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2/10/2012 - Mate in 5

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15 months ago · Quote · #61
mohandisusa

awesome...
15 months ago · Quote · #62
Evil_Master203

arwbqb wrote:

on move #2 black Q to c7 is way better than sacrificing it for nothing...might not have prevented checkmate but still way better
15 months ago · Quote · #63
Evil_Master203
15 months ago · Quote · #64
alexjb1007

mate in five that was surely jive
15 months ago · Quote · #65
Twobit

Man, I made it to page 4!
15 months ago · Quote · #66
TheCabal

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?)
15 months ago · Quote · #67
Jacob30

ok
15 months ago · Quote · #68
mattjchessum

i didnt get that.
15 months ago · Quote · #69
abekiroz

good puzz
15 months ago · Quote · #70
aapseun

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.
15 months ago · Quote · #71
ZaneDurante

Why did Black sacrifice the Queen? Maybe somewhere to prevent White queen on c8.
15 months ago · Quote · #72
Oscar50
15 months ago · Quote · #73
saqlain5699

nice puzzle.
15 months ago · Quote · #74
c6er

What's with black Queen. Take the Knight if you must sacrafice.
15 months ago · Quote · #75
knightofcrashtest

Hard. Didn't hit the help button!
15 months ago · Quote · #76
Labfrog

Nice.
15 months ago · Quote · #77
chemkact

nice puzzle. I had some trouble to find the first because Qa8+ and Rb7 are also very strong.
15 months ago · Quote · #78
chemkact

freebie wrote:

Can someone please tell me why black queen couldn't defend by moving to C7 on move #2?

Because of Qa8 +
15 months ago · Quote · #79
knightofcrashtest

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15 months ago · Quote · #80
waffllemaster

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.

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