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an amazingly cleaver puzzle!


  • 4 years ago · Quote · #1

    feyterman

    brilliant play from white forces resignation! Can you find the winning move?

  • 4 years ago · Quote · #2

    Ace_yash

    awesome !!!
  • 4 years ago · Quote · #3

    kolechess

    Cool sacrifice killer play to have jammed his to pawns into blacks position like that.
  • 4 years ago · Quote · #4

    feyterman

    hmmm yes and believe it or not this is from an actual game!
  • 4 years ago · Quote · #5

    addiction_to_chess

    Can't black do Na6?

     


  • 4 years ago · Quote · #6

    halfasian86

    Well he can, but Na6 can be then followed by Qxa6 means that the same "lose Queen or be mated" situation stands.
  • 4 years ago · Quote · #7

    feyterman

    yea thats right
  • 4 years ago · Quote · #8

    Albertrud

    What game is this from and/or do you have the whole game,  would be intresting to see how he leads up to this.
  • 4 years ago · Quote · #9

    feyterman

    hmmmm sorry! i dont have the whole game! btw has anybody got it on their first go?
  • 4 years ago · Quote · #10

    Nalikill

    My first thought was:

     1...Na6

     2.Qxa6 Ra8

    which, if I have it right, blunts the threats- black will still have e7 under guard after 3.Qxa7 Rxa7, but it's not much better after 4. Ra8 Nc8/e8  5.RxN mate.

    I'm still looking for a better continuation; but black's mistake here was to leave his queen without guard- if he had a guard on the queen, he could use his move to guard e7.


  • 4 years ago · Quote · #11

    feyterman

    Nalikill wrote:

    My first thought was:

     1...Na6

     2.Qxa6 Ra8

    which, if I have it right, blunts the threats- black will still have e7 under guard after 3.Qxa7 Rxa7, but it's not much better after 4. Ra8 Nc8/e8  5.RxN mate.

    I'm still looking for a better continuation; but black's mistake here was to leave his queen without guard- if he had a guard on the queen, he could use his move to guard e7.


    yea! thats good thinking but i dont think black can stop both the mate and  loss of queen at the same time, so its still hopeless for black


  • 4 years ago · Quote · #12

    feyterman

    this would make a good but short daily puzzle
  • 4 years ago · Quote · #13

    feyterman

    btw i got this from the NZ listener magazine

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