Zug Devil

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Avatar of Lord-Chaos

i just made this in literally 15 mins, im quite proud of this one. its not actually that hard. the idea was nothing really, until the puzzle started taking shape and this move was more possible, so i altered it a little so now the move is possbible. this idea has been done before, so not much credit goes to me.

Avatar of YuvalW

The only problem is that black is not forced to take as Rd6 doesn't threat anything new, black can for example take the queen, or even play Ne4+ and only then take the rook with the pawn.

note that after 1.Rd6 Ne5+ 2.K(moves) cxd6 3.Bb6+ ke7 you don't have exf6 luring the king to mate him on d8

Avatar of Lord-Chaos

oh right i missed that, i thought if the Knight takes the Queen, then Rxd7 would be mate, but the bishops there. that shows just how fast i made this puzzle =)

Avatar of Lord-Chaos

alright changed it, although f6 leads to a longer and uglier mate =(

Avatar of Crazychessplaya

Love the name - "Zug Devil"!Smile

Avatar of PsychoMath

Great puzz