Monday, 5 December 2011

The visual appeal


Here is a nice mate in 2 which took me a little while to solve. I like this, not because of the difficulty (you should be able to find the answer in under 5 minutes), but just because of the nice layout of the pieces. (Composed by F. Schrufer)

9 comments:

  1. Nice one Shawn...Is 1 Qa6 the key ...

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  2. I would say 1 Bg2.

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  3. Yes, 1.Bg2 is very elegant!

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  4. Paul, you are duped. 1 Qa6 is refuted by 1...Rxb8 CHECK when White has no mate on the 2nd move.

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  5. Nice solution, plus a simple arrangement of pieces!
    Qb3 runs into Rxb8+ & although its winning, its not mate in 2.

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  6. Well, I tried and used my own brain not a computer...C'est la vie...:-)

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  7. 1. Qb3 wins. This took me about 30 seconds to do and I'm a rabbit at 1600. You don't need 5 minutes for this.

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  8. But Qb3 is not the answer, "anonymous". Lots of things win, but the solution is Bg2.

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