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omeedstarmer
omeedstarmer
Dec 23, 2007
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Have got a copy of Staunton's Chess-Player's Handbook and this puzzle is on the front cover:

White playing first mates in eleven moves. Anyone have any ideas, have never been able to solve it.

 

Think the first few moves are as I have played them here. 


aprazma
aprazma
Dec 23, 2007
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#2
This is a mate in six. 1 Qc4+ Rf7 2 Bf6 b3 3 Be7 h6+ 4 Kxh6 f4 5 Qc8+ Rf8 6 Qxf8#
Franklin1776
Franklin1776
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May 28, 2021
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1.Qc4+ Rf7 2.Bg7 Kxg7 3.Qd4+ Kg8 4.Qd8+ Rf8 5.Qd5+ Rf7 6.Kh6 g3 7.Qd8+ Rf8 8.Qe7 Rf7 9.Qg5+ Kh8 10.Qd8+ Rf8 11.Qxf8# I believe this is the mate in eleven Staunton was looking for.