Friday, July 4, 2008

First Succhess Puzzle

Below the first Succhess puzzle that came to my mind :

White to move and win

Highlight the text below to see the solution

" The solution to this puzzle is very simple but requires to know Succhess rules. The situation is as following : White queen is pinned by the bishop on b8. In addition to that, Black is on the edge of queening with his c2 pawn, that is protected by the rook on c8. The position looks desperate for white. But there is only one winning move.

The solution is just to push the queen with the hero :
Hg3&Qg4+

This is an example of an amazing Hero move. He saves the queen from the pin and at the same time, the queen checks the black king winning not only a tempo but also the black rook and killing the queening potential of the c2 pawn. Note that the "&" symbol is used to represent the fact that two pieces are moving simultaneously

Ki7
Qxc8 1-0 "

You can see the solution animated below

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