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#42 - 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:


The Grünfeld Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves:

1. d4 Nf6

2. c4 g6

3. Nc3 d5

Black offers White the possibility of 4.cxd5, which may be followed by 4...Nxd5 and 5.e4, giving White an imposing central pawn duo. If White does not take the d5-pawn, Black may eventually play ...dxc4, when a White response of e4 again leads to the same pawn structure. In classical opening theory this imposing pawn centre was held to give White a large advantage, but the hypermodern school, which was coming to the fore in the 1920s, held that a large pawn centre could be a liability rather than an asset. The Grünfeld is therefore a key hypermodern opening, showing in stark terms how a large pawn centre can either be a powerful battering ram or a target for attack.

 

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

GRUNFELDDEFENCE = ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO

 

The cache can be found at:-

N55 (D-M)K. (L-O)(G/H)(J-I)

W001 (G/K)(C-G). (N+O)(E-F)(L-I)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

SU fgbar znexre, cyrnfr er-pbire jryy

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)