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Is this not checkmate in three aftet 1. R1f7?
White isn’t threatened by a storm of nasty checks, so you can seriously consider making a not-so-quiet move.
Nice stock mate also.
1. Rg8+ Kh6 2. Rf7 Rd4+ 3. cxd4 Bf5 4. Rh7+ Bxh7 5. Nf7#
1.Rg8+Kh6
2.Rf7Bf5
3.Rfg7Rd4+
4.cxd4a1=Q
5.Nf7#
Thank you VERY MUCH for including the position in FEN format!! Look forward to it in all future puzzles.
I think this is more realistic than my previous `solution’.
1.R1f7Be6
2.Rf6+Kg7
3.R8f7+Kg8
4.Rg6+Kh8
5.Rh7#
1. R1-f7!! Bf5 forced to protect h7
2. Rg8+….Kh6
3. Rh7++…Bxh7
4. Nf7#!!
Black can only prolong by playing 1…..Rd4+
2. cxd…..Bf5
3. Rg8+….Kh6
4. Rh7+!!..Bxh7
5. Nf7#!!!
Other first moves for black without check allow white to mate in 3 with 2. Rg8+ and 3. Rh7#
Harry
1. R1f7! Rc7
What else against the plan Rg8 and Rh7#.
2. Rg8+!
Of course it gains tempo to play this before Rxc7.
2. … Kh7
3. Rxc7 Bd7 (I struggled the most to find Bd7!)
4. Rxd7 a1=Q or any
5. Rh7#
1. Rf1-f7 Rc7
2. Rg8+ Kh6
3. Rh7+ Rxh7
4. Nf7++
This must be wrong since its mate in 4
It is called a mate in 5 for a reason. 1.R1f7 is a mate in six since black and make a sacrificial delay on the first move with Rf6 and Rd4.
1.Rg8 is the correct solution’s first move.