To get started, here is the first one: (I have many)
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Cool puzzle, hope it's ok to talk about it here & that that doesn't constitute a spoiler..
I guess you have to retake with the f pawn rather than the d pawn because when black starts pushing their pawns down the cascade the white king is close enough on the king side but isn't close enough on the queen side to stop them
Cool puzzle, hope it's ok to talk about it here & that that doesn't constitute a spoiler..
I guess you have to retake with the f pawn rather than the d pawn because when black starts pushing their pawns down the cascade the white king is close enough on the king side but isn't close enough on the queen side to stop them
Yes, that’s right. Although, I must admit that it actually does count as a spoiler. Can you come up with some own?
I just composed another puzzle featuring a similar idea, but this time, you need to play far more energetically!
That was a nice combination, @SuryaVS! Sadly, ...Rxb2 is refuted by Rd4!, when black's attack disappears and white comes out with a clear advantage.
On b1 the king is in check. Sadly, there seems to be no way to fix this puzzle. I tried to do it with the aid of the computer, but it was not entirely winning for black and they also had other, almost equally good options. I also want to share one rule of puzzle making (there is a reason that the name isn't "puzzle finding"!). The rule is
In a puzzle, the board should be as clean as possible.
This means that unnecessary pieces and pawns should not be on the board, if not for aestethic reasons. Other kinds of puzzles, where irrelevant pieces are on the board, are better for training, but those are easily provided by Chess.com and Lichess. Clean puzzles are much better for aestethics, and only aestethic puzzles are worthy for publication.
You could at least clean up the kingside.
Really nice compositions! Definitely nice to see self-composition threads like this one.
I'll bite with two of mine. White to play and draw.
And for something a bit more clunky. White to move and win.
Thank you, @Graywing13! Now we are getting somewhere with this thread!
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