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Christmas Chess Puzzle

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the time-to-work-the-brain dept.

While you might have just finished your third round of egg-nog, it's time to use the old noggin. Some of you may remember last Christmas' chess puzzle - well, I've been talking to Fredric Friedel again - check out more details below - or jump to the puzzle itself but read the setup below.

Frederic Friedel of Chessbase writes: "Christmas -- time to drive Slashdot folks nuts again, with a little chess puzzle. Frederic Friedel of ChessBase did it last year, and has a new brain-teaser for us today: "A game ends with the move 6.gxf8=N mate. How did it go?" Starting from the initial chess position you have to find six moves that lead to a white pawn on g7 capturing a black piece on f8, promoting to a knight and delivering mate. Naturally both sides cooperate to achieve the goal. Further details are to be found on Frederic's puzzle page. It is easier than last year's puzzle. If you find the correct solution do not post it in this forum or any newsgroups and spoil the fun for everyone else. Nobody will admire you for it, and some will be extremely annoyed."

4 comments

  1. Dogbert says... by Pike · · Score: 1

    My queen has an uzi in her purse and slays all your pieces!

    -JD

  2. alternate puzzle by Takatsuki · · Score: 1

    i glanced at this puzzle and set to work only to find that i had misread the move as fxg8 instead of gxf8. it took me longer to solve the wrong one than the right one. probably cause i was warmed tho rather than it being harder.
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    my other post is +5 insightful
  3. The solution, don't look... by ippen · · Score: 1

    1.h4 d5
    2.h5 Nd7
    3.h6 Nd7-f6
    4.hxg7 Kd7
    5.Rh6 Ne8
    6.gxf8#

  4. There's a simple reason for that by Pike · · Score: 3

    Whenever there's a big event like this, practically all forty thousand
    slashdot users submit the same story four or five times in hopes of getting
    theirs on the front page. If you had thought a little before
    complaining, you would realize that the admins can only post one, so
    they pick a favorite and reject the other sixteen thousand redundant copies.

    -JD