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@aVague said ^

approaching with king to c8, did You saw it?
here is final position

No.

@aVague said [^](/forum/redirect/post/o24C2BHu) > approaching with king to c8, did You saw it? > here is final position No.

@Himawari_Nohara said ^

approaching with king to c8, did You saw it?
here is final position

No.

Tricky thing, that is due c pawn problem needed, if not to approach right for exmaple to go with shortest way , then c pawn may block boishop with opened check and then rook defence that c pawn and ruins all mate stuff
2026-10-20_20-44-00.png

@Himawari_Nohara said [^](/forum/redirect/post/0BgH9NrA) > > approaching with king to c8, did You saw it? > > here is final position > > No. Tricky thing, that is due c pawn problem needed, if not to approach right for exmaple to go with shortest way , then c pawn may block boishop with opened check and then rook defence that c pawn and ruins all mate stuff ![2026-10-20_20-44-00.png](https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=png&h=0&op=resize&path=y5xPf459zs1O.png&w=864&sig=16cfa3563ffb835520edde9036062cd03c105411)