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Jean, get out your stopwatch for this one, Can you beat your record of 2 seconds in solving puzzles? The following is my only problem composition. It doubles as both a mate and endgame study because it is a mate in 5 and there is only 1 move to win.
Anyone with a chess computer program can verify that it is a mate in 5 and is the only way to win. I suspect that you will be up to this challenge as well.
As I said before, composing a study or problem with a non obvious move is extremely difficult, but these types of easy solution problems are good for the kids that I teach because of their pedagogical value.
Alan, I think you are underestimating how quickly good moves occur to strong players. There is one dead obvious move here, and I doubt it will take an IM more than a couple of seconds to see it. It might take slightly longer to check the variations, but I'd expect to find this in a blitz game.
FWIW, it took me under 10 sec to find and check all the continuations (incl. ...Qh1+)
Jean, get out your stopwatch for this one, Can you beat your record of 2 seconds in solving puzzles? The following is my only problem composition. It doubles as both a mate and endgame study because it is a mate in 5 and there is only 1 move to win.
Anyone with a chess computer program can verify that it is a mate in 5 and is the only way to win. I suspect that you will be up to this challenge as well.
As I said before, composing a study or problem with a non obvious move is extremely difficult, but these types of easy solution problems are good for the kids that I teach because of their pedagogical value.
Part of the problem is knowing that it is a puzzle, people look for a puzzle-type answer, whereas in a game it might not be the FIRST move you consider. I'm hardly a great puzzle solver but I was able to find the solution very quickly, and it was the first one that I considered. Something about the geometry spoke to me....
Jean, get out your stopwatch for this one, Can you beat your record of 2 seconds in solving puzzles? The following is my only problem composition. It doubles as both a mate and endgame study because it is a mate in 5 and there is only 1 move to win.
Anyone with a chess computer program can verify that it is a mate in 5 and is the only way to win. I suspect that you will be up to this challenge as well.
As I said before, composing a study or problem with a non obvious move is extremely difficult, but these types of easy solution problems are good for the kids that I teach because of their pedagogical value.
The first idea that appears is>>>
1 Qh6 Bxf6
2 Nxf6ch Kh8
3 Qxh7 mate
Which is mate in three. Black can delay the mate by one move by suiciding the queen on g2 or h1 making it mate in
four.
This seems a trivial problem and may be ok for teaching daycare preschoolers. But before you do so, please practice counting to five because even five year-olds can count to five and you don't want to embarrass yourself with them.
Which is mate in three. Black can delay the mate by one move by suiciding the queen on g2 or h1 making it mate in
four.
This seems a trivial problem and may be ok for teaching daycare preschoolers. But before you do so, please practice counting to five because even five year-olds can count to five and you don't want to embarrass yourself with them.
Jean, get out your stopwatch for this one, Can you beat your record of 2 seconds in solving puzzles? The following is my only problem composition. It doubles as both a mate and endgame study because it is a mate in 5 and there is only 1 move to win.
I am so sorry to hear it (that it is your only problem composition). Have you really tried ? :)
i think it is quite clear that these players are using computer assistance to solve the problem. After 30 minutes of deliberation, I managed to find the solution.
i think it is quite clear that these players are using computer assistance to solve the problem. After 30 minutes of deliberation, I managed to find the solution.
I guess it depends on whether someone is used to solve problems or not... There are only a few possible moves. This is the kind of problem that I would give to a kid (at about 1500 level) with maybe 2 minutes to solve it. If he can't find it in that time, I would strongly suggest him to do much more tactics online.
The other problem was also interesting, although once again there was a single move that made sense (1.a6). Still, I might use it with kids at a 1200 level, to show some interesting ideas in endgames.
Alan, I think you are underestimating how quickly good moves occur to strong players. There is one dead obvious move here, and I doubt it will take an IM more than a couple of seconds to see it. It might take slightly longer to check the variations, but I'd expect to find this in a blitz game.
FWIW, it took me under 10 sec to find and check all the continuations (incl. ...Qh1+)
No, I realize that these are extremely easy to solve for players of even modest strength but they are good to teach kids with as I said before.
I am so sorry to hear it (that it is your only problem composition). Have you really tried ? :)
No, I have only really thought about endgame studies because the concepts are much deeper and more instructive than mate problems. Besides with computers finding all the mates these days, proving an endgame study valid is much more complicated and rewarding. I am sure the audience would be extremely interested in trying to solve one of your original studies. Thanks for your input to this chat site. A player of your strength improves all of us lesser mortals who read and digest what you say. Despite the strength of computers, strong players have insights that computers just can't give us.
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