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5/11/2012 - Mate in 3

13 months ago · Quote · #41
themadscientist44

easy
13 months ago · Quote · #42
Ocky

Easy, but nice
13 months ago · Quote · #43
jakester127

stephen_33 wrote:

The arrangement of the pieces guides you very quickly to the solution.

Another quite challenging puzzle from Deltaquad (see #26), albeit a bit strange this time ! I still can't understand black's only move - I think there's a better one.

Also unnerving is that there are three ways of mating on the second move & my first two attempts were rejected - the third finally worked ( I wish they would find a way on this site of accepting valid, alternative solutions - other sites do )

Anyway, here's the solution as I see it:-

Can anyone enlighten me - why 1...Nd4 ? I don't see what it achieves. At least 1...Bxe6 attacks both c4 & g4.

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I don't think that 1...,Nd4 is black's best move either. However, white is threatening to play 1.Nxg4# and the only moves that defend against it are 1...,Rxg2 and 1...,Bxe6. 1...,Rxg2 is met by Nec4# and you already figured out the problem with 1...,Bxe6.
13 months ago · Quote · #44
PardalsemCasa

Nice and easy... all forced...
13 months ago · Quote · #45
onefineham

Wow I'm getting better at these :)
13 months ago · Quote · #46
Jacob30

I have two questions. Why would a magician want to give away his tricks? Why help anyone?
13 months ago · Quote · #47
szammie

I guess.

SZ.
13 months ago · Quote · #48
FredBatchelor

Ok
13 months ago · Quote · #49
kayonah

nice and easy
13 months ago · Quote · #50
shahronakm

Easy one.
13 months ago · Quote · #51
daniel2852

link on the main page is broken, redirects to the forum instead of the particular problem
13 months ago · Quote · #52
damongross

Clever way to get the bishop out of the way of the rook without losing the initiative.
13 months ago · Quote · #53
ZenitFan

Nice queen sacrifice & rook attack.

BTW, all the links to the puzzle are bad. Instead they go to the main forum page. I had to navigate from there to the puzzle page.
13 months ago · Quote · #54
onthehouse

Good.
13 months ago · Quote · #55
deepak64

Very good puzzle.
13 months ago · Quote · #56
StrategicPlay

Whoppee!

Easy.
13 months ago · Quote · #57
Dylst

wow
13 months ago · Quote · #58
qbsuperstar03

Going back to the old first move queen sac, I see.
13 months ago · Quote · #59
sighbeerguy

Yes, a reversion to the Chess.com "trash the queen " game style.

How to play,

1. Find the fastest, most direct and instantaneous means of sacing the white queen.

2. The follow-up mateing move will become glaringly obvious.
13 months ago · Quote · #60
Eris_Discordia

Easy!

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