Chess tactic review

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  Anonymous says:

  December 6, 2012 at 4:11 am

  Can I find the solution in less than 5 seconds? Yes.

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  James I. Hymas says:

  December 6, 2012 at 4:40 am

  1 … Qh3

  It took me about two minutes, though!

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  Anonymous says:

  December 6, 2012 at 6:31 am

  Qa6 threatens Qxb7 mate.
  If b7xa6,Na6 mate.

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  Anonymous says:

  December 6, 2012 at 8:05 am

  yes, Nd7, Bb7, Qc6.
  greets, jan

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  likeli says:

  December 6, 2012 at 11:28 am

  Qa6 ?! 25 seconds ..

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  Anonymous says:

  December 6, 2012 at 12:29 pm

  1.Qa6

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  Anonymous says:

  December 6, 2012 at 1:16 pm

  Qa6!

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  Anonymous says:

  December 6, 2012 at 1:17 pm

  Qa6!

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  Anonymous says:

  December 6, 2012 at 1:41 pm

  I found it in 14 seconds but then again I am blind.

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  Yancey Ward says:

  December 6, 2012 at 3:21 pm

  Nope, but not more than 20 seconds:

  1. Qa6 ba6 (else Qb7#)
  2. Na6#

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  Anonymous says:

  December 6, 2012 at 5:12 pm

  Nothing like a Queen sacrifice!

  1. Qa6 threatening mate on b7. Black can’t defend the b7 square, but if 1. … bxa6, 2. Nd7#.

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  Craig Johannsen says:

  December 8, 2012 at 6:03 am

  Nope. Took me about 50 seconds. Didn’t recognize it until I found the bishop + knight combined attack was a mate, and then that was the whole thing. Nothing more was required except to realize that black had no good replies to the combination, especially since the combined knight and queen attack on b7 was a mate if black declined to take the queen.
  [FEN “1kr4r/ppp1n1q1/5bp1/QPN5/3P4/4P3/P3KP1p/R6B w – – 0 0”]

  1. Qa6

  1… bxa6
  2. Nxa6#

  1… Nd5
  2. Qxb7#

  1… b6
  2. Qb7#

  1… c6
  2. Qxb7#