Daily Chess Improvement: Mating Tactic!

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  K. V. Hariharan says:

  April 9, 2017 at 11:41 pm

  1…… Qxg1+!. 2. Kxg1. Re1+. 3. Bf1. R3xf1+!. 4. Kg2. Rg1+. 5. Kf2. Re1-f1+. 6. Ke3. Rf3+!
  A- 7. Ke2. Rf5/f6+. 8. Ke3. Re1+. 9. Re2. Rxe2#
  B- 7. Ke4. Re1+. 8. Re2. Rxe2#

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    K. V. Hariharan says:

    April 9, 2017 at 11:45 pm

    3. Should read …R6xf1+

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  Alena says:

  April 9, 2017 at 11:54 pm

  1… Qxg1+
  2. Kxg1 Re1+
  3. Bf1 Rfxf1+
  4. Kg2 Rg1+
  5. Kf2 Ref1+
  6. Ke3 Rf3+
  7. Ke2 Rf5+
  8. Ke3 Re1+
  9. Re2 Rxe2#

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  Jeremy Tan Khoon Leong says:

  April 10, 2017 at 11:36 am

  As a side note:

  1. …Qxg1+
  2. Kxg1 Re1+
  3. Bf1 Bh3?
  4. Qd8+ Kh7
  5. Qxf6!

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  Yancey Ward says:

  April 10, 2017 at 2:15 pm

  While I saw 1. …Qg1 almost instantly as a move that might be winning, it surprises me the mating line is that long- I certainly couldn’t see it that deep- I could get to about move 6 in without a chess board before getting lost.

  I think 1. …Qg1 is probably the only move that doesn’t lose for black in this position- I certainly don’t see any plausible alternative.

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    James Attewell says:

    April 10, 2017 at 5:26 pm

    I think maybe 1. … Bf3 and exchanging bishops followed by Nd3 and Nf2+ was what she had planned, but 1. … Qxg1+ does prune the possible move tree down a lot.