White to move. How should white proceed?
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1.Bb5+ Rd7
[if ..Kd8 2.Qc7#]
[if ..axb5 2.Qxb5+ Kd8 3.Rb8+ Ke7(..Kc7 4.Qb7#) 4.Re8#]
2.Bxd7+ Kd8
3.Qc7+ Ke7
4.Bc6# ..no sweat! lol
The best place to check from is b5.
Is this possible? Yes!
1. Bb5+! axb5
2. Qxb5+ Kd8
3. Rb8+ Ke7/Kc7
4. Qe8#/Qb7#
{King Henry the 8th of England, who composed music, also probably composed this chess problem. The blackguard placed the Black pawn on a6-square to tempt Saint John Fisher, cardinal, bishop, and martyr to his death on b5-square, also known as Tower Hill.}
1. Bb5+ axb5
(1. ..Kd8 2. Qc7#)
(1. .. Rd7 2. Qc8+ Ke7 3. Rxd7#)
2. Qxb5+ Kd8
(2. .. Rd7 3. Qxd7#)
3. Rb8+ Ke7
(3. .. Kc7 4. Qb7#)
4. Qe8#
Lucymarie
1. Lb5+
I don’t see it.
I think the point is
1.Bb5+ axb5 (1… Kd8 2.Qc7#)
2.Qxb5+ Kd8
3.Rb8+ Ke7 (3… Kc7 4.Qb7#)
4. Qe8#
This seems to have appeared in this blog recently.
1Bb5+ axb5
1…. Rd7 {2Bxd7+ Kd8 3Rb8+ Ke7 4Qe8#
or 2Qc8+ Qd8 3Bxd7+ Ke7 4Qc5#}
1…. Kd8 2Qc7#
2Qxb5+ Kd8
3Rb8+ Ke7
3… Kc7 4Qb7#
4Qe8#
1Bb5+ pxb 2Qxp+ kd8 3Rb8+ ke74 mate
1. Bb5+, aXb5 (not taking the bishop by Rd7 doesn’t help as White wins with 2. Qc8+, Qd8 3. BXd7+ …)
2. QXb5+, Kd8 (the rook d7 loses to QXd7)
3. Qa5+, Ke8 (Rb6 delays the inevitable by a few moves)
4. Qa4+, Kd8
5. Qa8# (the idea is to mate the King when he is on d file)
1. Bb5+ axb5
2. Qb5+ Kd8
3. Rb8+ Ke7
4. Qe8 checkmate
or
3. Rb8+ Kc7
4. Qb7 checkmate
or
1. Bb5+ Kd8
2. Qc7 checkmate
The fastest win is
1.Bb5+ axb5
2.Qxb5+ Kd8
3.Rb8+! Ke7
4.Qe8#
If
3. ..Kd7
4.Qb7#
Bb4 then Qb4……
Mustafiz
Susan has posted this one before, I believe:
1. Bb5 ab5
Nothing saves black: [1. …Kd8 2.Qc7#]; or [1. …Rc6 2.Bc6 Kd8 3.Qb6 Kc8 4.Qc7#]; or [1. …Rd7 2.Bd7 Kd8 3.Qb6 Ke7 4.Bb5#]. Continuing:
2. Qb5 Kd8
Or [2. …Rc6 3.Qc6 Kd8 4.Qd7#]; and, of course, 2. …Rd7 is mate on the next move. Continuing:
3. Rb8 Kc7 (Ke7 4.Qe8#)
4. Qb7#