Hintless Puzzle #13

Are we trying to find checkmate?

*shrug*

I gave up, this is pretty hard.  So then I went to check with a computer and... well now I know the answer I guess... wish I could say more but it's hintless!!

You know how it goes, some stuff I considered was right, and some was wrong

By the way, is this puzzle from a book or where do you find them?

newspaper done by Leonard Barden

Dang, that is really quite hard!

Spoiler Alert ! answer will be given down below.

   Most internet chess takes place at high speed, with anything from five minutes down to one minute for each player to complete all the moves. Of course it can be frenetic and blunder-prone, but many people who have rarely tried blitz over the board find they can develop the fast reactions and tactical awareness needed to both the clock and the opponent. Also, web games are ideal when you have just a few minutes available in the middle of the office hours and can utilise a fast broadband connection. One of the ways to improve, especially at one-minute bullet chess, is to ensure you have a fast optical mouse and can co-ordinate your wrist and finger action. In this position Black's next turn could have been defended if White had been in a rational mood, but as often happens in internet play he chose the most obvious response and was quickly beaten. With these clues, can you work out what happened ?

Solution: 1....Ra2!  2.Qxa2 ? ( 2.Rb2  or 2.Bb2 resists) ...Nf3+  3.Kh1  Qh3 and mates.

This articles appear in the Sunday Times by Leonard Barden. 

haha yeah and also he hasn't put the players name down.

It was probably him 

I thought it might be.

Rb2 loses the exchange to Nf3+

Bb2 is ok I guess, but is self pinning.

Qd1 was the problem defense with no real tactical solution after that... just positional problems for white.  It's too bad I can't find good moves when it counts... in a real game.