Tuesday, 18 December 2007

A simple self-mate


Here is an easy puzzle for people who think esoteric concepts such as self-mates are beyond them. White to play and force Black to checkmate in 5 moves. (Schiegl 1970)
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  1. Anonymous22 December 2007 at 23:07

    1 a3 b4
    2 a x b4 a3
    3 b5 a2
    4 b6 a1= N
    5 b7 Nb3 #

    Nice little sting in the tail with the under promotion.

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