Quote Originally Posted by visualAd
I can solve a mate in 27 problem while sitting on the loo. Trust me, that is not a long time
If that's true then I'm impressed. It can take me quite a while to solve a mate in three if I apply my systematic approach. Sometimes I'll just analyze and check out those first moves that look like they would lead to mate and that's usually a more interesting way to solve the problem. Other times I'll run through every first move on the board until I discover the "key" move which can be rather tedious for a mate in three not as much work for a mate in two and for a mate in four and above it would really be a lot of work.