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RxN
Qg7!! Kxg7
Rxg6+ Kh7
Rh6+ Kg8
Rh8 mate
In a over the board game this would be great to play.
Qh4 Nh4
Bh7 Kh7
Rh6 kg8
Rh8 mate!
by: unknown
1.Qg7+ Kxg7
2.Rxg6++ Kh7
3.Rg7+ Kh8
4.Rh7+ Kg8
5.Rh8#
(1) Qg7 chk; KxQ (2) RxN dblchk; Kh7 (3) Rh6 dblchk; Kg8 (4) Rh8 Chk Mate.
Oops, this is a correction of my typing errors in my first Post.
Danny
1.Qg7+Kxg7 2.Rxg6++Kh7 3.Rh6#
Seems like ++ are the key in this puzzle:
1. Qg7+ Kxg7 (forced)
2. Rg6++ Kh7 (forced)
3. Rh6++ Kg7 (forced)
4. Rh8#
Anything wrong?
(Prof. SGB, thanks for your comments
in previous post)
Mate in 4 again today!
1.Qg7+!.Kxg7.2.Rxg6++.Kh7.3.Rh6+.Kg8.4.Rh8#
Harry
1. Re6! fxe6
2. Bxg6 Nxg6
3. Qxg6+ and Black can’t stop the mate.
1. Bxg6 fg
2. Rxg6+ Nxg6
3. Qxg6+ Qg7
4. Qxg7++
Qg7+ followed by Rg6+
Tricky. My first thought was Rxg6, but I ran into a wall:
1. Rg6?? fg6 (Ng6 2.Qg7#)
And now what for white? He can’t check from h8 productively since the black king will eventually escape through f7 (which is now open) and e8.
No, the first move took me a few minutes, and it was the idea of keeping black’s f7 pawn where it is that lead me to the right idea. Rxg6 is a good idea, but works better if it is part of a double check, so this immediately suggested…
1. Qg7!! Kg7
2. Rg6!
Double check, and black is toast:
2. ……Kh7 (only legal move)
3. Rh6 Kg8
4. Rh8# and black’s f7 pawn aids white.
Qc7 Kxg7
Rxg6+ Kh7
Rh6+ Kg8
Rh8++
Opening long black diagonal for bishop looked extremely likely here, but I failed to make any rook move work.
Then I recognized the double check motive (as in the previous puzzle).
So the expected rook move shall be move #2 then, with discovered check!
1. Qg7+! Kxg7
2. Rxg6+ (double check) Kh7 (only legal move)
3. Rh6+ (double check) Kg8
4. Rh8#/Bh7#
Also 3. Rg7+ followed by Rh7+ would have worked but is one move longer.
Fantastic:
1.Qg7+ Kxg7 2.Rxg6+ Kh7 3.Rg7+ Kh8 4.Rh7+ Kg8 5.Rh8++
Playing 1.Rxg6+ immedialtely does no good, because after 1….fxg6 the black king will escape via square f7. However, forcing the king to a dark square on the a1-h8 diagonal does the trick, giving White the opportunity to apply a series of double checks:
1. Qg7+! Kxg7 sac
2. Rxg6++ kh7 double check
3. Rh6++ Kg8 double check
4. Rh8# mate!
Nice rythm!
Well…
1. Qg7+ Kxg7; 2. Rxg6++ Kh7.
And then yes: 3. Rh6+ Kg8; 4. Rh8 is mate. But the first one I saw:
3. Rg7++ Kh8; 4. Rh7++ Kg8; 5. Rh8 is also mate, and it’s cute 🙂 Three consecutive double checks as the rook walks the bishops’ staircase.
– Rian
1.Qg7+ Kxg7 2.Rxg6+ double check and mate to follow Kh7 3.Rh6+ Kg8 4.Rh8 checkmate
1) Qg7+, KxQ
2) Rg6+, Kh7
3) Rh6+, Kg8
4) Rh8# – Montu Gogoi
All forced moves
1.Qg7+ Kxg7 2.Rxg6+ Kh7 3.Rh6+ Kg8 4.Rh8#
Qg7+!
1. Qg7+ Kxg7
2. Rxg6+ Kh7
3. Rh6+ Kg8
4. Rh8# or Bh7#.
Dear kibitzer,
Your approach is unfortunately imprecise and loosing, though kind of interesting.
Black also knows the art of sacking pieces, and will insert a Q sack here:
1. Re6? fxe6
2. Bxg6 (what else?) Qxg5+!! (Nxg6?? was out of question)
3. Qxg5 (enforced) Nf3+!
4. K any Nxg5
and white has to resign, being down with 2 rooks.
Two reader solutions appear wrong
(Kibitzer)
1. Re6 fxe6
2. Bxg6 e5 instead of recapturing the Bishop with …Nxg6. Having cleared the 2nd rank with the initial capture, the Black Queen covers the mating square h7. Now Black blocks the diagonal for White’s dark-squared Bishop.
(Manish)
1. Bxg6 Qe3+ instead of capturing the Bishop with …fxg6 which does seem to lead to mate
2. Kf1 … If 2Kh1 Qc1 mates because the Knight covers the only flight square
….. fxg6 Only now capturing the Bishop. With the King on f1, the Rook is pinned(!) and can’t play Rxg6
If it wasn’t for Black’s second Rook, White would still have a spectacular Queen-sac with 3. Qh8+ Kxh8, 4. Rxf8++ Kh7 and 5. Rh8 but the other Black Rook has that square covered (X-Ray)
I haven’t fully looked at 3. Qxh4 to see if White can salvage this. Obviously the solution others have given with the immediate Queen-sac 1.Qg7 is better.
– Craigaroo
Dear Manish Shrikande,
Your line is interesting, and somewhat better I should say than 1. Rxg6?? but seems to not be fully correct.
1. Bxg6 Qe3+ (looks like a first improvement)
2. Kh1 (Kf1 Qh3+) fxg6 (enforced now)
3. Rxg6+ Kf7!
To take with Nxg6 here was a so called self mate or help mate.
I’m not sure how white continues here.
I find no enforced mate, and black has dangerous counter attacks (including the advanced b pawn).
A somewhat complicated situation I should say.
Unleashing a chain reaction with the rook
Unleashing a chain reaction with the rook
pht’s Queen sac seems to be a much better refutation of 1. Re6 than I came up with.
(1. Re6 fxe6, 2. Bxg6 Qxg5! instead of 2… e5 which is probably still adequate)-
Craigaroo
Thanks to Craigaroo for his observations of the line after 1. Bxg6.
1. Bxg6 Qe3+
If now Kh1?? then Qc1 mates, I strangely missed this.
2. Kf1 (enforced) fxg6
and the rook is pinned.
Because of 2 black rooks, it must also avoid Rxf8+ Rxf8#.
Possible continuations:
A)
3. Qxh4? bxc2!
Either c1=Q+ or Rb1+ will follow.
White wins this.
But Craigaroo dropped the Q sack idea a bit too soon, there is a powerful double check to investigate:
B)
3. Qh8+! (critical) Kxh8
4. Rxf8++ Kh7 (enforced because of double check)
5. Rxb8 (what else?)
The threat is now (after e.g. bxc2?) 6. Rh8#, and because of the g pawns, this looks troublesome to defend!
Only salvation for black seems to be:
5. … Bxd3+!
6. cxd3 (enforced) Qxd3+
7. K any Qxc3
White wins.