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#27 - Checkmate Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/22/2025
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Pillsbury`s Mate is a common method of checkmating and is named for Harry Nelson Pillsbury. It works by attacking the king with the rook while the bishop is cutting off the king. It is very similar to Morphy's Mate, in fact in some ways they are interchangeable, the main difference is that in Pillsbury's mate, the bishop could be on h6.

 

 

Convert all the letters in the checkmate into numbers A=1, B=2... Y=25, Z=26 etc..

PILLSBURYSMATE = ABCDEFGHIJKLMN

 

The cache can be found at:-

N55 (C-D)N. (I-H)(G-H)(I-J)

W001 (D-B)L. (K-D)L(J-A)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Bss cngu gb yrsg envyvatf, OBC, Snxr tenff. CYRNFR QB ABG SRRQ GUR UBEFRF

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)