Joseph Plachutta
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Zadar
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, Austrian Empire
Austrian Empire
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, today's Croatia
Croatia
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, died 22 July 1883) was a Slovene descent chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
problemist
Chess problem
A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle set by somebody using chess pieces on a chess board, that presents the solver with a particular task to be achieved. For instance, a position might be given with the instruction that White is to move first, and checkmate Black in two...
and chess player, known for his famous problem with Plachutta
Plachutta
The Plachutta is a device found in chess problems: a white piece sacrifices itself on a square where it could be captured by one of two similarly-moving black pieces moving along a different line; whichever black piece captures, it interferes with the other...
theme.
Solution:
1.Qf3! (threat 2.d4 mate)
1...Nxc5 2.Rg7! (this is the actual Plachutta
Plachutta
The Plachutta is a device found in chess problems: a white piece sacrifices itself on a square where it could be captured by one of two similarly-moving black pieces moving along a different line; whichever black piece captures, it interferes with the other...
. threats 3.Qg3 and 3.Bc7)
2...Rgxg7 3.Bc7+ Rxc7 4.Qg3#
2...Rhxg7 3. Qg3+ Rxg3 4.Bc7#
External links
- Plachutta problems on PDB Server