23 Aug '08 16:34>5 edits
Going through some tactical book... This is the exercise ;
Level 1 : Anderssen (Black, to play) has sacrificed a piece to reach this position. He concluders with a spectacular sacrifice that cuts off the king's retreat and forces mate in a few moves.
The move is pretty much obvious;
1. Nd3 opening up discovered attack on the white f4 knight. If 1...Rxe8 then Bxf4# or if 1...Qxd3 then 2. Qxe1 followed by 3. Bxf4#.
But as I found that two options (I am solving those exercise in my mind in front of chessboard with given position so I could miss something) I decided to look a bit more to find out if there is some move for white to save himself.
And indeed, after a minute or two I noticed move Nxf3 that protects both e1 rook and f4 knight. So altough black still have the edge and will eventually win as far as I can see this doesn't look like forced mate.
This kind of books make me angry. Why this option wasn't mentioned in solutions ? ðŸ˜
And I thought I was a problem and starred 30 minutes at the board like I was retarted because I couldn't find forced mate.
Aren't forced mates called forced because they are FORCED ??
Level 1 : Anderssen (Black, to play) has sacrificed a piece to reach this position. He concluders with a spectacular sacrifice that cuts off the king's retreat and forces mate in a few moves.
The move is pretty much obvious;
1. Nd3 opening up discovered attack on the white f4 knight. If 1...Rxe8 then Bxf4# or if 1...Qxd3 then 2. Qxe1 followed by 3. Bxf4#.
But as I found that two options (I am solving those exercise in my mind in front of chessboard with given position so I could miss something) I decided to look a bit more to find out if there is some move for white to save himself.
And indeed, after a minute or two I noticed move Nxf3 that protects both e1 rook and f4 knight. So altough black still have the edge and will eventually win as far as I can see this doesn't look like forced mate.
This kind of books make me angry. Why this option wasn't mentioned in solutions ? ðŸ˜
And I thought I was a problem and starred 30 minutes at the board like I was retarted because I couldn't find forced mate.
Aren't forced mates called forced because they are FORCED ??