kh2 is not wrong, it only prolongs blacks misery by one move.
p01119wBughouseMaster1555Nice problem, but after thinking for about 20 secs I still couldn't see the solution! I had looked at Rxe5 but then after he takes back, didn't see the Ng3 Kh2 forced move and then Nf1+, forking... I felt this was tougher than 1475 rated problem.
p01119wChessdoom1581Greatproblem, but i agree wit bughousemaster, (not that i had it wrong, I got 0.64+ rating!)
p01119wnotyetagm1507@Bughousemaster: Yes, this problem is a great example of the need to EVALUATE FORCING MOVES LIKE A COMPUTER (1 ... Re8xBe5!, 2 ... Nh5-g3+, 3 ... Ng3-f1+)
p01119wnotyetagm1507@Bughousemaster: Yes, this problem is a great example of the need to EVALUATE FORCING MOVES LIKE A COMPUTER (1 ... Re8xBe5!, 2 ... Nh5-g3+, 3 ... Ng3-f1+)
p01123wnotyetagm1507Yet another example of the fork-overload trick. After 1 ... Nxd5? 2 Nxd5 Qxd5, White plays the fork-overload trick 3 Re1+!, to deflect the d1-rook from its defense of the White queen along the d-file. White loses material. Chernev used to say "When you double your rooks on an open file, you more than double their power". This problem makes a good example of this saying. Without the doubled rooks the fork-overload trick would not work here since the White f3-knight defends the e1-checking focal point.
p01141bnotyetagm1507A wonderful example of the tactical theme . Here 1 ... Nxc4?? is a blunder because White can play 2 QxNc4!, exploiting the fact that the Black e6-bishop is an , having to both the Black c4-knight and the White e5-pawn to stop the e5-e6+, winning the Black f7-queen.
p01141bnotyetagm1507A wonderful example of the tactical theme BLOCAKADERS DO NOT DEFEND, THEY ONLY BLOCKADE. Here 1 ... Nxc4?? is a blunder because White can play 2 QxNc4!, exploiting the fact that the Black e6-bishop is an OVERWORKED BLOCKADER, having to both DEFEND the Black c4-knight and BLOCKADE the White e5-pawn to stop the DISCOVERED CHECK e5-e6+, winning the Black f7-queen.
p01141bSidorsky1483should be rated higher
p01141bwolf2127681130wonderful, but difficult for the rating.
p01200btmprat1274Too easy
p01208wwolf2127681130too easy for the rating.
p01218bedgy1662Nxc6 also kills
p01218bnabla18521.Nxc6? Bb4! 2.Nxd8 c2+
p01218bJoeLag12858 tries at all, 5 failed tries and 3 tries
p01218bJoeLag12858 tries at all, 5 failed tries and 3 tries less or equal 1 sec. What should you think of that?
p01218bMattdw1378Nxc6 is blunder as it is overlooking an altogether more superiour move. Bh5+ is mate if black just tries to sidestep the check. The only way out for black is to play Nxh5 (as the knight is the only thing blocking the kings escape route after the next move), which forces Ke7 which then makes Nxc6 a winning move.
p01218bInfamousG1178Excellent problem, sacrificing the bishop to fork the queen. While Nxc6 will win the queen (if 1.Nxc6 Qb6 2.Bh5+ Nxh5 3.Qh5#), it can force a difficult time after. Bb4 should not be "!" because of Nxb4 preventing the trade of queens by the threat from c2+ and an altogether more complicated game after. 1.Bh5+ forces 1...Nxh5 2.Qh5+ Ke7 3.Nxc6 Kf6 4.Nxd8 Winning Knight, Pawn, Queen and excellent positition for a Bishop.
p01223bdeadbeatoz1832qb8+ is totally won as well
p01224bMarkusgoth2055Why suspended? What's crafty auto?
p01238btomohawk1820Definitely should extend solution.
p01244bwolf2127681130and then...
p01253bimpromptus1513wow this is quite a long sequence..
p01255wFromper1281Tricky. Good endgame exercise.
p01267bWojtas2571513GREAT
p01267bFromper1281Oddly, that last move took some thought. I must really suck if it takes me that long to find the one and only move that avoids mate.
p01267bunderated1302yeah that trap was set and I was thinking of attack...attack...silly me.
p01269bfloreatdunum16542. Qe4+ is very much winning too, leaving White a full piece up with Black's king dreadfully exposed. 2. Qe6+ is mate in 9, which is a bit much to expect anyone to calculate in 3 seconds. Therefore a 50/50 guess for either of two winning moves in 3 seconds. FUCK OFF YOU PRAT.
