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Bonifratz to Chess@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago

White to move and win (difficult) - Alexey Troitsky, 1897

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Bonifratz to Chess@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago
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  • @rustyfish@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Queen H1 to F1?

    Edit: I’m still an idiot.

    • @wahming
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      Pg2

      Edit: Apparently I’m being downvoted by somebody who doesn’t understand white starts on row 1

      • dreadgoat
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        3•2 years ago

        Qd3 Pg3 Qf5

        • @wahming
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          Qd3 Bg3 I think, followed by promotion

          • dreadgoat
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            I think the definitive solution was already found further down the thread, but I think this could still work
            Qd3 Bg3 Nf4 Kh4 … at that point it becomes a sloppy chase but White takes an indomitable lead, taking B and a pawn easily

            • @wahming
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              1•2 years ago

              Bg3 is a check, followed by black promoting their pawn to queen

              • dreadgoat
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                Oops, you’re right. I went kingblind

    • @jafea7@lemmy.world
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      That’s what I would have thought, leaves the King nowhere to go and there’s nothing to block/capture the Queen.

      • @wahming
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        5•2 years ago

        Black is moving down, Pg2

        • @jafea7@lemmy.world
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          3•2 years ago

          Doh! My bad, 40+ years since I played.

          I’ll shut up now 🤐

      • @Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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        3•2 years ago

        Pawn to G2?

  • @SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Bc6 Rb2 Trying to mate on g2 and defending.

    I’m not sure where to go from there, either bg2+ or nf4+

    Either case I can’t find a forced mate in my head atleast

    • BonifratzOP
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      Good start. You don’t have to calculate all the way to mate in that line, White gets an overwhelming advantage.

      But more interestingly: What do you do after Bc6 Rb1+?

      • @SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3•2 years ago
        1. Bc6 Rb1+

        2. Ke2 Rxh1

        3. Bg2+ Kxg2

        4. Nf4+ Kg1

        5. Ke1 g2

        6. Ne2

        • BonifratzOP
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          Perfect, you found it!

          • @SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            No way!

        • @wahming
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          Does it work if black declines to take the queen?

  • @Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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    1. Bc6 Rb1+

    2. Ke2 Rxh1

    3.Bg2+ Kxg2

    4.Nf4+ Kg1

    5.Ke1 G2

    6.Ne2#

    Edit K for knight to N

    • @Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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      4•2 years ago

      It appears I’m an idiot too

      I’m very new to chess annotation and i keep using k for knight and king.

    • apotheotic (she/her)
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      I think it’s meant to be Ke1 G2 as Ne1 is an illegal move but that’s just a notation issue

      • @Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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        Yeah it was very late i was meant to be asleep not playing chess puzzles knight starts with a k haha

    • @wahming
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      It seems to be open ended if black doesn’t take queen, though

      • @Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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        Bishop moves to g2 checkmate of it doesn’t check the king.

        If it does then the king walks back towards the rook. Until it takes it or the rook doesn’t check the king ending the game

        • @wahming
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          What about Rb2, Kd3, Pg2?

          • @Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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            It gets all very messy if black doesn’t take the bate it seems

            • BonifratzOP
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              In what position? After 1. Bc6 Rb1+ 2. Ke2 Rb2+ 3. Kd3 Black doesn’t have anything but spite checks. And if …g2, White can now safely go Qc1 with quick checkmate to follow via Qh6+ (since g2 is covered by the bishop).

        • @wahming
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          deleted by creator

      • @Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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        What’s interesting is if black moves to Rf4 and ignores the queen i see how it gets very open ended

    • BonifratzOP
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      Nicely done! You solved the main (study) line. There’s other lines where Black actually holds out longer, but they’re much simpler to calculate.

      • @wahming
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        What happens if black declines the queen? Too lazy to calculate it out at this point

        • @Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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          Anything it seems. But I’m probably missing a lot

    • @Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca
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      After 4. Nf4+, wouldn’t it be better for the king to go to f3? Or am I overlooking something obvious

      Edit: answered my own question, white king covers f3 after moving to e2, forgot about that

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      • @Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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        Meant to be Ke1

        I fucked up the Knight and King it was 11 at night when i was doing it

        • @Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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          1•2 years ago

          No probs. Looks good. I’m a little wary of solutions that aren’t forced, but this seems the most reasonable I’ve seen so far.

  • @Dsklnsadog@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    I need the reddit bot to try it online.

    • BonifratzOP
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      My bad, next time I’ll provide a link right away. Here you go: https://lichess.org/analysis/4B3/8/6N1/5p2/1r4p1/6pk/7b/4K2Q_w_-_-_0_1?color=white

      • @Dsklnsadog@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Thanks

  • @Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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    King E1 to F1

    • @Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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      No that’s no good either, then castle comes to check

      • @Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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        Hang on im still onto it.

        New plan

        Bc6

        Rb1 checking king

        Kd2

        Rb2 checking King

        Kc1

        Rook must leave or be taken. Anywhere doesnt matter.

        Qg2 checkmate

        • BonifratzOP
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          Right, but what about 1. Bc6 Rb1+ 2. Kd2 Rxh1?

          • @Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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            Shit. Leave it with me

            • @Squareeyed@aussie.zone
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            • @Squareeyed@aussie.zone
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              Bc6, Rb1, Ke2, RxH1, BxH1, Pg2, Nf4, Kg3/h4, Nxg2. That’s as far as I’ve gotten

              • @wahming
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                Once white loses their queen, a mate is impossible

                • @Squareeyed@aussie.zone
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                  Got a modification on it. I think it works…

                  Bc6, Rb1, Ke2, Rxh1, Bg2+,Kxg2,Nf4+,Kg1,Ke1,Pg2,Ke2#

                  ? I dunno if my logic is right, but pretty sure that might be it, been fiddling moves for a while…

                • @Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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                  Nah thats not true

          • @Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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            1. Bc6 Rb1+

            2. Ke2 Rxh1

            3.Bg2+ Kxg2

            4.NF4+ Kg1

            5.Ne1 G2

            Hows that

            6.Ne2#

            Edit K for knight to N

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        • @wahming
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          How does horse take castle? Castle is on b1, free queen

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            • @wahming
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              Nvm, turns out that free queen is actually the bait for a checkmate

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      • @Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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        What about the Queen?

  • @wahming
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    Does it involve Ke2, Pg2, Qe1? Ending with Qc1, Qh6

    Edit nvm I’m dumb

    • BonifratzOP
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      Unfortunately no. After 1. Ke2 g2 2. Qe1 Black has a simple way to win the queen, and after 2. Qc1 Black can at at the very least promote the pawn and there will never be a checkmate for White.

  • @notaviking@lemmy.world
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    Qf1

    • @wahming
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      Read other comments

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  • @gabbagabbahey@lemm.ee
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    Chest

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