Saturday, June 09, 2007

Two puzzles for the weekend




Two puzzles for the weekend, Red to move and mate in 5.




Puzzle No.1












Checkmate.

1. 车九平六 马5进4 2. 兵五平六 将4进1
3. 马九进七 将4退1 4. 马七进八 将4进1
5. 兵四平五 (红胜)




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Puzzle No.2

I remember I shown this to John, he solved it without much difficulty.












Checkmate.

1. 马二退四 车1平6 2. 车二进八 车6进1
3. 车二平六 士4进5 4. 炮九平五 卒6平5
5. 车六进一 (红胜)

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