I just played this in a 5-minute game on icc
you might need to remove the rook on a1 to avoid things like 3.Be2 which only wins a knight but is still winning
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This position occured in a game of mine.
Previous computer move : a6
A cool mating combination I played recently.
Previous computer move: Kh1
Previous computer move: Queen from a1 to h1 capturing rook
Check, double check, double check and mate
Previous computer move: c6
This is from a game of mine. White didn't play d4 in the French Advance variation, and ended up paying to consequences.
This is also from a game. I'm betting that since both knights can block, this will be considered unusable. The first alternate could also be a computer move, meaning that Re1 still wins material. I guess it'd have to stop there since capturing with the queen or letting the queen get captured still wins the queen for a rook.
Here is a third one from a game. I think my opponent missed this wonderful opportunity. I kicked myself for this, but luckily my opponent didn't see it.
This is from the same game, but a couple of turns later. My opponent resigned because they thought they couldn't win the bishop back. I told them they were crazy.
Thanks a bunch!
A nice rook sac here.
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Yes, but in that case, the tactic should be (with my knight on d4 moved a square or two away to give way to the bishop),
Re1+ Ng1 Rxe1#
Either way it is a mate in two. I think that it is a good problem.
iixxPROxxii wrote:
Yes, but in that case, the tactic should be (with my knight on d4 moved a square or two away to give way to the bishop),
Re1+ Ng1 Rxe1#
Either way it is a mate in two. I think that it is a good problem.
Rxe1#? What piece is that rook taking? Is it taking itself? If you mean Rxg1#, then that's dead wrong. Rxg1+ is perfectly fine!
I think Metaknight's line is wrong, though. It's mate in 4!
ClavierCavalier wrote:
iixxPROxxii wrote:
Yes, but in that case, the tactic should be (with my knight on d4 moved a square or two away to give way to the bishop),
Re1+ Ng1 Rxe1#
Either way it is a mate in two. I think that it is a good problem.
Rxe1#? What piece is that rook taking? Is it taking itself? If you mean Rxg1#, then that's dead wrong. Rxg1+ is perfectly fine!
I think Metaknight's line is wrong, though. It's mate in 4!
A (not so) minor typo there ;) I meant to say Rxg1# (the rook is protected if a minor modification is made: The knight between my rook and bishop needs to be moved.)
Heck, I couldn't find the game I wanted to post!!
(Dolmatov-Beliavsky)
(... Rxg7 Kxg7 Rg1+ Kh7 e6 (or f6, I don't remember) Nd5 Rg7+ Kxg7 Nf5+ ... and so on)
Nice Mate in 4 here:
Mate in 6
yennura wrote:
Mate in 6
I think that this puzzle is ambiguous because of the possible rook-rook form on black using the night. One of the rooks should be moved.
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iixxPROxxii wrote:
yennura wrote:
Mate in 6
I think that this puzzle is ambiguous because of the possible rook-rook form on black using the night. One of the rooks should be moved.
Fritz says forking the rooks is -2.71
iixxPROxxii wrote:
ClavierCavalier wrote:
iixxPROxxii wrote:
Yes, but in that case, the tactic should be (with my knight on d4 moved a square or two away to give way to the bishop),
Re1+ Ng1 Rxe1#
Either way it is a mate in two. I think that it is a good problem.
Rxe1#? What piece is that rook taking? Is it taking itself? If you mean Rxg1#, then that's dead wrong. Rxg1+ is perfectly fine!
I think Metaknight's line is wrong, though. It's mate in 4!
A (not so) minor typo there ;) I meant to say Rxg1# (the rook is protected if a minor modification is made: The knight between my rook and bishop needs to be moved.)
Why? Rxg1+ still works. Why settle for a mate in 2 when you have a nice mate in 4?
Thankyou cflux, 118th puzzle http://www.chess.com/tactics/server?id=362589. Although the puzzle does not have a very conclusive finish which might be confusing for those attempting the problem (problem likely to be low rated), its easy to see the advantage of the seventh rank pawn, and quite instructive for lower rated players to consider the follow up, as these kind of positions are common.
I was just playing TT and there it was...it came up. I scored 96.5% on my own puzzle :/