Chess beauty

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  Anonymous says:

  May 7, 2008 at 5:19 pm

  Straightforward.

  1…f6
  2. Qxe6 Qh2+
  3. Qh3 (forced or else 3. Kg4 h5 mate) Qxf4+
  4. Qg4 Qh2+
  5. Qh3 g5+
  6. Kg4 h5+
  7. Qxh5 f5+
  8. Bxf5 Qf4+
  9. Kh3 Qxf5+
  10. Kg2 d3
  11. Qe8 Qd5
  12. Qe7+ Kg6 and black wins by bringing the king over to support the pawn

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  Anonymous says:

  May 7, 2008 at 5:54 pm

  Straightforward… not for me.

  OTB (Over The Board), I’d play

  1. … Kh6 and look for some Fox and Chicken Coop way to win.

  I didn’t work deeply enough to get the full benefit from

  1. … f6

  which is obviously from the anonymous post the correct answer.

  But anonymous gets it wrong on White’s

  8. Bxf5 as 8. … Q g2 ++ is checkmate.

  So, the correct continuation is Kxg5 leading to a Queen trade and Black’s d pawn soon promoting for the win.

  Thanks S and P! Very good exercise puzzle!

  Peter / chesstoplay

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  Anonymous says:

  May 7, 2008 at 6:23 pm

  No. There’s an even nicer win. As in the first post:
  1…f6
  2.Qxe6 Qh2+
  3.Qh3 Qxf4+
  4.Qg4 Qh2+
  5.Qh3 g5+
  6.Kg4 h5+
  7.Qxh5 f5+
  8.Bxf5 Qg2 is mate!!!!

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  gmb says:

  May 9, 2008 at 2:05 am

  1…f6
  2. Qxe6 g5+
  3. fxg5 fxg5+
  4. Kh5 Qh2+
  5. Qh3 Qxh3 mate

  2. Qc7+ Bf2
  3. Qd2 g5+
  and rest of line same as above