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06-16-2023 04:46 PM #1
Poopadoop View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Join Date Sep 2012 Posts 11,445	Originally Posted by CoccoBill 2. Bxe7 axb1=Q 3. d8=Q+ Qd5 4. Qxd5# how about 1. a7 QxBch? Then 2 NxQ, pxR(Q), 3. QxQ stalemate
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06-16-2023 05:34 PM #2
CoccoBill View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Join Date May 2007 Posts 2,523 Location Finding my game	Originally Posted by Poopadoop how about 1. a7 QxBch? Then 2 NxQ, pxR(Q), 3. QxQ stalemate Nxd8 allows black to Ke5, but 2. Kg7 What white wants to do is Rxf4+, but black has nothing to stop it. Maybe 2. axb1=Q? After that 3. Rxf4+ Qe4 4. Rxe4#
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06-16-2023 06:23 PM #3
Poopadoop View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Join Date Sep 2012 Posts 11,445	https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/chess/babstxt.htm Found it. You guys are (mostly) right. The nuance is that 1...pxR and the pawn can promote to various pieces, each of which White has to counter in a specific way. This puzzle really is farked. I quite enjoyed that.
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