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Problems 013 to 024
13
13
White to play and mate Black in 20 moves
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1. Qb7+ Rcc6
2. Qa5+ R4c5
3. Qb3+ Rdc4
4. Qd2+ Red4
5. Qf3+ Ree4
6. Qg5+ e5
7. Qf7+ Re6
8. Qd8+ Rcd6
9. Qb7+ Rcc6
10.Qa5+ R4c5
11. Qb3+ Rdc4
12. Qd2+ Red4
13. Qf3+ e4
14. Qg5+ Re5
15. Qf7+ Rde6
16. Qd8+ Rcd6
17. Qb7+ Rcc6
18. Qa5+ R4c5
19. Qb3+ Rdc4
20. Qd2#
Date added: 2/2/2021
14
14
It’s White to play and mate in 1.
The puzzle pre-dates the publication of FIDE’s official rules of the game.
The solution is a VERY unusual move, that is no longer strictly within the bounds of the rules of the game.
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b8=N (black) and check mate!
Date added: 2/2/2021
15
15
White to play and mate in 11 moves
(Werner Speckmann - Die Schwalbe 1st Prize, 30 Dec 1943)
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Rb1 - a4
R×b2 - b4
Rc2 - c4
Rd2 - d4
Re2 - e4
Rf2 - f4
Rg2 - g4
Rh2 - h4
R×h4 - Ka6
Rh5 ~ any move
Ra5#
Date added: 5/2/2021
16
16
Black to play and mate in 3
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1. Nxb5 - Rb1
2. Nxd6 - Rb2
3. Nxf7#
Date added: 5/2/2021
17
17
The ten king problem
White to play and mate all ten Kings at once, in 1 move
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Ne5##########
Date added: 13/4/2021
18
18
(White to play and mate in 1 move)
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Qd3#
(chessboard is upside-down white moves top to buttom)
Date added: 10/5/2021
19
19
(Capture the Black Knight in 7 moves.)
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Ra3 Nc4
Ra4 Ne3
Rb5 Nd1
Rb3 Nf2
Rf3 Nd1
Ra2 Nf2
Rxf2
Date added: 17/5/2021
20
20
(Capture the Black Knight - there is no black king)
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Kc6
1... Nb6 2. Kxb6
1... Nc7 2. Kxc7
Date added: 17/5/2021
21
21
(Black to play. Avoid mate in one - 1928)
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... - Rg1
Date added: 31/5/2021
22
22
White to play and mate in 2 moves for 4 diffent setups
a. the chessboard at left
b. Move bishop from c8 to f8
c. Move bishop from c8 to h8
d. Move bishop from c8 to f7
(Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Azhusin - «64» Special HM, 1971)
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a)
1.b8=B! ~ 2.Rh6#
b)
1.b8=N+! Kb6 2.Bc5#
c)
1.b8=R! Kd6 2.Rb6#
d)
1.b8=Q! ~
2.Bd5#
2.Be8#
1...Kd7 2.Bd5#
Date added: 14/6/2021
23
23
Mate in 2, white to move
rotate the board by 180° and Mate in 1, white to move
(Abraham Jacob Bogdanove - The Chess Problemist, 1920)
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a) Mate in 2
1.Ne2! ~
2.Nxc1#
2.Nf4#
1...Ra1 2.Nf4#
1...Rb1 2.Nf4#
1...Rc2 2.Nf4#
1...Rd1 2.Nf4#
1...Ng2 2.Nxc1#
1...cxd2 2.Nf4#
1...Kxd2 2.Nf4#
b) Mate in 1
1.exf8=N
Date added: 7/72021
24
24
(Samuel R. Barrett - The Dubuque Chess Journal, 1874)
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1.Qc3 Kb1
2.Qd3+ Ka1
3.Qd4 Kb1
4.Qe4+ Ka1
5.Qe5 Kb1
6.Qf5+ Ka1
7.Qf6 Kb1
8.Qg6+ Ka1
9.Qg7 Kb1
10.Qh7+ Ka1
11.Qh8 Kb1
12.Qh1#
Date added: 9/8/2021
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