5...e6-h3#

A game ends with the move 5...e6-h3#. What were the previous moves?

Please PM solutions so that others can solve.

a real tough one this one... still searching

And me.

h3 is a heavily protected square. the g2 pawn, the f1 Bishop
and the g1 Knight all hold it.

I've found a 5...d7-h3#, but that isn't really helping 🙂

I managed to do it with e6xh3.#.. very close.. but no banana

I think I've got it this time.. get in there Baer... and get out of bed SG...

Mike

PM'd to SG. 😏

SOLV'D [thaughbaer, greenpawn34]

HI SG

Please can I have a separate 'SOLV'D' so I can rec it.

Thank you.

A bit tough that one.
Loads of good tries to keep one busy.
Thought I had the idea right away without sight of the board.
Something like this. (nowhere like the solution BTW)
But did spend a wee while trying to make it work.

Hi SG... can I have my own SOLV'D with maybe a little rosette and pehaps some hugs and kisses. This is my first attempt which resulted in FAIL due to capture on h3. I should have known because some of the moves aren't forced in exact order.

Hi Bear.

I hit that one as well.
And tried getting the King to take the e-pawn setting it up
for a discovered check from the e6 Bishop.

I even tried a White 0-0 looking for the answer.

Good these things.
We are quite lucky having SG here. He is a 'name' in the problem world.
So what we are getting is from a respected and known problemiist.

Pity more lads don't try them.
Of course this type of problem make Rybka and Fritz totally redundant
and it's F and R that does the thinking for some of them on here.
(I'm on yet another anti-computer crusade on another thread.).

Did you get the 'buzz' when you solved it?

PS I've rec'd our one - you can too and we will go to the top of the Rec Parade.

Not sure it was a "buzz"... whatever it was soon turned to "frustration" that SG was in another timezone.. I think he should give us his home phone number so we can get quicker verification of solutions. Surely that's what my $40 pays for ?

Mike