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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.

    .

    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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