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chessgdt
All too easy
Ineedphenylalanine
I have seen this one before.
yangyang86
Easy!
BagelmanStan
lol that was funny
Byah
I'm finally starting to be able to see this immediately.
mason286
I like smoothered mate puzzles
chessica
wow so awesome, first i thought oh noo... smart!
chess_asunder
I think this works too:
1. Qe6+ Kh8 2. Nf7+ Kg8 3. Nd8+ Kh8 4. Qe8+ Qf8 5. Qxf8#
*and you don't sacrifice your queen this way
-oh, everyone else already noticed the second solution, so nevermind...
fluffy001
what a easy but nice puzzle
Benny_B
Nice Basic Puzzle! Classical!
micaman994
Classic!!!
The_Trojan_Horse
HMMMMMM
Pretty interestin!
I like it!!
tyger-2020
What a smothered mate_with a few moves in between! I would love to win like that.
homosapien
usually these puzzles are well thought out, but i seem to see another mate in 5, is there anything wrong with:
not saying that this puzzle isn't well thought out
I have to agree
bluejay2000
smothered mates are really rare but when you can get them they are really cool and nice!
knightrider57
sweet!
RockyMtnChess
This puzzle was easy. And there is another 5 move solution that is every bit as clever. Block the rooks on the third move with the knight.
kneel2me
nice alt yehwassup
DetroitTigers123
Boss
BotanicalKnight
Love it.
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