A pretty mate in 7 puzzle

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SonofaBishop67

Here is a problem that I enjoyed a lot from Reinfeld's '1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate'...had to share it! Hope you like!

heinzie

wow

MDOC777

Nice. The ending was familiar to me from TT.  Didn't take long to solve.  Smile

crimsonaaron

There is no need to take the rook first.... It's mate in 5

thecheesykid
crimsonaaron wrote:

There is no need to take the rook first.... It's mate in 5

No, taking the rook is necessary because it's pinning your pieces to the king.

Nice mate man.

heinzie

Except you end up losing after 3. Na6+ Kc8

SonofaBishop67

Right; with the rook on e8, the threat of Qc7# is impossible. Glad you enjoyed it!

buggyguy2

Awesome!

Arisktotle

Reinfelds variation on the suffocation mate is a missed chance in delivering a useful lesson on pinning and unpinning which is evidently available. A bit better is this one: