got it on the first try, it was an easy one, but very nicely done
Good Night Irene!
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i don't know who this irene person is but i will admit i had to look at the solution.
Jan 14, 2009
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Nice one, thank you!
Apart from your solution, which takes four moves, there is one in three moves. I will give it in white colour, to view it, please mark the text below this:
1.Qxd4+ Qd6 (1...Qxd4+ 2.Rxd4+ Bxd4+ 3.Rxd4#) 2.Qxf6+ gxf6 3.Rxd6#
BorgQueen wrote:
There is a forced mate in 3 without even using the knight fork on the queen too.
QxP... QxQ RxQ... BxR RxB mate.You could also play RxP (either one) first.
So I didn't solve the puzzle, but I got the king one move faster :p
After QxP, the black Queen has the option of d6, the white queen is pinned by the black bishop and both queens are lost.
Ross
"Good night Irene" is an expression used in our locality--it us usually best used with liberal rolling of they eyes and slapping of the forehead. It is probably interchangeable with "Good grief Charlie Brown."
The reason I named this puzzle "Good Night Irene" was because it made good use of both knights, and so it was supposed to be a little clue (not that the puzzle needed clues, but the phrase/pun struck me as catchy.)
I was trying to do something else, but when I arrived here I thought it was fun enough to post. I hope you have fun too!
Ross