New comment by gw32 in "Chess puzzle I found in my dad's old book"

gw32 — Thu, 14 May 2026 15:02:46 +0000

Neat puzzle, juggling between local and long-range effects. It's surprising how often the bishop gets in the way.

New comment by gw32 in "Chess puzzle I found in my dad's old book"

gw32 — Thu, 14 May 2026 15:01:26 +0000

I was wondering that too. One would think that with a greedy approach, 1 square diagonally from the corner would be better. (But that doesn't work as well.)

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New comment by gw32 in "Chess puzzle I found in my dad's old book"

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