White to move and checkmate in 12. This is another composition by Blathy.
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White to move and checkmate in 12. This is another composition by Blathy.
Hope this is right – I am at work with no board
1.Nf4+ Kc5
2.Nxd3+ Kd5
3.Nf4+ Kc5
4.Ne6+ Kd5
5.NxQ+ Kc5
6.NxB+ Kd5
7.Nc7+ Kc5
8.Ke4 d5
9.Ke5 Bf6
10.Ke6 Nd8+
11.Kd7 any
12 mate
rihsvwhoops I think
11…. Ra4
might spoil things
Sudhir – yes thank you
I sent my horse around the circuit in the wrong direction 🙂
Tomorrow I will bring a set in with me!
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@sudhir
In your line 8…d3+ still is possible, I believe, leading to the same problems for white.
Bruno, the pawn on d3 hasnt been taken in sudhir’s line, so 8..d3 is not possible.
By the way guys, i can’t see why it is necessary to go and capture the a6 bishop. Anyone explain?
actually i have now seen that of course black has Bc8 at the end of the sequence if you dont capture the bish. Obvious, in fact
I dont have a board. I use my computer. It would be nice to have the fen for the position.
Here is the position in FEN format:
8/1nq5/bppp4/1p1k1K1N/1rrp3b/2pp2p1/8/n7 w – – 0 1