Happy New Year! White or Black to mate
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New Year Puzzle
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towforce
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Re: New Year Puzzle
Without doing any more analysis than looking at the board for 30 seconds (I hope that I don't get thrown out of CCC for not using a computer!), I would say black, on the basis that there is better protection for the black king.
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Will Singleton
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Re: New Year Puzzle
He meant that either side can mate in two, if it's that side's move to play. Pretty easy, I saw both mates.towforce wrote:Without doing any more analysis than looking at the board for 30 seconds (I hope that I don't get thrown out of CCC for not using a computer!), I would say black, on the basis that there is better protection for the black king.