White to move.
Daily Chess Improvement: Mate in 4!
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White to move.
1 minute
1. Bxg7+ Kxg7
2. Rxh7+ Kxh7
3. Qxg6+ Kh8
4. Qh6#
30 seconds
5s tactic. All forced. I immediately looked for check.
Took me a bit longer than 30 seconds, but I had 1.Bg7 and 2.Rh7 within 5 seconds- just had to make sure that 3.Qg6 was actually better than 3.Qh4, which it is since g7 is an escape square in the latter line.
It’s not interesting for me to solve puzzles in which all moves are forced. I like solving puzzles with quiet moves.
I’d be very surprised if extremely strong players are ever dismissive towards any chess position actually on the board in terms of thinking of it as too easy or not interesting enough although they might be dismissive towards potential positions for not being winning or drawing enough. Everything that helps you to win irrespective of how relatively easy or interesting it is is always very important. Even vanity such as thinking that you’re being significantly more clever as a result of solving a mate in 4 which is really a mate in 1 extended by a completely forced sequence can help you win at chess so even that can be important sometimes.
Pretty forcing moves, nonetheless, a nice tactic and a nice pattern to know.