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Outrageous Puzzle

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 11:23 pm
by MJMcCready
Do puzzles become more outrageous than this? It is claimed that only Tal could solve it, I'd be very curious to know who else tried their hand that day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6kpi7OZLaA

Re: Outrageous Puzzle

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2024 9:19 am
by Geoff Chandler
It has it's own wiki page.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaskett%27s_Puzzle


Re: Outrageous Puzzle

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2024 6:29 pm
by MJMcCready
Yes saw that. It is rather difficult.

Re: Outrageous Puzzle

Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 5:23 pm
by Roland Kensdale
More about this:

https://en.chessbase.com/post/solution- ... able-study

Was discussed on this forum in 2020: viewtopic.php?t=11209