{"id":532,"date":"2013-09-15T17:16:50","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T21:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.curtisbright.com\/bln\/?p=532"},"modified":"2013-09-15T17:16:50","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T21:16:50","slug":"chess-problem-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/09\/15\/chess-problem-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Chess problem solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;ll go through the solution to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.curtisbright.com\/bln\/2013\/08\/31\/chess-problem\/\">chess problem<\/a> I posted two weeks ago. If you&#8217;re still stuck, another hint is that the solution involves multiple lines of play to consider. You can find my solution after the break.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The correct move is Qh5!, as shown below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-533 aligncenter\" alt=\"chessproblemsol\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chessproblemsol.png\" width=\"242\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"http:\/\/localhost\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chessproblemsol.png 242w, http:\/\/localhost\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/chessproblemsol-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A complicating factor is that the move does not place Black in check, so there are more possible responses; we&#8217;ll go through each in turn.<\/p>\n<p>If Black responds with Be2 then Qxe2 is mate. If Black responds with any other move of the bishop (including the superficially best-looking move Bxh5) then Rf1 is mate. If Black moves their pawn (f3) then Qh4 is mate. Finally, if Black moves their king (Ke1) then Qe2 is mate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;ll go through the solution to the chess problem I posted two weeks ago. If you&#8217;re still stuck, another hint is that the solution involves multiple lines of play to consider. You can find my solution after the break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}