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Rook to g1?
Well… 1. Re7+ Qxe7 2. Ne6+ Kf7 3. Qh5+ Kg7 4. Reg1+ and finis rerum.
Carlos Cleto
Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
Re7+ could help
Hi Susan Polgar,
After a long gap,I had logged into the internet – so how are your chess puzzles ?
Susan,today I am not focusing on solving this chess puzzle.
Tomorrow,I will look into the chess puzzle – so that I can see others solution to this chess puzzle.
By
Venky [ India – Chennai ]
Ne6 would look promising if the black king and queen weren’t connected- since the queen is protected by the king, the discovered attack on her is not quite as effective, and black can just capture at e6. I was going to look at 1.Rg1, but I can see this suggestion has already posted and was not what was looked for. I think white should induce a trial separation between the black majesties:
1. Re7 Qe7
If black plays Kh8, white discovers an attack on the black queen with Nf7 and wins. If black plays Kg8, white puts the rook on g1: [1. …Kg8 2.Rg1 Qe7 3.Ne6 Kf7 4.Rg7+-; in this line, the various blocks of the g-file are obviously as bad]. Continuing from move 1 above:
2. Ne6
And now, because of the rook sacrifice at e7 on move 1, the black king must move his king towards the unprotected queen if he wishes to preserve her:
2. …..Kf7 (better is Qxe6)
3. Qh5 Kf6
4. Qh6 Kf7 (Kf5 5.Nd4 Ke4 6.Re1+-)
5. Qh5 Kf6
6. Re1 Be6 (Ne6 7.Qg6#)
7. Re6 Qe6 (again, Ne6 8.Qg6#)
8. fe6 Ne6
9. Qe5 and black will lose his rook, too.
I like
1. Rg1 Qc6+ (What else? Few other moves saves queen from a knight attack.)
2. Ne4+ Kf7 (Kh7? Qe7+)
3. Qh5+ Ke7 (Ng6 Qxg6)
4. Rg7+ Kd8 (Kd6 Rd1+ or Qxh6+ looked also ugly)
5. Qg5 Ke8
6. Re1+
1.Re7+…
a)1…Qxe7 2.Ne6+ /+-/
b)1…Kh8 2.Nf7+ /+-/
c)1…Kg8 2.Rg1 Ng6 3.Ne6 Qxh4 4.Rxe6+ Kh8 5.Re8+ Kh7 6.Rg7#
Try …
Re7+ Qxe7
Ne6+ Kf7
Qh5+ Kf6
Qxh6+ Kf7
Qh5+ … black finds himself
in a mating net.
If the K takes the f5 pawn
Nd4+ & the K can’t move to the
e-file because of Re1+
Hm, seems to me that Black holds after 1.Rg1 Kh8 2.Nf7+ Qxf7 3.Qxh6+ Nh7; on the other hand, 1.Re7+! Qxe7 (1…Kh8 2.Nf7+) 2.Ne6+ Kf7 3.Qh5+ looks winning after e.g. 3…Kxf6 4.Qxh6+ Kf7 (4…Kxf5 5.Sd4+ and 6.Re1+) 5.Qh5+ Kf6 6.Rg1! with Rg6+ to follow, or 3…Kg8 4.Rg1+ Kh7 5.Rg6! Nxg6 6.Qxg6+ Kh8 7.Qxh6+ Kg8 8.Qg6+ Kh8 9.f6 Qh7 10.Qe8+ Qg8 f7+-.
Guess I might have missed something.
I think this might work:
1. Re7+ Qxe7
2. Ne6+ Kf7
3. Nd8+ Ke8
4. Re1
Anyone like it ?
– A Knight Raider
Hi Susan Polgar,
Well,interesting but easy puzzle.
To me,”Re7+” is the better fit.
Seems that few others at this site felt the same.
Let me give here other “Re7+” wining combination.
Given below examples has variations.
Example 1
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1.Re7+ Kg8
2.Rf7 Q*Rf7
3.N*Qf7 N*Nf7
4.Rg1++ Mate
Example 2
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1.Re7+ Kg8
2.Rf7 Qc6+
3.Kh2 B*f5
4.R*Bf5 N*Rf5
5.Qh7++ Mate
Example
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1.Re7+ Kg8
2.Rf7 N*Rf7
3.Rg1 Qc6+
4.Kh2 N*Ng5
5.Q*Ng5+ Kf7
6.Qg7+ Ke8
7.Qe5+ Ne6
8.Q*Rb8 Qc7
9.Rg8+ Kf7
10.R*Bc8 Q*Qb8
11.R*Qb8 N*f4
12.R*b7+ Kf6
13.R*a7 Nd3
14.Rb7 K*f5
15.a4 Kf4
16.a5 Ke3
17.a6 Kd2
18.a7 Kc1
19.a8(Q) N*b2
20.Qa1+ Kc2
21.Q*Nb2+ Kd3
22.Rc7 c3
23.Q*c3+ Ke4
24.Rd7 Kf4
25.Qe1 Kg5
26.Qf1 Kh6
27.Qg1 Kh5
28.Rh7++ Mate
By
Venky [ India – Chennai ]