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urfriendlymail4114
Superplayer7472 wrote:

Nice try, @urfriendlymail4114. But I think it would have been even better if it was something like chasing the opponent's king down the board to a specific square, where it's mated. Also, a good puzzle should contain something suprising.

ok then, ill compose another one... (with something surprising) also my puzzle is in the middlegame not the endgame like the one you were talking about...

black to play and win
Superplayer7472
urfriendlymail4114 wrote:
Superplayer7472 wrote:

Nice try, @urfriendlymail4114. But I think it would have been even better if it was something like chasing the opponent's king down the board to a specific square, where it's mated. Also, a good puzzle should contain something suprising.

ok then, ill compose another one... (with something surprising) also my puzzle is in the middlegame not the endgame like the one you were talking about...

black to play and win

That was sadly even worse, since the solution wasn't even working. 1...Bf4 was a meaningless move, while 1...Qxd5 would be winning. And after 2.Bxd3+, white would be completely winning. Moreover, after 3...Re3, white isn't forced to take, and both Bxd3+ and Nxd3 would win for white. You have to make it work.

angelarbatty
Superplayer7472 wrote:
SuryaVS wrote:
B1 sorry

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.

Great

Superplayer7472

@angelarbatty That was not very advanced comment surprise.

Superplayer7472

Is it just me, or does comment #63 have a hidden link to a buy site? Is it the spambot's fault or something?! Mods, please change that comment!

Sharp2Axe

bump bcuz i want more puzzles happy.png

Superplayer7472

Sorry for not being active for a while. I have been pumping up my rating on Lichess a bit, but today I composed a puzzle; a retrograde analysis. The task is to figure out whether the position is legal or not.

Good luck retroing your way to the answer!