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I sent my students the end of the year exam and gave them 1 week to solve it. The exam consists of 20 puzzles that require not only the correct solutions, but also annotations explaining them. One week is a generous time frame to solve 20 puzzles. It should allow anyone to put together some well thought answers that would show the knowledge accumulated during the year. I am going to let you be the judge and see for yourselves which answers I have received:

The d7-pawn is a monster. White also has the bishops’ pair that could decide the game. Unfortunately both bishops are trapped and of very little value at the moment. This should give the solver the idea to activate them as long as the passer is not in danger of being lost. You can solve the puzzle as well just for fun; then you can compare your solution with the ones provided below. Please move on after solving it. The annotations are by my students.

Glyn

Zhengyu

Walter

Solution – it should contain a positional analysis similar with the one I presented above, plus below winning line.
How would you score the above solutions?

Eugen Demian

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