Georgy is refering to this problem: http://www.yacpdb.org/#68127 Here also, the rook guards g2 in the diagram.
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True. Pawns with more freedom would have been much more paradoxical.
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Both pawns reach 8th rank during play, but cannot promote because black king will escape! Beautiful use of T&M as…
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an even more specific try : 1.Bh3? cxb8=Q(Qc8) 2.Qa5 b8=Q+ 3.Bxc8->b7!
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I wish to quote one of the problems of mine with Vlaicu Crisan published in The Problemist (Prob. F-3033,March 2013):…
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"...Unfortunately, white pawns have no physical ability to promote..." not exact, for example 1.Qa3? cxb8=Q(Qa8) 2.Qc5 b8=Q+ does not work…
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I suppose there could be a whole lot of positions to be discovered ending in the pattern of the mate…
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Fairy condition Koeko? Must be some record. The idea is of course fantastic, playing a waiting move and forcing black…
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This is a good problem. It just uses the same tactic used by Dragoun. My criticism (as I already told…
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A version suggested by Jacques saves a pawn and has a neat tempo move for black. But I prefer the…
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