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🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦This is another puzzle that I found interesting, amusing, or just plain fiendishly difficult. (I won't tell you which of the three to protect my ego.)<br> <br> This is problem 94 from the books. The first image is the problem, the second is the solution following the arrow sequence of red-yellow-green. Don't look at it if you want to try the challenge yourself. Red to move, checkmate in two.<br> <br> A side note: I'm really enjoying the power of the cannon/horse pairing.<br> <br> ---<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/象棋?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#象棋</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Xiangqi?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Xiangqi</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ChineseChess?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChineseChess</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ChessProblems?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChessProblems</a><br> <br> <a class="u-url" href="https://pixelfed.social/@zdl@mastodon.online" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@zdl@mastodon.online</a>
🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦I have always enjoyed playing 象棋 (Xiàngqí, a.k.a. Chinese Chess). I find it a superior game, in terms of actual enjoyment, to Chess. But I suck at it. Which is weird because usually people hate doing things they're bad at.<br> <br> Recently I picked up a pair of books of endgame tactics. This is because SO said, and I quote, "While you're terrible at every phase of play, it is the very technical endgame that you suck at most."<br> <br> Isn't he a dear?<br> <br> Anyway, the result is that I'm plugging away in my very spare time at solving endgame puzzles and occasionally I find one that I think is interesting, amusing, or is just plain fiendishly difficult. I've decided to start sharing these. When I do I won't tell you if I found it interesting, amusing, or difficult because I don't want to embarrass myself.<br> <br> This is problem 89 from the books. The first image is the problem, the second is the solution following the arrow sequence of red-yellow-green. Don't look at it if you want to try the challenge yourself. Red to move, checkmate in two.<br> <br> ---<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/象棋?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#象棋</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Xiangqi?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Xiangqi</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ChineseChess?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChineseChess</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ChessProblems?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChessProblems</a><br> <br> <a class="u-url" href="https://pixelfed.social/@zdl@mastodon.online" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@zdl@mastodon.online</a>
Strattzr :Strattzr:<p>"Composed by J.N. Babson for Brentano's Chess Monthly in 1882. Mate on the 1220th move, after compelling Black to make three successive and complete Knight's tours." :StrattzrShock:</p><p><a href="https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/2806/the-longest-problem-ever-much-longer-than-the-mere-549-mover" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chess.stackexchange.com/questi</span><span class="invisible">ons/2806/the-longest-problem-ever-much-longer-than-the-mere-549-mover</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.moule.world/tags/Chess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.moule.world/tags/TheObelisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheObelisk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.moule.world/tags/ChessProblems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChessProblems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.moule.world/tags/ChessPuzzles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChessPuzzles</span></a></p>
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