awesome...

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mate in five that was surely jive

Man, I made it to page 4!

Damn! Had no problems with all the moves except the first one. Can someone explain it please? =) (luring the queen one diagonal square away with my rook... why?)

ok

i didnt get that.

good puzz

Think I have found a stronger 1st move RB7!! Black is helpless after that, even after 1 ND6 is all over as the E-file will open with devastating effect.

Why did Black sacrifice the Queen?  Maybe somewhere to prevent White queen on c8.

nice puzzle.

What's with black Queen. Take the Knight if you must sacrafice.

Hard. Didn't hit the help button!

Nice.

nice puzzle. I had some trouble to find the first because Qa8+ and Rb7 are also very strong. 

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Because of Qa8 +

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Err... I guess the title did say mate in 5, which I missed... but seriously moves like Nd6+ and Rc7 (which I tried) win easily.  I don't think I'd ever find the pretty (and unnecessary) rook sac in a real game.

I know the point is to learn a pattern... I guess in that repect the puzzle is ok.