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alexandermatos

Correct! Qb6+ is the essential move we need there. 

@WolfKid18 will now have to solve at 2700 rated puzzle. 

You know the drill, 200 points for that.

wk_18

oh no

alexandermatos

Up until now, all the puzzle have been relatively easy. I can assure you, solving a 2700 rated puzzle is no piece of cake. Black to move and win. The pass rate for this puzzle is 15%, so I won't be surprised if @WolfKid18 gets this one wrong.

 

jawseomekid

rg6 looks intresting but not sure

wk_18

i think its rg6, i have no idea tho

alexandermatos

Right now, I cannot tell you whether Rg6 is correct or not, but you must give the full variation. There are some key moves that you must get

wk_18

rg6 pretty much anything (tell me if theres a move that stops this): rxg3 fxg3 qxg3 and black is gonna mate

NiceKueen

Are all the puzzles for wolfkid? grin.png

alexandermatos

Unfortunately, there is a move that @WolfKid18 missed. Bh5 makes Rxg3 a blunder. @WolfKid missed a key move that would have won the game. 

 

alexandermatos

That's OK. @WolfKid18 still has two strikes left, and I will give him an easier 2600 rated puzzle.

wk_18

well i am solving for black, not white. i could have made white play qxg7 or some other trash move and that would be a valid line

alexandermatos
WolfKid18 wrote:

well i am solving for black, not white. i could have made white play qxg7 or some other trash move and that would be a valid line

 

I understand, and it would be a valid line. However, in my solutions, I tend to give the best options for White as well as Black. In a true puzzle, we are actually solving for white, not just for black. Giving White's best options here would also explain how a variation is winning or losing.

alexandermatos

Black to move and win. This puzzle is like nothing we have ever seen before:

 

wk_18

qg2+ ke1 nxc2+ qxc2 qxe2#

alexandermatos

@WolfKid18, Qxc2 is actually checkmate

alexandermatos

He has one strike left, and will solve a 2500-rated puzzle.

alexandermatos
Since @WolfKid18 failed two puzzles in a row, I am giving him an easier puzzle this time. White to move and win.
 

 

wk_18

ne5 then nf7 leads to mate

alexandermatos

Ne5 is incorrect. @WolfKid18's run is over. He has solved 4 puzzles correctly. 

alexandermatos