Daily Chess Improvement: Special attacking chess tactic!

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  gabriele says:

  March 10, 2012 at 12:18 pm

  1…Qe3+ !

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  Anonymous says:

  March 10, 2012 at 2:56 pm

  This is way too difficult.

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  Anonymous says:

  March 10, 2012 at 3:19 pm

  De3+

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  Yancey Ward says:

  March 10, 2012 at 3:48 pm

  Very pretty! I wanted to play the rook sacrifice at d2 followed by Qe3 or Ng3, but I can’t quite find a win in there for black, though I think it might hold for black as a draw. It was only then that I saw the possibility of giving up the queen at e3 and mating with the rook and knight- a theme we have seen in Susan’s puzzle posts before, though usually in a corner:

  1. …..Qe3!!
  2. Kd1

  White gets mated on 2.Be3: [2.Be3 Re2! 3.Kf1 (mirror mate on 3.Kd1 Ne3 4.Kc1 Rc2#) 3. …Ne3 4.Kg1 Rg2#]. Continuing:

  2. …..Qd3!

  The final threat. 2. …Rd2 might win, too, but is very complicated and the best line I can find for black in about 15 minutes of looking at it, he is up two pieces for a rook and a pawn, but has a somewhat useless king’s bishop. 2. …Qd3 pins the helpless bishop, immobilizes the white king and queen, and the black knight is coming in for the kill:

  3. Re1

  Everything else is a mate- 3.Qb5 allows Qd2#. 3.Rh2 allows Ne3 followed by Qf1#. White can delay things with either Qf8+ or Qd6+, but those are also mates. Now Rd2 wins enough material and maintains enough of an attack to be clearly decisive:

  3. …..Rd2
  4. Qd2 Qb1
  5. Qc1 Qa2
  6. Qc2

  Black was threatening Ba4#. Continuing:

  6. …..Qa3 (threatening Ba4 again)
  7. Kd2

  There is nothing clearly better for white. Continuing:

  7. …..d4 and the coming convention of black pieces that starts with Ne3 and/or Qa5 is going to cost white at least the rook, and probably his queen.

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  CraigB says:

  March 10, 2012 at 5:34 pm

  1…Qe3+ 2. B:e3 Re2+ 3. K any N:e3+ and mate next. Cute

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  Haridaran says:

  March 10, 2012 at 9:36 pm

  The first move is easy to spot.
  But the continuation is quite difficult.

  1……… Qe3+!
  2. Kd1
  (2. Bxe3 Re2+
  3. K_1 Nxe3+
  4. K_1 Rg2/c2#)
  2……. Qd3!!
  A nice, calm waiting move.
  Black is threatening Rxd2+ followed by Qxb1+ winning too much material. Also threatened is Ne3+ followed by Qe2#. I can’t see a defence for white.
  0-1

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  Anonymous says:

  March 10, 2012 at 9:45 pm

  1. … Nd4
  2. Be3 Re2+
  3. Kf1 Rb2+
  4. Ke1 Rxb4

  or

  1. … Nd4
  2. Rb2 Nf3+
  3. Kd1 Rxb2
  4. Qxb2 Ba4+
  5. Kc1 Qxb2+
  6. Kxb2 Nxd2

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  Bobby Fiske says:

  March 11, 2012 at 12:33 am

  Queen sac…