My first puzzle!

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I was reading a great article from GM Serper about tactical patterns, and used the theme to create this puzzle. Enjoy!

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It's not bad, and I see what you were going for, as black must give up his queen...but 1 Qxa7 is much stronger, as mate cannot be avoided for long.

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Sweet.

ADK

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fun.

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DimKnight wrote:

It's not bad, and I see what you were going for, as black must give up his queen...but 1 Qxa7 is much stronger, as mate cannot be avoided for long.


 That's right - I didn't even think about that. Tongue out I guess I should have put black's a-pawn on a6 to take that variation out of the realm of possibilities...

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the_big_j_77 wrote:

I was reading a great article from GM Serper about tactical patterns, and used the theme to create this puzzle. Enjoy!


 It's a good start!

Avatar of cheechakp

If Qxa7, wouldn't that give the blacks a chance to mate the whites?

Avatar of boymaster

1. Re7 works too.

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Good Puzzle, Thanks.

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good puzzle, I'll have to check out the article

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