i like this one, it's pretty interesting
Mate in 4, really hard
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kidasian602 wrote:
i like this one, it's pretty interesting
Say Black plays 2 ... Bb2 or Bc3?
Geez, one comment? This puzzle deserves better than that.
makes no sense
medisynergi wrote:
makes no sense
It's simple. White to play and mate in 4 moves. Only one line of play achieves this.
I don't understand the first rook move as well as the capture with bishop, but I do understand the rest.
LearnChess wrote:
I don't understand the first rook move as well as the capture with bishop, but I do understand the rest.
1 Ra1 threatens an unstopable mate after Ra5 and Rd5. So, the Rook must be captured.
2 Rh4 prepares a pin of the g pawn, so the Knight could go to f3 after white moves his Bishop.
rooperi wrote:
LearnChess wrote:
I don't understand the first rook move as well as the capture with bishop, but I do understand the rest.
1 Ra1 threatens an unstopable mate after Ra5 and Rd5. So, the Rook must be captured.
2 Rh4 prepares a pin of the g pawn, so the Knight could go to f3 after white moves his Bishop.
Nice.
But why not just Be3#??
emtofaan wrote:
But why not just Be3#??
I agree. Checkmate in one move instead of four. White goes all the round the houses by moving and loses pieces and eventually plays Be3# on move 4, which it could have done on move ONE!!!
There is no piece protection e5 allowing the king to escape.
emtofaan wrote:
But why not just Be3#??
Because Kxe5.
This is a wonderful puzzle. Only one line is given in the solution here, see if you can figure out the rest.
Mate in 4
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Schach Express 1948
Dedicated to Emil Ramin