Daily Chess Improvement: Knockout Chess Tactic!

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  S. Srivastava says:

  October 25, 2016 at 12:10 am

  Bishop check.Rook check.Queen check mate

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  Melvyn Emmett says:

  October 25, 2016 at 1:27 am

  Bd5ch

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  Karthik says:

  October 25, 2016 at 1:44 am

  1. Bd5+ Qxd5 2. Qg6+ Kf8 3. Qf6+ Ke8 ( … Kg8 4. Qh8+ and … Qf7 3. Qxf7#) 4. Qh8+ Qg8 5. Qxg8#
  1. … Kf8 2. Rf7+ Ke8 (… Kg8 3. Qh7#) 3. Qc6+ Kd8 4. Qd7#

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  K. V. Hariharan says:

  October 25, 2016 at 2:27 am

  Karthik,
  It is mate in 4 alright!
  1. Bxd5+.

  A – 1………Qxd5. 2. Qg6+. Kf8. 3. Qf6+. and mate next move.
  3…..Ke8. 4. Qe7#
  3…..Kg8. 4. Qg7#
  3…..Qf7. 4. Qxf7#

  B – 1…….Kf8. 2. Rf7+
  2….Ke8. 3. Qc6+. Kd8. 4. Qc/d7#
  2….Kg8. 3. Qh7#

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  Lenny says:

  October 25, 2016 at 8:54 am

  It’s a little late for anything “new,” but here’s a variant after 1) Bd5+, Qxd5; 2) Qg6+, Kf8. I now find 3) Qg7+ followed by 4) Qd7#. Big picture, though, is mate in 4, beginning with Bd5+