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Qh6+ Ke8
Qe6+ Kd8
Qe7+ Kc8
Nd6+ Kb8
Qb7++
these are the kind of problems you should be able to do in your head NO BOARD in less than a minute…just trapping the king in a simple mating sequence..
1Qh6+ Ke8
(1… Ke7 2Qe6+ Kf8 3Qe7+ Kg8 4Qg7#)
2Qe6+ Kd8
3Qe7+ Kc8
4Nxd6+ Kb8
5Qb7#
Easy.
1. Qh6+ Ke8 (1… Kg8? 2. Qg7#, 1… Kf7? 2. Qg7+ Ke8 3. Qe7#)
2. Qe6+
Now:
2… Kf8
3. Qe7+ Kg8
4. Qg7#
Or:
2… Kd8
3. Qe7+ Kc8
4. Nxd6+ Kb8
5. Qb7#
In all, checkmate in 5 moves.
Qh6+ – Ke8
Qe6+ – Kd8
Qe7+ – Kc8
Nxd6+ – Kb8
Qb7#
Qh6+ – Kf7
Qe6+ – Kf8
Qe7+ – Kg8
Qg7#
Ch6 leads to mate.
Mate in 5 at most. Queen and knight work so well together!
1. Qh6+ Ke8
(1. .. Kf7 2. Qg7+ Ke8 3. Qe7#)
(1. .. Kg8 2. Qg7#)
2. Qe6+ Kd8
(2. .. Kf8 3. Qe7+ Kg8 4. Qg7#)
3. Qe7+ Kc8 4. Nxd6+ Kb8 5. Qb7#
If you would like to try a challenging and beautiful endgame study featuring queen and knight working together, try this White-to-move study by K.A.L. Kubbel from ‘150 Endspielstudien’ (1925)
FEN 8/4q3/2p5/2n2Q2/p5N1/7k/8/1K6 w – – 0 1
Lucymarie Ruth