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If there is more than one solution, the composer will state this; if there is no such statement, the problem has only one solution. The example to the right is a helpmate in 2 (h#2) with two solutions. It was published in the June 1975 issue of Schach and is by the helpmate specialist Chris J. Feather. The two solutions are 1. Bxb8 Bd5 2. Nc7 ...
The puzzle is based on a 1922 342-move composition by Ottó Titusz Bláthy, which was later found to be cooked. [ citation needed ] Prior to December 2021, the record for the longest selfmate problem was a 359-move problem, created by Andriy Stetsenko in 2016. [ 4 ]
(This rule takes precedence over the delaying checkmate as long as possible rule.) Black cannot make a mate line longer than the number of moves given in the problem (assuming the problem's author correctly constructed the problem). For instance, a mate in 65 puzzle cannot be extended to a mate in 225.
While a chess puzzle is any puzzle involving aspects of chess, a chess problem is an arranged position with a specific task to be fulfilled, such as White mates in n moves. . Chess problems are also known as chess compositions because the positions are specially devised, rather than arising from actual gam
A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle set by the composer using chess pieces on a chess board, which presents the solver with a particular task.For instance, a position may be given with the instruction that White is to move first, and checkmate Black in two moves against any possible defence.
In the first diagram with White to play, White can force checkmate as follows: 1. Rxg7+ Kh8 2. Rxh7+ Kg8 3. Rbg7# For this type of mate, the rooks on White's 7th rank can start on any two files from a to e, and although black pawns are commonly present as shown, they are not necessary to deliver the mate. The second diagram shows the final ...
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Also, when first presented, the black piece at h4 was a pawn, but a computer discovered an additional solution by 1.axb8=N hxg3+ 2.Kh3 Bxb8 3.Qxc2 and mate next move. Yarosh then substituted a knight on that square; now 1.axb8=N fails to 1...Nf3+ 2.Bxf3 Bxb8 3.Qxc2 Bxg3+ and White is too late.