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Anyone go for the knight mate starting with Rxe7+?
Yes!!!
It got me too
Yes 1. Rxe7+! also works it's just mate in 3 instead of mate in 2, I covered this here:
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/daily-puzzles/8-20-2017-attack-before-castling?page=6
Brendan_UK wrote:
Yes 1. Rxe7+! also works it's just mate in 3 instead of mate in 2, I covered this here:
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/daily-puzzles/8-20-2017-attack-before-castling?page=6
Yes it is a forced mate. But as it is one move more than the correct answer it fails the puzzle. The point of these puzzles is to find the shortest mate/winning move. Anything longer is an incorrect answer.
Lagomorph wrote:
Brendan_UK wrote:
Yes 1. Rxe7+! also works it's just mate in 3 instead of mate in 2, I covered this here:
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/daily-puzzles/8-20-2017-attack-before-castling?page=6
Yes it is a forced mate. But as it is one move more than the correct answer it fails the puzzle. The point of these puzzles is to find the shortest mate/winning move. Anything longer is an incorrect answer.
Yes, I understand how the puzzles work. I just thought the other mate was interesting, correct or incorrect.
Pawnlings wrote:
I just thought the other mate was interesting, correct or incorrect.
Yes, in fact i think the other mates (Rxe7+ and Nxd6+) are actually more elegant.
