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We recently had an interview with Rachels about his new book. He was kind enough to share some of his unique chess puzzles with us. They are construction tasks, and even if you aren't too big of a fan of such puzzles we highly recommend to look at them nonetheless. They are very creative!
Construct a chess game that ends in...
As you know you can move the pieces on each of the diagram boards and try to construct games that end in the way specified.
Construct a chess game that ends in...
In problem three the white king simply has to move to his queen's square and await a painful checkmate. In problem four, for a change, the black king will be checkmated in the corner. That he gets mated by the white king is indeed special.
Congratulations to any reader to find the solutions. These problems are very hard to solve!