Chess Puzzle of the Day (Mar 1, 2022) | Problema de ajedrez del día (1-Mar-2022)
♔♞♙ Chess Puzzle of the Day
White to play and win
Today I came across this puzzle on Twitter by chance. As is often the case with composed positions, it's not easy to figure out who the author was. I guess I need to learn more about that part of chess, including reading some books. In any case, the puzzle is very nice. I hope you enjoy solving it as much as I did.
Do you want to exercise your tactical skills a little? Then solve this chess puzzle. Indicate the correct move and a full continuation. If you want, you can point out the tactical motives and other patterns present.
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♔♞♙ Problema de ajedrez del día
Juegan blancas y ganan
Hoy me encontré con este problema en Twitter por casualidad. Como suele ocurrir con las posiciones compuestas, no es fácil averiguar quién fue el autor. Supongo que tengo que aprender más sobre esa parte del ajedrez, incluyendo la lectura de algunos libros. En cualquier caso, el puzzle es muy bonito. Espero que disfrutes resolviéndolo tanto como yo lo hice.
¿Quieres ejercitar un poco tus habilidades tácticas? Entonces, ¡resuelve este problema de ajedrez! Señala la jugada correcta y una completa continuación. Si lo deseas, puedes señalar los motivos tácticos y demás patrones presentes.
También quiero invitarte a participar en los diferentes torneos de ajedrez en lichess.org. Si juegas ajedrez en línea, ¡anímate a participar! Inscripción gratuita.
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I could be wrong here... but it looks like stalemate. Black only has two forward pawn moves to b4 and b3, which would be at the same time the white pawn makes a queen. So there is no check and the queen still needs two moves for checkmate. It sounds like you were able to solve it for a white win though, so please do point out what I'm missing. :)
LOL. White does checkmate Black here. Think harder until you make it!
:P
I honestly can't see it. The king has no moves without check and the pawn has two moves... white needs four for checkmate. But obviously I'm missing something fundamental.
Yeah, White doesn't seem to have time, because of the stalemate threat, but with a bit of imagination, White can get around that.
Seems like someone hit on the hidden idea. Check it out!
I think I figured it out - you make the white pawn into a knight then put it on b6. Then you have to keep making knights from promoted pawns and do the same trick all the way along until you reach the black king. Promote the g6 pawn to a queen and then checkmate.
There is it, that's the key to the solution. But to round off, think again about the last steps to checkmate.
Oh yeah you could just make a knight and it is still checkmate so it is much neater!
An cuter!
Oh wow! That one was WAY over my head. It also doesn't seem a likely board scenario... has anyone plugged in the position to see if it's ever happened?
No! This is a composed position as I said in the post text. In chess there are no only players, but also composers. This position was made up by one of them. Chess is also an art.
That makes sense. I guess I didn't quite comprehend what "composed position" meant in the context. Thanks for clarifying. 🙏
Hi @eniolw and Congrats @davidlionfish on the solution, this is a real classic!
I making some progress working on my focus and physiology part of my game, in spite of my current low rating. I am looking forward to sharing this progress with the top players in the next tournament (LOL).
Thank you, @rodrook, it's a nice gif! BTW, notice that instead of making a queen, underpromoting to a Knight (yet again) would be mate!
A big problem for me, I often can’t find the best end game moves… But I am working on it :).