{"id":2359,"date":"2012-12-24T01:59:43","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T01:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clactonchess.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=257"},"modified":"2012-12-24T01:59:43","modified_gmt":"2012-12-24T01:59:43","slug":"chess-whimsies-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necl.org.uk\/wordpress\/chess-whimsies-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chess Whimsies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two great senior guys from Writtle, Ivor Smith and Jim Howson, kindly collated these 10 challenging chess puzzles.<\/p>\n<p>(Note &#8211; the solutions are not necessarily unique)<\/p>\n<p>Q1.<\/p>\n<script>\n    new PgnViewer(\n            { boardName: 'cw1',\n                pgnString: '[FEN \"7K\/8\/8\/8\/6QP\/8\/1N3p2\/5N2 w - - 0 1]\" ',\n                pieceSet: 'merida',\n                pieceSize: 46,\n                showCoordinates: true,\n                movesFormat: 'default'\n            }\n    );\n<\/script>\n\n<div id=\"cw1-container\" class=\"cont-float-top\"><\/div><div id=\"cw1-moves\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cont-float-clear\"><\/div>\n<p>Place the Black King<br \/>\n(1) Where he is stalemated<br \/>\n(2) Where he is mated<br \/>\n(3) Where he can be mated in one move<br \/>\n(4) Where he can be mated in two moves<\/p>\n<p>Q2. White mates in 2<\/p>\n<script>\n    new PgnViewer(\n            { boardName: 'cw2',\n                pgnString: '[FEN \"8\/8\/1N6\/8\/1p1B4\/8\/2k1B3\/R3K3 !w - - 0 1]\" ',\n                pieceSet: 'merida',\n                pieceSize: 46,\n                showCoordinates: true,\n                movesFormat: 'default'\n            }\n    );\n<\/script>\n\n<div id=\"cw2-container\" class=\"cont-float-top\"><\/div><div id=\"cw2-moves\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cont-float-clear\"><\/div>\n<p>Q3. White\u2019s pieces fell on the floor. Just a King and a Pawn. Place them back in the correct position on the board and it\u2019s White to play and mate in 2.<br \/>\n<script>\n    new PgnViewer(\n            { boardName: 'cw3',\n                pgnString: '[FEN \"1nrqbn2\/r1pkppbp\/p1p1p1p1\/8\/8\/8\/8\/8 w - - 0 1]\" ',\n                pieceSet: 'merida',\n                pieceSize: 46,\n                showCoordinates: true,\n                movesFormat: 'default'\n            }\n    );\n<\/script>\n\n<div id=\"cw3-container\" class=\"cont-float-top\"><\/div><div id=\"cw3-moves\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cont-float-clear\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Q4. White takes back his last move and then mates in two moves.<br \/>\nWatch out for the unexpected.<br \/>\n<script>\n    new PgnViewer(\n            { boardName: 'cw4',\n                pgnString: '[FEN \"8\/5B2\/6p1\/5N1k\/6pP\/5pR1\/5K2\/8 !w - - 0 1]\" ',\n                pieceSet: 'merida',\n                pieceSize: 46,\n                showCoordinates: true,\n                movesFormat: 'default'\n            }\n    );\n<\/script>\n\n<div id=\"cw4-container\" class=\"cont-float-top\"><\/div><div id=\"cw4-moves\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cont-float-clear\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Q5. A group of experienced players gathered round the board and racked their brains in vain efforts to discover a series of four legal moves from each player (White of course moving first) which could have brought about the position. Can you find the moves which had been played ?<\/p>\n<script>\n    new PgnViewer(\n            { boardName: 'cw5',\n                pgnString: '[FEN \"rnbqkb1r\/ppp1pppp\/8\/3p4\/8\/8\/PPPPPPPP\/RNBQKB1R w - - 0 1]\" ',\n                pieceSet: 'merida',\n                pieceSize: 46,\n                showCoordinates: true,\n                movesFormat: 'default'\n            }\n    );\n<\/script>\n\n<div id=\"cw5-container\" class=\"cont-float-top\"><\/div><div id=\"cw5-moves\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cont-float-clear\"><\/div>\n<p>Q6. Place all 16 White pieces on the board in legal positions<br \/>\n(i.e. Bishops on opposite colours and no pawns on the first or 8th ranks)<br \/>\nso that none of them can move.<\/p>\n<script>\n    new PgnViewer(\n            { boardName: 'cw6',\n                pgnString: '[FEN \"8\/8\/8\/8\/8\/8\/8\/8 w - - 0 1]\" ',\n                pieceSet: 'merida',\n                pieceSize: 46,\n                showCoordinates: true,\n                movesFormat: 'default'\n            }\n    );\n<\/script>\n\n<div id=\"cw6-container\" class=\"cont-float-top\"><\/div><div id=\"cw6-moves\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cont-float-clear\"><\/div>\n<p>Q7. At the start of a game, with White moving first and Black copying his<br \/>\nfirst three moves exactly, how can White mate with his fourth turn?<\/p>\n<script>\n    new PgnViewer(\n            { boardName: 'cw7',\n                pgnString: '[FEN \"rnbqkbnr\/pppppppp\/8\/8\/8\/8\/PPPPPPPP\/RNBQKBNR w - - 0 1]\" ',\n                pieceSet: 'merida',\n                pieceSize: 46,\n                showCoordinates: true,\n                movesFormat: 'default'\n            }\n    );\n<\/script>\n\n<div id=\"cw7-container\" class=\"cont-float-top\"><\/div><div id=\"cw7-moves\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cont-float-clear\"><\/div>\n<p>Q8. If White starts with the moves<br \/>\n1) f3 2) Kf2 3) Kg3 4) Kh4<br \/>\nwhich first three moves must Black play in order to give mate with his fourth?<\/p>\n<p>Q9. Alphametics involving chess terms are few and far between but here is one.<\/p>\n<p>BISHOP +<br \/>\nBISHOP<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n= \u00a0 KNIGHTS<\/p>\n<p>There are 10 letters involved in this simple addition sum.<br \/>\nYour task is to find which of the numerals 0 to 9 each letter represents.<\/p>\n<p>Q10. Place 4 queens and a rook on the board so that every square is either occupied or attacked.<\/p>\n<script>\n    new PgnViewer(\n            { boardName: 'cw8',\n                pgnString: '[FEN \"8\/8\/8\/8\/8\/8\/8\/8 w - - 0 1]\" ',\n                pieceSet: 'merida',\n                pieceSize: 46,\n                showCoordinates: true,\n                movesFormat: 'default'\n            }\n    );\n<\/script>\n\n<div id=\"cw8-container\" class=\"cont-float-top\"><\/div><div id=\"cw8-moves\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cont-float-clear\"><\/div>\n<p>Update: 04\/01\/2013<br \/>\nNeed to check your answers? &#8211;<br \/>\nIvor has now released the solutions. You can find them <a title=\"Chess Whimsies Solutions\" href=\"http:\/\/necl.org.uk\/docs\/Chess_whimsies_solutions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two great senior guys from Writtle, Ivor Smith and Jim Howson, kindly collated these 10 challenging chess puzzles. (Note &#8211; the solutions are not necessarily unique) Q1. 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