Puzzle #60: Black to Play; Black to Tinue

How do I Tinue; let me count the ways...

This week's is a size 5 puzzle for you to solve. I don't have a specific Tinue I'm looking for. I want all the Tinues :)  I want to know how many different Tinues you can find for Black.

For the purpose of this puzzle, Tinue is defined as a board state in which no matter what the opposing player does during their turn (White, in this instance), a road win will be awarded to the other player (Black) on their next turn. If you are familiar with Chess, Tinue is very similar to Checkmate.

Please form your answer with PTN or a link to your solution via ptn.ninja. And, remember to add the r/Tak spoiler tag to your solution so as not to ruin it for others. To do this, put your answer in brackets and follow with (/spoiler). Ex:  [26. a3- Sa3](/spoiler).

If you are interested in seeing how the game got to this point, here it is.

I hope you enjoy playing around with this one!

Puzzle #59: Black to Play; Best Move

Hi Takkers!

Another "best move" puzzle, this one came from a game I played against AaaarghBot this past week.

This game was fairly even until this point and had some nice back and forth play. Here's a link if you want to take a look. This board state was the turning point of the game.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to determine Black's best move and reasons why you think so. Please answer in PTN and include the spoiler tag to preserve the puzzle for others. To form the spoiler tag on reddit, put the sensitive part of your answer in brackets followed by (/spoiler).

Ex:  [6. a4 Cb4](/spoiler)


I hope you enjoy these puzzles!  If you have suggestions for content, let me know via the comments or email (bill.leighton1@gmail.com).

Puzzle #58: White to Play; Best Move

Hello all!

I've done a few Tinue puzzles lately, so I'll switch it up this week and do a Best Move puzzle.

This game was one against FriendlyBot. I forced some stack-building and it kinda got out of control a bit. The result was an End Game scenario with a lot of walls and stacks and little maneuvering room.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to determine White's best move and Black's best response. It would be best to include reasons why you think these moves are the cream of the crop. Also, please answer in PTN and include the spoiler tag to preserve the puzzle for others. To form the spoiler tag on reddit, put the sensitive part of your answer in brackets followed by (/spoiler).

Ex:  [6. a4 Cb4](/spoiler)


If you would like to see how the game got to this point, here's a link.

I hope you enjoy these puzzles!  If you have suggestions for content, let me know via the comments or email (bill.leighton1@gmail.com).

Puzzle #57: White to Play; White to Tinue

Hello all!

I've done a few size 6 puzzles over the past couple weeks, so I decided to change it up this week and go back to a size 5. This particular game was against AaaarghBot, one of my favorites to get a quick puzzle from, as the games are quick and its search depth isn't terribly far out.

As a secondary part of the puzzle, What would you have done as Black during the previous turn (instead of c3) to stop or delay this Tinue?

For the purpose of this puzzle, Tinue is defined as a board state in which no matter what the opposing player does during their turn (Black, in this instance), a road win will be awarded to the other player (White) on their next turn. If you are familiar with Chess, Tinue is very similar to Checkmate.

Please form your answer with PTN or a link to your solution via ptn.ninja. And, remember to add the r/Tak spoiler tag to your solution so as not to ruin it for others. To do this, put your answer in brackets and follow with (/spoiler). Ex:  [26. a3- Sa3](/spoiler).

To narrow things down to a single solution for this puzzle, I am looking for the board state of Tinue achieved in 5 moves (this would mean the win would occur in 7 moves).

I believe all responses by Black are singular and forced. If the response is not singular and forced, then any response results in the same following move by White or the defensive moves by Black have ready responses by White and those defense/offense pairs are interchangeable in regards to order. Of course, I could have made a mistake...in that case, let me know so I can fix it or, at least, apologize.

P.S.  If you find another Tinue, I'd certainly be interested in seeing it.

P.P.S  If you have suggestions for content, just let me know via comments on this blog, r/Tak, Discord, or email.

Puzzle #56: White to Play; White to Tinue

Hello everyone!

Here's another interesting one that I came across while doing research for Level II.

For the purpose of this puzzle, Tinue is defined as a board state in which no matter what the opposing player does during their turn (Black, in this instance), a road win will be awarded to the other player (White) on their next turn. If you are familiar with Chess, Tinue is very similar to Checkmate.

Please form your answer with PTN or a link to your solution via ptn.ninja. And, remember to add the r/Tak spoiler tag to your solution so as not to ruin it for others. To do this, put your answer in brackets and follow with (/spoiler). Ex:  [26. a3- Sa3](/spoiler).

To narrow things down to a single solution for this puzzle, I am looking for the board state of Tinue achieved in 3 moves (this would mean the win would occur in 5 moves).

I believe all responses by Black are singular and forced. If the response is not singular and forced, then any response results in the same following move by White or the defensive moves by Black have ready responses by White and those defense/offense pairs are interchangeable in regards to order. Of course, I could have made a mistake...in that case, let me know so I can fix it or, at least, apologize.

P.S.  If you find another Tinue, I'd certainly be interested in seeing it.

P.P.S  If you have suggestions for content, just let me know via comments on this blog, r/Tak, Discord, or email.


Thanks and enjoy!