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CHESS PUZZLE, FEN r4kr1/1b2n2Q/2p2B2/1pbq4/p7/5N2/P1B2PPP/4R1K1 w - -

Added by:bolleh
Added on:06-Mar-09
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chess puzzle r4kr1/1b2n2Q/2p2B2/1pbq4/p7/5N2/P1B2PPP/4R1K1 w - -
Attempts:1783
Solved:904 (50%)
White to move, mate in 4
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zwitscher-tron
24-Sep-14, 01:17

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i like move two or type of moves like this, when greed won´t lead to the right solution.
seif73
24-Sep-14, 04:28

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Nice and simple was surprised with low percentage solve rate.
wardh
24-Sep-14, 05:25

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Greed
Greed leads to a mate in 5 (my first try). And yes, I'm too surprised with the low percentage solve rate.
milen_91
24-Sep-14, 06:38

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Rxe7 leads to better mate imo - plus it's usually less moves.
dkapitator
24-Sep-14, 06:49

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Low solve rate
A nickle says folks are looking for the queen sac.  

(Surprised me too, but in fairness there is a lot going on here. A nice puzzle, though since it varies already from the game on which it is based, it would have been nice for the designer to remove some of the extraneous pieces.)
minionofmidas
24-Sep-14, 08:36

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Oh, and I thought I'd solved it and then the pc surprised me by accepting my second move but replying in a way I'd overlooked (queen sac instead of king move). Still worked much the same way, though.
pawnclone
24-Sep-14, 08:45

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I have to admit, greed got me every time, it's too tempting, I kept sensing danger all around
pony_boy
24-Sep-14, 08:51

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A True Puzzle
A little convoluted, but the pattern is there.
fezzik
24-Sep-14, 13:59

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Wow!
I gave this two stars, the lowest I give a puzzle that's not a Philidor's mate or some other dead-obvious, mindless puzzle.

Then I saw the solve rate. The way many people solve puzzles, by playing checking moves, works here. The key is to recognise that the goal of chess is to kill the king, not the Queen. Once that goal is firmly in place, 2.Bd6(check) becomes pretty obvious.

I'm quite surprised the solve rate for this is substantially lower than some of the more difficult puzzles we had recently. I haven't checked, but I'm guessing more people may have tried this puzzle than some of the others.
pony_boy
25-Sep-14, 12:13

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Easy puzzles
Why am I not surprised that some of the players with Grandmaster ratings find the puzzles too easy?
big-dags
05-Jan-22, 14:22

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Liked it
Easy puzzle but my first response was RxE7, Bx E7, QxB checkmate in 2, but then i realised that in response to RxE7 there were multiple ways black could prolong the eventual checkmate by harrassing the white king
phylloscopus
29-Dec-24, 02:54

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Rxe7?
Not convinced Rxe7 is a solution (milen_91) too many nuisance checks and if I try it on the puzzle it's rejected
caseyza2
29-Dec-24, 10:23

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I agree with phylloscopus. After Bf2x, Rg2x, Qf3x, and c5, it takes more than 5 moves to get to mate after Re7x
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