p01283wArthurrocks1764this is 1831? This should be like 1950. Get lessons on how to rate problems please
p01301wwolf2127681130interesting puzzle.
p01302bunderated1302why did I throw the rook into the fray...
p01308bwolf2127681130if you see it, its so easy
p01309wwolf2127681130last minute salvation :)
p01315wLoseOften1406This problem is, i think, much more difficult than 1384
p01315wLaskoVortex1427This problem is ridiculously difficult. It should be rated 2100 at the bare minimum. Even 2.Bxb5+ axb5 3.Qxa1 should throw off many 1600 tacticians, not to mention the crafty line, that has a *THIRD* Queen capture at c6! The beauty of the crafty line is *****, but I have to give it * because 1300 players just guess the right answer without even seeing the simplest of White's responses.
p01315wLaskoVortex1427I meant a third queen capture at move 6, not c6--actually c7.
p01315wnotquitekarpov1332Agreed. I rejected b5 on basis of Bxb5 and if axb5, Qxa1 but then I am only 1375 rated. A really difficult solution to find for grade given.
p01315wwolf2127681130why not show the continuation? Would be very interesting. Can be analysed in Fritz. But is complicated to transfer it.
p01315wwolf2127681130too complicated for this rating. Have to think 6 moves ahead !!
p01315wwolf2127681130with luck i got the solution, but without knowing, if it was really a good move. im rated 1180 at the moment. :)
p01319bwolf2127681130here its not necessary show the next move, its supereasy.
p01331wsmotherhubbard1754This problem should make people find 3...Kxf7; I didn't think it was obvious.
p01335bwolf2127681130complicated continuation :(
p01335bwolf2127681130it was a guess move, because there was a mate threat of black present.
p01347bMarkusgoth2055A great one!
p01358bwolf2127681130too easy.
p01369bpadman1706maybe I missed something silly, but doesnt queen takes f5 check win in the same way??
p01369bpadman1706damn, q*f5+, king takes, rook checks, and then the black pawn can block...my mistke!!
p01369bsven1644the pawn can block, but still f4+ is possible. This would win was it not for gf: ep.
p01369bkitaro1641since Qxe4 is not check, black can play Qf3+, then you can forget the mating net. The right move is Qxf5+. I want my points back
p01369bkitaro1641ohh I see the e5 pawn block. dont pay attention to the last comment
p01390bBughouseMaster1555What makes this problem difficult is the fact that the last move, Ne3, FORKS the 2 rooks and upon first glance makes the white player worry about his position. That's why you see so many people failing this problem.
p01390bChessdoom1581A excellent move great!
p01390bJSorel1701You've solved problem p01390 in 1.5 seconds ;-)))
p01394wfloreatdunum1654very messy position
p01411wwolf2127681130hmm, doppelangriff :) - it was so common, so i looked for other solutions.
p01424wwolf2127681130there is something wrong. Crafty shows 2.Kxf3. :(
p01434bunderated1302I got distracted.
p01434bwolf2127681130continuation?
p01438wtacticaldeep1830quite good exercise, but after 1.Rxd1 Qxe7 2.Rxe7 Nxe7 3.Rd7!= fe.3...Rc1+ 4.Bf1 Nc6 5.Rc7 g5.
p01438wtacticaldeep1830im sorry first 5.Kg2! is better threatening 6.Bb5!
p01438wtacticaldeep1830thats it!?
p01462bMarkusgoth20551st move is very normal, but the obsure 2nd move is indeed quite a great move. Let's mate, guys!
p01467wabcdef1402cool
p01480wwolf2127681130very, very easy
p01495wwolf2127681130hmmm, fork.
p01495wwolf2127681130when i found it, i laughed. ;)
p01498wHoly1153Every piece is still on the board. Has the themes of discovered attack, bishop fork, and removing/distracting the defender.
p01501btomohawk1820Should extend the solution.
p01520wwolf2127681130too easy
p01522bcamembert1600Couldn't the solution be extended with something like 2...Qh6 3.Qc3+ (and maybe even on to 3...Kh7 4.Nf6+)? Those moves are the only ones that win, and I think they make the point of the problem clearer.
p01522bfloreatdunum1654I agree with Camembert
p01522btomohawk1820I agree as well. Many problems are like this one. They end too soon and can't be "correct" if you can't find out the entire sequence. Otherwise it is just guessing.
p01532wwolf2127681130what a Q sacrifice !
