White to move. How should White proceed?
3K4/3N1r2/2bkp3/3n1p2/3N1P2/2B5/8/8 w – – 0 1
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1.Nxf5+
a) 1…,exf5;2.Be5+,Ke6;3.Bc5#
b) 1…,Rxf5;2.Be5+,Rxe5;fxe5#
1.Nxf5+ exf5 (1…Rxf5 2.Be5+ Rxe5 3.fxe5 mate)2.Be5+ Ke6 3.Nc5 mate.
1. Nxf5+ exf5+
2. Be5+ Ke6
3. Nc5#
From Spain…
1)Nf5+,ef5
2)Be5+,Ke6
3)Nc5++
1)Nf5+,Rf5
2)Be5+,Re5
3)fe5++
Grettings from Spain
Nxf5+
If rxf5 than Be5+ Rxe5 Fxe5 mate
If exf5 than Be5+ Ke6 Nc5 mate
solution is Nxf5+. if Rxf5, then Be5#. if exf5, then Be5+ anyway, Ke6, Nc5#. jan
Black king can not move anywhere so all we need to do is to check.
1.Nxf5 !! Rxf5 2. Be5 Rxe5 3.fxe5#
1……dxf5 2. Be5 Ke6 3. Nc5#
This seems deceptively simple, but I see a mate in three, one of which is quite pretty:
1. Nf5 ef5
2. Be5 Ke6
3. Nc5#
And the prettier version is
1. Nf5 Rf5
2. Be5 Re5
3. fe5#
Ok, I shall await for someone to reveal the mate in two that I am completely and utterly blind to.
Quite a nice problem.
I saw that it was already solved by everybody. I had to think hard about this.
Hi, the end of the 2nd variation:
1. Nxf5+ Rxf5
2. Be5+ Rxe5
3. fxe5#
reminds me of the tailend of a great endgame study by
Genrikh Kasparian. (The just completed Grand Prix in
Jermuk, Armenia was devoted to the 100th anniversary of
Kasparian’s birth.)
The position for the study, with White to play, is:
2B3K1/8/3N1p1p/6pk/5P1P/6P1/7r/5r2 w – – 0 1
Lucymarie