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- Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:27 am
- Forum: Puzzles and Game Comentary
- Topic: Human Error - A puzzle -
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Human Error - A puzzle -
Human error can affect the greatest players. Some blunders are caused by time pressure or tension, other by the big fish syndrome where a player is mentally unprepared for a simple mistake by an eminent opponent….. http://chessup.net/php/pictureParser.php?fen=3r1k2/2q2r1p/4QP2/pp4pR/3R4/2P5/PP4PP/...
- Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:17 am
- Forum: Puzzles and Game Comentary
- Topic: "Going for Mate" an unusual original puzzle
- Replies: 2
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the solution Going for mate
In the position with which you were presented, Black’s king and e –pawn had no legal move available. Therefore to engineer a stalemate situation for Black it is now only necessary to deprive his rook and his bishop of any move too. |This can bed arranged by placing black pawns on a3, a5, c3 and ...
- Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:08 am
- Forum: Puzzles and Game Comentary
- Topic: "Going for Mate" an unusual original puzzle
- Replies: 2
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"Going for Mate" an unusual original puzzle
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r104/Bagheri_bucket/puzzle-1.png First, you are allowed to place more Black's pawns on the board, so that, if it were then Black to move, he would already be stalemated. Having put the required pawns on the board, suppose that it is actually White to move. The sec...