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  1. 06-16-2023 04:32 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Poopadoop View Post
    What do you do after 1...Qe5?
    2. Bxe7 axb1=Q
    3. d8=Q+ Qd5
    4. Qxd5#

    In my mind the problem is 2. Qd6. What happens after Re1?
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    Quote Originally Posted by CoccoBill View Post
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Poopadoop View Post
    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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    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.
    I just think we should suspend judgment on Boris until we have all the facts through an inquiry, police investigation, and parliamentary commission...then we should explode him.
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