Sunday morning chess tactic

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  Anonymous says:

  February 8, 2009 at 4:44 pm

  Nd7+ Kh7/Kg7
  Re7+ Kg6 (Kg8/Kh8 loses to Rf8+#)
  Ne5+ Kh5
  Rh3+#

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  Anonymous says:

  February 8, 2009 at 4:45 pm

  1. Nxd7+ Kg7 (or Kh7)
  2. Re7+ Kg6
  3. Ne5+ Kh5
  4. Rh3#

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  Aaron K says:

  February 8, 2009 at 5:15 pm

  I’m a patzer. Here’s another solution that takes many more turns. Perhaps this method scores points for giving the king a cardio workout?

  1. Ne6+ Kh7
  2. Re7+ (Kg8/Kh8)
  3. Rf8#

  -or-

  2. … Kg6
  3. Nf8+ Kh5
  4. Rh3+ Kg4
  5. Re4+ Kf5
  6. Re5+ (Kg4)
  7. f3+ Kf4
  8. Nf6#

  -or-

  6. … Kf4
  7. Nf6+ Kg4
  8. f3#

  -or-

  6. … Kf6
  7. Rf3+ Kg7
  8. Re7+ Kg8 or Kh8
  9. Ng6 Qxf1+
  10. Kxf1

  and black can’t prevent Kf8#

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  Anonymous says:

  February 9, 2009 at 3:07 am

  Ne6+ Kh7
  Bd3#

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  Gabor says:

  February 9, 2009 at 2:34 pm

  Ne6+ Kh7
  Bd3#

  No can do. The black queen is on a1, thus you can’t move the bishop.

  It is a mate in 4, exactly as the first Anon wrote it:

  Nd7+ Kh7/Kg7
  Re7+ Kg6 (Kg8/Kh8 loses to Rf8+#)
  Ne5+ Kh5
  Rh3+#