Monday night chess tactic

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  Chris Falter says:

  January 22, 2008 at 5:08 am

  1 Be5+ Ka7
  2 Bd4+ Kb8
  3 Qd6+ Kc8
  4 Rc3+ Bc6
  5 Bxf2+-

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  Anonymous says:

  January 22, 2008 at 5:33 am

  1. Qd6+ Ka7 (if …Kc8, 2. Rc3+)
  2. Bd4+, b6
  3 Qxd6#

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  Anonymous says:

  January 22, 2008 at 5:41 am

  1 Qd6+ Kc8 (…Ka7 Bd4+ b6 Qxb6#)
  2 Rc3+ Bc6
  3 Rxc6+ bxc6
  4 Qxc6+ Kb8
  5 Be5+ Ka7
  6 Qc7#

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  Rev Edward J Boyle says:

  January 22, 2008 at 6:31 am

  Black can make it last for 7 moves:

  1.Qd6+ Kc8
  2.Rc3+ Qc5
  3.Rxc5+ Bc6
  4.Rxc6+ bxc6
  5.Qxc6+ Kb8
  6.Be5+ Ka7
  7.Qc7#

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  Eamonn says:

  January 22, 2008 at 11:07 am

  Eamonn said..
  1 Be5+ Ka7
  2 Bd4+ Kb8
  3 Qd6+ Kc8
  4 Rc3+ Bc6
  5 Bxf2+-

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  Jochen says:

  January 22, 2008 at 12:55 pm

  The variation with Bxf2 isn’t +-as black can promote immediately.

  The mate in 6 (or as rev points out in 7 if black sacs his queen) is the way to proceed.
  That one wasn’t easy to me and took my some time!

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  Anonymous says:

  January 23, 2008 at 12:05 pm

  1. Le5+ Ka7
  2. Qc5+ b6
  3. Qc7++