Evening all!
NohatCoder wanted a puzzle with a single solution, and I think this fits the bill. If you would like to increase the difficulty of the puzzle, try doing it without the interactive frame, treating it more like a game situation where all the future moves and countermoves are done in your mind's eye.
Happy Takking!
P.S. If you have a suggestion, like Nohat did, just drop me a line and I'll see what I can do.
Saturday, December 16, 2017
Saturday, December 9, 2017
Puzzle #44: Spot the Tinue
Good evening Takkers!
Over the next few weeks I plan on changing things up a bit with the puzzles for some variety. I would like to post some more "What would you do in this scenario?" and "Tinue avoidance" ones.
Also, I was talking with Sultanpepper about the puzzles and how the difficulty could be increased/decreased. He suggested posting a game where a Tinue was missed and having you find it. This increases the difficulty and brings the puzzle closer to a game situation. Oftentimes, the fact that you are made aware of the Tinue possibility and the turn that it starts makes the puzzle too easy to figure out.
Let me know what you think about these changes so I know what to post in the future.
And, if anyone has a game that they would like a puzzle made from, feel free to send it my way and I can make a puzzle from it. Or, if you would prefer, I can help you to make and post it.
Happy Takking!
Over the next few weeks I plan on changing things up a bit with the puzzles for some variety. I would like to post some more "What would you do in this scenario?" and "Tinue avoidance" ones.
Also, I was talking with Sultanpepper about the puzzles and how the difficulty could be increased/decreased. He suggested posting a game where a Tinue was missed and having you find it. This increases the difficulty and brings the puzzle closer to a game situation. Oftentimes, the fact that you are made aware of the Tinue possibility and the turn that it starts makes the puzzle too easy to figure out.
Let me know what you think about these changes so I know what to post in the future.
And, if anyone has a game that they would like a puzzle made from, feel free to send it my way and I can make a puzzle from it. Or, if you would prefer, I can help you to make and post it.
Happy Takking!
Saturday, December 2, 2017
Puzzle #43: White to Play; White to Tinue
Happy Saturday, everyone!
This week's puzzle shows why it is very dangerous to let your opponent control the majority of an edge. Black made a mistake by allowing White to spread the a3 stack North without contest. An additional mistake was made by placing a1 instead of Sa1 after this stack spread.
Black's a1 leaves us with this Tinue puzzle:
Enjoy!
This week's puzzle shows why it is very dangerous to let your opponent control the majority of an edge. Black made a mistake by allowing White to spread the a3 stack North without contest. An additional mistake was made by placing a1 instead of Sa1 after this stack spread.
Black's a1 leaves us with this Tinue puzzle:
Enjoy!
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