Interesting Chess Puzzle: "Don't Touch The Pawn" - Rating 3010 - Pass Rate 2.60%
Sassanian King of Kings, Khusros II (Ruled Persia from 590-628 A.D.)
A Chess Puzzle!!! Don't scroll Down If you're Confident you can solve it
Black to play and win. Hint in the post Title
It's actually a 3000+ rated puzzle with a pass rate below 3%. I just came across it and felt it would be interesting to share. I actually was able to get the puzzle because of the puzzle title and I'm not going to be suprised is if someone was able to solve it too.
Puzzle Solution!
- Qg4+
After this move it is very interesting because it is a logical move. Black can play this move for so many reasons. One of the obvious reason is to maybe get a perpetual check. Another might be to hope the king moves to the f-file, which in that case black wins outright.
Let's explain what happens when the king moves to the f-file.
After let's say Kf1,Rf8+ wins as black is forced to give up the queen by blocking the check. Or lose by checkmate.
Here white still can't prevent the checkmate!
White's best Defense
After 1.Qg4+
White replies Kh1
Now Black checks again with Qh4+
Then after Kg2!
It's important to ignore the pawn capture on g5 and act with force with Rf8!
This threatens Rf2 mate ideas.
White responds with Rf1
Then black plays Qg4+ ignoring the g5 pawn again
Kh2
Rxf1, Qxf1
And the final blow by black comes with Nd2 where ultimately white has to decide between getting checkmated or losing a queen
Nf3! Threat for black is unstoppable.
Conclusion
I love puzzles like this that explains how piece coordination works and also explain how sometimes ignoring pawn captures sometimes helps stay focused.
Puzzle source - https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-hardest-puzzles-on-chess-com
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STOPNever read a post written in English yet sounds like Latin because I don’t understand anything about chess, yet. Everything here sounds interesting and probably my sign to learn how to play chess. @justfavour should be able to solve this puzzle in seconds.
I doubt, but I'm glad you tagged him😂.
Let me drink water first. Honestly, I was unable to solve it.😭
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I was unable to solve the puzzle, but I got the first move- Qg4.
I was unable to solve the puzzle, but I got the first move- Qg4.
Yeah cool. And I was about commenting on yours. So I'd just say it here, congratulations! The interesting about finishing school is the fact that you don't have to worry about mandatory classes and attendance or fear of failure. At this point, you have time and you can work your greatness at your pace. Goodluck in your next phase!