p01532wpeterbrace1240nice
p01544bnotyetagm1507An excellent combination that looks like it results from an Open Sicilian position. 2 Nf5+!! e6xf5 is a LINE-OPENING SACRIFICE that open both the d-file and the a2-g8 diagonal. The opening of these two lines to the Black e7-king creates two LOOSE SQUARES next to the Black king, the Black d7-knight and Black f7-pawn. Then 3 Rxd7+!! Kxd7 is a KING DEFLECTION, DEFLECTING the Black e7-king from defending the f7-square, allowing 4 Qxf7+, winning.
p01550wnotyetagm1507The famous SIBERIAN TRAP. If 2 NxN??, then 2 ... QxP#.
p01550wamok1578very nice
p01557wBraydin1131Unless I'm mistaken Qh1# is also a solution, but will give you a failed rating.
p01557wfulmar1348If Qh1+ then Bf1
p01559wunderated1302nice little one 2 there. liked it. liked it a lot.
p01562bdiegoami1392Ng5 wins too
p01562bmykingislonely1805Ng5 f5
p01562bimpromptus1513I thought Ng5 would work lol
p01564btpollet1718Très subtil dans l'idée. C'est une prise qui permet la bonne déviation.
p01585wplopje1630I couldn't see a defence at first. Mate in one I didn't expect that at first.
p01589bwolf2127681130didnot find it easily....
p01592bwolf2127681130surprise ;)
p01592bwolf2127681130hmmm, its so tenting taking the rook. (Its better always looking for mate).
p01593wfloreatdunum1654White had a major mental malfunction that day...
p01616bwolf2127681130removal of defense. A difficult one.
p01622wwolf2127681130yeah, i like it.
p01626wsnakehead1460D'Oh!
p01633wwolf2127681130not too easy to find...
p01644bwolf2127681130poor Queen.
p01654bwolf2127681130hmm, its mate if you dont do nothing...
p01659bedgy1662don't see why Rxf8 and then e5 doesn't work
p01659bSagwagon1588because of 1.RxB RxR 2 e5+ Nxe5
p01659bSagwagon1588because of 1.RxB RxR 2 e5+ Nxe5
p01659bSagwagon1588haha i didnt know that hitting the back button would post it twice..anyway i thought you said RxB not RxR so..forget my two posts :D
p01659bSagwagon1588because of 1.RxB RxR 2 e5+ Nxe5
p01659bmykingislonely1805Rxf8 Rxf8 e5+ Bxe5 Ne4+ and the king may go back down
p01662bMarkusgoth2055I agree with tomohawk. This is indeed an excellent problem.
p01663wunderated1302hesitant to sack the queen. but it looked so good.
p01670bFireGarden1571I think more people might fail this if they were asked for a further move. The point of the tactic is that after 1. ... hxg5 2. hxg5 Bxg5 3. Rh2+ is a discovered attack on the black rook. So black can't save his bishop. At the moment, some of the people who solve this position may simply be recapturing a pawn. Right move for less than best reason.
p01670bwolf2127681130and what then ?
p01673wlimbo6961351only legal move
p01673wInfamousG11781...Kc7 or 1...Kc5 are both legal moves. Both lead to a struggle for position and potentially a draw by 3-fold reptition as white is in a much tougher position. Nb6 effictely removes the White Queen from the game with her only two safe squares are her current position and Qa7. The White Bishop is pinned to the King. Regardless of White's next move, exploiting the pin and Black's pawn threat should make quick work to check mate. Nb6 is far superior to moving the king.
p01673wInfamousG11781...Kc7 or 1...Kc5 are both legal moves. Both lead to a struggle for position and potentially a draw by 3-fold reptition as white is in a much tougher position. Nb6 effictely removes the White Queen from the game with her only two safe squares are her current position and Qa7. The White Bishop is pinned to the King. Regardless of White's next move, exploiting the pin and Black's pawn threat should make quick work to check mate. Nb6 is far superior to moving the king.
p01698bimpromptus1513almost got me lol
p01703bnune1416Rxb2 is clearly winning also
p01703bchessidiot-115not really. all it does is regaining the pawn
p01718whmpf1420001640Stupid problem were qxb1 works as well!
p01718wpiedmon1602Qxb1 wins as well.
p01718wealster20041593Well, as the crafty analysis shows Nf7+ is clearly much better because white does not get counterplay but puzzles classically are not supposed to take that stuff into account so I think the puzzle should be withdrawn.
p01743wwolf2127681130here continuation isnt necessary.
p01755wtpollet1718Ne pas avoir peur d'un échec. Je ne pense pas avoir tout vu.
p01763wtpollet1718Objectif final : le mat, n'est pas toujours le seul dans une partie. Une simple suppression d'un défenseur de caca peut suffire
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