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8by8
Feb 7, 2008
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#1

A nicely spun mating net woven

by V.Kupreichik against Zeschkowski in 1976.

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Lucksen
Feb 7, 2008
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#2
Why not 1. Nb5? As far as I can see, it scores a queen.
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mxdplay4
Feb 7, 2008
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#3
Quiet_Soul wrote: Why not 1. Nb5? As far as I can see, it scores a queen.

The solution is checkmate.  End.

 


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Loomis
Feb 7, 2008
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#4
Even if you don't see all the way to mate, the solution wins a queen AND a knight by move 3. By move 4 white has won a queen and rook, and even if you still don't see the mate, there is another rook hanging.