Sacrifice

I was playing yesterday with my old chess computer and felt the end of the game was like a puzzle, so here you go!

Very nice. Thanks for posting this.

(I'm afraid to ask who was playing White.)

What the?? impossible..... i didn't see that...

good grief. Didn`t see that comin`

He must have played black, 'cause any decent chess engine would have played 1. ... Ne5 and thereby avoided mate. I'm sorry but, there is no puzzle, it's a winning position for black.

I was playing white. And yes, eBusiness, you're right, computer could have avoided mate with Ne5, now that I think about it. Maybe I should buy a better computer, but I've had this one since I was a child, and Im kinda attached to it

It hasn't got a level setting? Even an early 90's low cost CPU should with proper programming easily be able to outplay a 1100 ELO player. What kind of opening was it playing anyway? Both d and e pawns still in their starting positions is quite peculiar.

I dig vintage chess computers, what model is yours?

Novag Agate Plus.

Nifty sensor board. It actually has 128 difficulty levels (I googled a bit).