I don't know whether this puzzle was posted before (sorry if it was), anyway this is an

interesting puzzle from Josh Waitzkin's game of 1988. Here black can force mate in 4. Try it,this one is a bit tricky:

 

 

 

 

ya ive seen a checkmate like that

Nice

It's a common knight and queen mate, it's happend alot.

That is nice.

Very Smooth!!!

Nice mate! Anyone knows more about Josh Waitzkin? I've seen some of his games and he seems like a great player to me, I would appreciate it if someone could post some info about him, thanks.

You should look for his new book, I think it's call the art of learning. It's supposed to be a fabulous book with some bio stuff and lots of good info about how to learn.

Thanks, I'll look for that, I also just found out that a new edition of chessmaster has come out, with a new academy, I'll look for that one as well, thanks a lot.

Lol, not a bit tricky, especially when I learned about how to do smothered mate=d

That's a common smothered mate pattern. I actually had the exact same mating pattern come up in one of my games once, but with a rook capturing my queen instead of a knight. This is one of those patterns you should memorize so you'll spot it if opportunities to create the situation come up in your games.

 

--Fromper 

It`s Josh Waitzkin knight simply the best...

 

That's a pretty normal situation =P.  However, in games, it seems there is always a rook on f1 >.< .  =(  LOL.  Then again, a knight for a rook is a good-ish trade =P.  Thanks for the puzzle!

Josh was a young chess GM

What a coincidence!I was thinking yesterday about studying the smothered mate again,so thanks indeed for the puzzle.

ChessCaiisa wrote:

Josh was a young chess GM

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He never reached GM status, but became an International Master at the age of 16. He's since retired to pursue the study of Tai Chi.

Veey nice, just solved one similar so not so tricky

 

when white plays nh3 wouldnt black reply by taking knight with pawn...

lukeyboy_xx wrote:

when white plays nh3 wouldnt black reply by taking knight with pawn...

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Nh3+ is a double check, with the king in check both from the Knight on h3 and the revealed Queen's attack on the g1-a7 diagonal.

In a double check the King is required to move, as no move can capture both attacking pieces.