A Beautiful Puzzle Inspired by Carlsen-Karjakin 2016

A Beautiful Puzzle Inspired by Carlsen-Karjakin 2016

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I spent some time yesterday reviewing a few games from the 2016 World Chess Championship between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin. One specific moment from one game in particular stood out to me, inspiring me to compose this puzzle:

Hopefully that wasn't too difficult to solve! Incredibly, Black can capture White's queen FIVE different ways, but all lead to checkmate the next move. 

After solving that, it should be a piece of cake to find Carlsen's move in the game that inspired my puzzle:

My challenge to you: compose a similar puzzle where Black can capture the queen six or more different ways before getting mated!

Thumbnail credit: Mike Klein and Chess.com via this article.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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