Daily Chess Improvement: Brilliant Chess Tactic!

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  Lenny says:

  April 18, 2017 at 9:44 pm

  1) Ne7+, Kh8 (the only move)
  2) Nxg6+ (a) … Kg8;
  3) Ne7+, Kh8;
  4) Qg4 and mates on the next move.

  OR (b) … fxg6
  3) f7+, Ne5 (or f6)
  4) Qf6# (or Qxf6#, or Bxf6#)

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  Lenny says:

  April 18, 2017 at 9:50 pm

  My (a) solution is slightly inaccurate, since there is actually a way to prolong the agony after 4) Qg4 above. Black might try Bg5, thereby surviving for one more move: 5) Qxg5, and now it’s mate on the next — e.g., if … Rg8, 6) Qxg8#, or if … Nxf6, 6) Bxf6#.

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  Alena says:

  April 18, 2017 at 11:46 pm

  1. Ne7+ Kh8
  2. Nxg6+ Kg8
  3. Ne7+ Kh8
  4. Qg3 Bg5
  5. Qxg5 Rxg2
  6. Qxg2 b3
  7. Qg7#

  or
  1. Ne7+ Kh8
  2. Nxg6+ Kg8
  3. Ne7+ Kh8
  4. Qg3 Bg5
  5. Qxg5 Rxg2
  6. Qxg2 Nxf6
  7. Bxf6#

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    Lenny says:

    April 19, 2017 at 8:32 am

    Very good, Alena! I stand corrected again. Yes, Black has yet one more move whereby to postpone the inevitable.

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  Yancey Ward says:

  April 19, 2017 at 1:31 am

  While the latent pin on the h-pawn is easy to spot, not so with the indirect pin on the f-pawn that gives black no joy after 2.Nxg6+.