I just came across this puzzle on the internet, and thought I must share this with you.
The link to the website is on the board - click on it and it will open the website.
The board was a bit small, but I sort of enlarged it. :-)
White to move, checkmate in 7 moves! (Try it first and then look at the answer!)
1. Ra1! Kxa1
2. Kc2!! ... { Zugzwang *}
2. ... g5
3. hxg h4
4. g6 h3
5. g7 h2
6. g8=Q h1=Q
7. Qg7# 1-0
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Zugzwang (German for "compulsion to move", pronounced [ˈtsuːktsvaŋ]) is a situation found usually in chess, but also in various other games, where one player is put at a disadvantage because he has to make a move when he would prefer to pass and make no move. The fact that the player must make a move means that his position will be significantly weaker than the hypothetical one in which it was his opponent's turn to move.
The above paragraph, courtesy of wikipedia. I also had to look up the word.
Learn something new everyday. You never to old to learn something new!
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