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4/5/2012 - Mate in 3


  • 14 months ago · Quote · #21

    yoursisnodisgrace

    Nice

  • 14 months ago · Quote · #22

    mohandisusa

    interesting...

  • 14 months ago · Quote · #23

    nitch09

    nice one!

  • 14 months ago · Quote · #24

    ocmn6

    inviting to sacrifice the queen... then mate in 2!

  • 14 months ago · Quote · #25

    gilbertjjs

    Uhm, I think I missed something?

  • 14 months ago · Quote · #26

    Pavrey

    Deflection

  • 14 months ago · Quote · #27

    Hani_caspian

    Important first Move!!!!!

  • 14 months ago · Quote · #28

    Apteris

    gilbertjjs wrote:

    Uhm, I think I missed something?

    Took me a second too. After Qb4+ black can't capture with Qxb4 because that allows white to promote d7 to a Queen and mate (because of the Bishop on g2). Kg8 is black's only move.

  • 14 months ago · Quote · #29

    yhs3816

    WTH??? the queen can just take... can't it?

  • 14 months ago · Quote · #30

    totomomo

    Surprised

  • 14 months ago · Quote · #31

    fudokan

    quite easy

  • 14 months ago · Quote · #32

    fearless2play

    Brilliant!! I was definetly puzzled

  • 14 months ago · Quote · #33

    reffahc

    nice

  • 14 months ago · Quote · #34

    bluesghost

    help a moron out why cant the black queen take on the first move? it isnt going to help black much but why not?

  • 14 months ago · Quote · #35

    Sushanthchess

  • 14 months ago · Quote · #36

    Placeholder

    bluesghost wrote:

    help a moron out why cant the black queen take on the first move? it isnt going to help black much but why not?

    In that case Black gets mated in two moves instead of three:

    1.Qb4+ Qxb4 2.d8=Q#

    Even if the result remains the same, the variation that delays checkmate the longest counts as the objectively best defense.

  • 14 months ago · Quote · #37

    lph

    this is why black Queen can not take Qb4+

  • 14 months ago · Quote · #38

    Sugi

    good one

  • 14 months ago · Quote · #39

    govegan

    what is this first or second page you all keep on talking about???

  • 14 months ago · Quote · #40

    bknight-sk

    I couldn't find out first move until I read the goal: "mate in 3"

    then it was obvious Smile

    nice puzzle


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