White to move. How should white proceed?
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White to move. How should white proceed?
1 Qa8+ !! K:a8 2 N:c7++ Kb8 3 Na6#
I think
1 Qa8+ Kxa8
2 Nc7++ Kb8
3 Na6 mate
Qa8 Kxa8
Nxc7+ Kb8
Na6#
1. Qa8+ Ka8 2. Nc7+ Kb8 3. Na6++
1. Qa8+ Ka8 2. Nc7+ Kb8 3. Na6++
1. Qa8+ Ka8 2. Nc7+ Kb8 3. Na6++
1. Qa8+ Ka8 2. Nc7+ Kb8 3. Na6++
1. Qa8+ Kxa8
2. Kxc7++ Kb8
3. Ka6 mate
1. Qa8+ Kxa8
2. Kxc7++ Kb8
3. Ka6 mate
1. Qa8+ Kxa8
2. Kxc7++ Kb8
3. Ka6 mate
1. Qa8+ Kxa8 2. Nxc7++ Kb8 3. Na6#
1. Qa8+ Kxa8
2. Nxc7++ Kb8
3. Na6#
1. Qa8 check and then 2. Nb6 Mate.
1. Qa8 check en 2 Nb6 (double check) Mate
1. Qa8+ Kxa8
2. Nxc7++ Kb8
3.Nb8#
Mark
Qa8+ wins…
1.Qa8+! (sacrificing the queen and forcing the king to recapture.)
1…Kxa8
2.Nxb7++ (This capture of the pawn with the knight creates “double check” forcing the king to move back to b8, black’s only legal move.)
2…Kb8 (the only move)
3.Nxa6# (checkmate)
Qa8+ Kxa8 Nxc7++ Kb8 Na6#
Great Attacking Tactic GM Polgar!
Thank you for making it available.
I accidentally mistyped the square in my solution on the comment I submitted earlier before I could catch it, so I am retyping it here:
1.Qa8+! (sacrificing the queen and forcing the king to recapture.)
1…Kxa8
2.Nxc7++ (This capture of the pawn with the knight creates “double check” forcing the king to move back to b8, black’s only legal move.)
2…Kb8 (the only move)
3.Nxa6# (checkmate)
Qa8 followed by Nc7 and Na6
hanruke
WHITE-queen to a8; BLACK-king forced to take queen on a8, kb8*a8.
WHITE-Nd5*c7, knight takes pawn oc c7, ” automatically, black’s king is on check by the bishop on g2 and knight on c7″. BLACK-Ka8-B8.
WHITE- Nc7-a6#(checkmate).
By temidayo david.
Qa8+ Ka8
Nc7+ Kb8
Na6++
WHITE-queen to a8; BLACK-king forced to take queen on a8, kb8*a8.
WHITE-Nd5*c7, knight takes pawn oc c7, ” automatically, black’s king is on check by the bishop on g2 and knight on c7″. BLACK-Ka8-B8.
WHITE- Nc7-a6#(checkmate).
By temidayo david.
Nb4
Hi, Susan, my daughter and I are great fans of yours
1. Nb4, Bxc6
2. Bxc6, Qd7 (or any other)
3. Na6++
Hi, Susan, my daughter and I are great fans of yours
1. Nb4, Bxc6
2. Bxc6, Qd7 (or any other)
3. Na6++
Qa8
Qa8
Hi, I think the solution is:
1.- Qa8 +, Kxa8
2.- Nxc7 + +, Kb8
3.- Na6 #
Hi, I think the solution is:
1.- Qa8 +, Kxa8
2.- Nxc7 + +, Kb8
3.- Na6 #
Hi, Susan, my daughter and I are great fans of yours
1. Nb4, Bxc6
2. Bxc6, Qd7 (or any other)
3. Na6++
Q–a8 K–a8
N–b7 K–b8
N–a6
Very familiar mating pattern with knight and bishop. Probably seen variations of it in puzzles here a half dozen times or more over the years. Also, another double check at move 2….
1. Qa8 Ka8
2. Nc7+ Kb8
3. Na6#
@Fernando Val Garijo, there’s a small problem with your solution. On move 2, black can play a5 and there by creating an escape square for black king on a7 after Na6+
Cheers.
About alternative solutions, there is also a piece-winning line I think (not correct when there is a mate, but interesting):
1. Nb4/Ne7 Bxc6 (d5 Bxd5)
2. Nxc6+ K any
3. Nd8+/Ne5+
This discovered check regains the queen with the gain of a bishop.