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4/27/2012 - Mate in 3

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13 months ago · Quote · #61
SVSR

nice queen sacrifice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
13 months ago · Quote · #62
awfulchess1234

good queen sacrifice
13 months ago · Quote · #63
Sutirtha11

a beauty, queen sac...
13 months ago · Quote · #64
awfulchess1234

prativa_pralh wrote:

that puzzle by pravita pralh is not won it is not a forced move to take the knight
13 months ago · Quote · #65
tkeesee654

tooooo easy
13 months ago · Quote · #66
fastig

immm. hard to imagine this queen sack..
13 months ago · Quote · #67
dufferps

Powerful! If Black does not capture the Queen, the next move can be 2.Qg4# or 2.Qg5#. Black can protect one of these mating squares, but not both. So black captures, 1. ... exf4. But now, the f4 square is unprotected, and 2.Nxf4+ forces 2. ... Kh4, and closes off both h5 and h3 as escape squares. White's rook is protected by his f-pawn as he moves to 3.Rg4#
13 months ago · Quote · #68
ndskykng2

jenningsnickolas wrote:

Another possible solution
1.Nxf4+ exN [.. Kh4 2. Nxg6+ Kh5 [..Kh3 3.Qg4+ Kxh2 4. Qg2#] 3. Qf5#]
2.Qd5+ Kh4 [.. g5 3.Qxg5#]
3. Qg5+ Kh3
4. Qg3#

More complex, but works.

foucheta wrote:

I don't understand why Nf4+ doesn't work.

If - exf4 2. Qd5+ Kh4 3.Qg5+ Kh3 4 Qg4++

if Kh4 2Nxg3+ Kh3 or Kh5 3.Qg4++

MuamerAlic wrote:

Doesn't 1.Nxf4+ win in the same amount of moves also?

Since after 1...exf4 2.Qxf4 it's checkmate next move. 1...Kh4 leads to Rg4#

lph wrote:
1. Nxf4+ exf4 2. Qd5+ ( 2. Qxf4 g5 3. Qxg5# ) 2... g5 3. Qxg5#

This should cover everything. All the variations that you asked about for why 1. Nxf4+ fails should be in there.
13 months ago · Quote · #69
chess_20000

very nice
13 months ago · Quote · #70
ocmn6

difficult to guess the first move...
13 months ago · Quote · #71
Ocky

Q sacrifice!
13 months ago · Quote · #72
abo_evo
13 months ago · Quote · #73
abo_evo

mat in 3
13 months ago · Quote · #74
Andrei9360

way easier than Qg4/Qg5...
13 months ago · Quote · #75
baldax

plenty of nice combinations but only one mate in 3
13 months ago · Quote · #76
Twobit

Easy.
13 months ago · Quote · #77
thesoulwatcher

When all else fails in a chess.com puzzle... Queen sac!
13 months ago · Quote · #78
Ineedphenylalanine

7th
13 months ago · Quote · #79
dufferps

MetalK wrote:

there are two solutions to the puzzle.

Nxf4+ pxf4 Qxf4 and there is no way to stop mate in the next move.

2.... Qe7+ certainly prevents mate in the next move - and probably ruins the whole attack. After white protects or moves his king, black might advance his pawn from g6, and white's chances for winning are doubtful (and certainly no mate in 3).
13 months ago · Quote · #80
williephantom

Not too tough, I knew it involved in a queen sacrifices but I didn't see the rook move

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