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  1. me Reply

    I remember this position,it was published before.
    It is Bc5 and force black C-pawn to take all white pawns with later mate with Bg2

  2. José María Lasso Frías Reply

    Hello

    1. Bc5 , c6
    2. Bb7 , cxd5
    3. Bd4 , dxe4
    4. Be3 , exf3
    5. Be4 , f2     ( if fxg2 6. Bxg2#)
    6. Bxf2, gxf2
    7. g3,g4#

  3. Anonymous Reply

    1.Bc5! c6 2.Bb7! cxd5 3.Bd4! dxe4 4.Be3! exf3 5.Bf2! gxf2 (if 5…fxg2 6.Bxg2 mate) 6.Ba8! (or 6.Bc6 or 6.Bd5 or 6.Be4) 6…fxg2 7.Bxg2 mate ! Nice !!

  4. Bhavesh H Parekh Gondal Reply

    Bh3c5 d6c4 d7c3 d8Qc2 Ke2Kg1 Qd4Kh1 Qd2Kg1 Qe3Kh1 Qc1#

  5. Anonymous Reply

    Bc5 c6
    Bh3 cd5
    Bd4 de4
    Be3 ef3
    gf3 g2
    Bg2#

  6. Anonymous Reply

    Well I couldn’t check with engines, nor have I a board, but my nose told me that it should run like:
    1.Bc5 c6 2.Bb7 cxd5 3.Bd4 dxe4 4.Be3 exf3 5.Bf2
    a) 5…gxf2 6.Kxf2 fxg2 7.Bxg2#
    b) 5…fxg2 6.Bxg2#
    Looks funny 🙂
    Paolo

  7. Haridaran Reply

    1. Bc5! c6
    2. Bh3! cxd5
    3. Bd4! dxe4
    4. Be3! exf3
    5. gxf3 g2
    6. Bxg2#

  8. Chessforeva Dev Reply

    Jet another cornerdeath Bc5

  9. Anonymous Reply

    This looks like the ‘gobbling pawn’ problem:

    1. c6 cxd6
    2. e5 dxe5
    3. f4 exf4
    4. Bc5 f3
    5. Bb7 f2
    6. Bxf2 gxf2
    7. g3#

  10. Ravi Reply

    1.Bh3 c6
    2.Bd6 cxd5
    3.Bxg3 dxe4
    4.Bxh2 Kxh2
    5.Bg4 fxe4

    frees up the King and gets White into a winning position avoiding stalemate. But I am not sure if this is the most elegant

  11. Papamix Reply

    Well, he could play c5 on 1.d6. So, 1. Bc5 c6 2. Bh3 cxd5 3. Bd4 dxe4 4. Be3 exf3 5. gxf3 g2 6. Bxg2 #

  12. prof S.G.Bhat Reply

    Idea of Anonymous at 10:32:00 PM is good.To make it more forceful I have modified it
    1.Bc5 c6
    2.Bb7 cxd5
    3.Bd4 dxe4
    4.Be3 exf3
    5.Bc6 f2
    6.Bxf2 gxf2
    7.g3#
    1Bc5 is crucial else black plays 1… c5.there may be other solutions allowing black P to move down c file.I have not analysed.

  13. Anonymous Reply

    Bc5! c6
    Bh3! cxd5
    Bd4 dxe4
    Le3 exf3
    Bf2 gxf2+
    Kxf2 fxg2
    Bxg2#

  14. Anonymous Reply

    1 Bc5 c6
    2 Bh3 cxd5
    3 Bd4 dxe4
    4 Be3 exf3
    5 gxf3 g2+
    6 Bxg2#

  15. Anonymous Reply

    1 Bc5 c6
    2 Bh3 cxd5
    3 Bd4 dxe4
    4 Be3 exf3
    5 gxf3 g2+
    6 Bxg2#

  16. Anonymous Reply

    1.Bc5 c6
    2.Bb7 cxd5
    3.Bc6, dxe4
    4.Bd5 exf3
    5.Be4 f2 (if 5..fxg2+ 6.Bxg2#)
    6.Bxf2 gxf2
    7.g4# (7.g3#)

    NICE CHECKMATE

  17. pht Reply

    Solution is brilliant, but it wasn’t necessarily easy to see the problem!

    The problem can only be described by what does’nt work:
    1. e5? c5!
    2. e6 c4
    3. e7 c3
    4. e8=Q c2!
    and though white is 2 moves ahead, he still can’t prevent black to queen as well.
    5. Qe1 c1=Q
    6. QxQ stalemate.
    Other alternatives should be winning for black.

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