chess puzzle 20070704—endgame problem
White to mate in four
Add a comment to this post with your solution. I'll buy a beer for the first person to correctly solve the problem next Tuesday, during our regular session at Matchless.
→ Solution to last week's puzzle.
July 7th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
You could have posted something but the world-famous problem by Yarosh.
July 8th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Iļja, I'm not sure I understand you. If you mean I could have posted something about this problem by Yarosh, you're right, and I will.
Since the person who solves the puzzle wins a beer, I don't like to make it easy to Google the problem. Therefore, when I post the solution to the puzzle, I usually add information about it, like this.
July 8th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
This one doesn’t need to to be googled. I was trying to say that this problem (not an endgame study) is immediately recognizable to many many people. I may be mistaken though.
July 8th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
Ilja, would you like to choose next week’s problem? Sincerely, we would love your input. You can email it to jbarke@schillerlabs.net or lefthandsketch@gmail.com
I agree that this is a world famous problem, but ilja, I think we can both agree it is a beautiful problem that displays the depth and complexity of the game in a way which few other problems do. It’s a gorgeous problem, and we wanted to share it with our friends who look at the site. Having said that, we appreciate your comment.
July 11th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
It is a beautiful problem.
May 7th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
I agree with Ilya, that’s a easily recognizable problem. A beautiful, deep, difficult and marvelous composition indeed.
The whole story of the Babson Task and the first Yarosh execution of the theme is sensational by itself.
I could post the solution here but I wouldn’t deserve the beer as I already know the solution.
Cheers anyway!