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idraz
nice
Walter0508
Bryan681972
i did not expect the rook sacrfice. the queen sacrifise is obvious, looking at the position of th rooks. also, moving thenight anywhere and putting your other rook down the side would have also mated. a very hard puzzle
The knight must go 2. Nd4+, where it attacks the f5 square. The knight cannot go 2. Ng3+, also attacking the f5 square, because it blocks the g1 rook.
The third move must be 3. Re8+, because if 3. Rg8+ Kxg8 4.Re8+ Kg7 5. Nf5+, black escapes with 5...Kg6.
Perhaps 3. Rg8+ can lead to an eventual mating net, but it will take a lot longer than the puzzle solution.
Bishop to F7
1. Bxf7 Rxe3 2. Rg8+ Ke7.
KathyKGill
difficult
Ineedphenylalanine
this is in my chess book
matthewq
very nice puzzle
knightsk
little tricky but easy enough
juan74888
unusualkid
Beautiful checkmate!
cfrench49
Interesting.
razoman
Very nice
icetisabadactor
this bores me
ThutmoseIII
KathyKGill wrote:
Okay, you got me. I gave up and had to click "solution".
Jonesatyeer
I am turning pink with envy I didn't see that wow give away the store and win to! Well done! Coodos to Ches .com
kev11103
to me it was obvious that you had to sack a queen and a rook, but I could not figure out
which rook
Argonaut13
Medium
paulified22
I doubt black Q would make that move,unless he just said I'm beat and threw in the towel,I think it was mate in two,good idea though.Black Q may have made that move,he did not even move a piece on K side of board
Thank's for puzzle,made one mistake,neat though,I'f I end up in that position I resign,you could get lucky and get a stalemate but most player's are aware of that,neat puzzle
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