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Three More Triple Loyds

The Puzzling Side of Chess

Jeff Coakley

Triple loyds are named after Sam Loyd, the American chess composer who published the prototype in 1866. Triple Loyd #23
Winning Chess Exercises for Kids by Jeff Coakley

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A triple loyd is actually three puzzles in one. As you can see, there is no black king in the diagram. In each part of the puzzle, your task is to place the black king on the board to achieve these goals: A. Black is in checkmate. B. Black is in stalemate. C. White has a mate in one. For triple loyds 1-22 and additional information on Sam Loyd, see the ChessCafe.com Archives : June 2012, July 2012, September 2012, November 2012, January 2013, February 2013, April 2013, June 2013.

Winning Chess Strategy for Kids by Jeff Coakley

Winning Chess Puzzles for Kids, Vol. 2 by Jeff Coakley

In a "sound" triple loyd, the stalemate square (part B) must be different from the mate-in-one square (part C). Triple Loyd #24

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Place the black king on the board so that: A. Black is in checkmate. B. Black is in stalemate. C. White has a mate in one. Most triple loyds are pawnless and can be solved "from any side of the board". The pawn in the following position gives the board "direction". Triple Loyd #25

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Place the black king on the board so that: A. Black is in checkmate. B. Black is in stalemate. C. White has a mate in one. Triple loyds are not the only kind of chess puzzle in which pieces are added to the board. There is a wide range of possibilities. In an inverted loyd, the black king is already on the board and the white pieces must be added. Inverted Loyd #5

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Place a white rook, bishop, and knight on the board so that White has a

mate in one.

Solutions
All problems by J. Coakley. Triple loyd #23 is from Scholar's Mate 23 (1994). #24 is from Winning Chess Puzzles For Kids Volume 2 (2010). The other puzzles are ChessCafe.com originals (2013). Triple Loyd #23

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A. Kd8# B. Kh7= C. Ke4 (Qf3#) An unusual QBN mate. Triple Loyd #24

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A. Ke1# B. Kb5= C. Kc2 (Na1#) A knight move to the corner is easy to overlook. Triple Loyd #25

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A. Kf5# B. Kf3= C. Kb4 (Bb2#)

Mate by discovered check . Did you ever wonder why we call this tactic a "discovery"? Wouldn't uncovered check be more accurate? Inverted Loyd #5

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Rg7, Ba1, Nf4 were added. 1.Kxc1# A surprise uncovery by the white king!? For inverted loyds #1-4, see July 2012, November 2012, April 2013. Until next time!

2013 Jeff Coakley. Illustration by Antoine Duff. All Rights Reserved. A PDF file of this week's column, along with all previous columns, is available in the ChessCafe.com Archives . Comment on this week's column via our official Chess Blog!

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