Here is a problem that I enjoyed a lot from Reinfeld's '1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate'...had to share it! Hope you like!
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Nice. The ending was familiar to me from TT. Didn't take long to solve.
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.
Except you end up losing after 3. Na6+ Kc8
Right; with the rook on e8, the threat of Qc7# is impossible. Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome!
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:
Here is a problem that I enjoyed a lot from Reinfeld's '1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate'...had to share it! Hope you like!