GCVBNT Mate in One – J’Adoube (Traditional Cache) in New Jersey, United States created by Team Perrito Blanco

This cache has been archived.

Pofe: Greetings from Geocaching.com

I have been looking at caches in the area that have been temporarily disabled for a while now and it looks like your cache has been under the weather for some time. While I feel that Geocaching.com should hold the location for you and block other cachers from entering the area around this cache for a reasonable amount of time I don’t think we can do so any longer. Therefore, I have archived this cache. If you haven’t done so already, please pick up any remaining cache bits as soon as possible.

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GCVBNT ▼

A cache by Team Perrito Blanco Message this owner

Hidden : 4/9/2006

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is one in a series of 5. This cache and 3 others ( Mate in One - Zugzwang, Mate in One - Fianchetto, Mate in One - En Passant) contain the positions of the pieces in a chess puzzle taped on the back of the logbook. After finding the first 4 caches, you’ll need to figure out the move that produces checkmate for the White side. This move will reveal the missing digits of the coordinates of the final cache, Mate in One – Checkmate!.

j'adoube - A French word commonly used by English-speaking chess players that means “I adjust”. A notice to one's opponent that one is about to adjust the position of a piece on its square with no intention to move the piece to another square.

You'll need to understand a little about chess notation in order to set up the position of the final puzzle cache. A chessboard's squares each have a file (column) letter and a rank (row) number assigned to them. Just like the latitude and longitude you use to hunt geocaches.