11 Oct 07
Originally posted by mrjonesvich321Fastest I can do it is in 4: 1.Rd8+,Qc8 2.Na6+,Ka8 3.Qb8+,Qxb8 4.Nc7# checkmate.
[fen]1k3r2/ppN3bp/3R4/8/1P2nQ2/P4pPq/5P2/6K1[/fen]
I was wondering if it is possible for white to checkmate in three moves from this position. It's white's move, obviously.
I see no way to improve that line.
11 Oct 07
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well at a glance, Kna6+ pawn takes, rook d7+ (from queen) queen goes in for kill after but bishop can delay for one move so it would be four moves,.... too tired to look too closely but white can easily win from this position.If nobody has answered by the morning then I will look properly.
11 Oct 07
Originally posted by Pigface1You forget the queen is hanging.
well at a glance, Kna6+ pawn takes, rook d7+ (from queen) queen goes in for kill after but bishop can delay for one move so it would be four moves,.... too tired to look too closely but white can easily win from this position.If nobody has answered by the morning then I will look properly.
11 Oct 07
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my moves are all check though
Its 2.20 AM here and my eyes are closing I would love to have a go at this one because I think the key is the knight check first, but by the time I get up this will be solved.
Knight checks, pawn takes knight, rook d7 check from queen, king goes into corner, queen takes knight check king moves b8 queen goes to checkmate.... thats still 4 though
11 Oct 07
Originally posted by Pigface1Yes,all check,but the 2nd check is given by a hanging queen.After 1.Na6+,bxa6 2.Rd7+??,Rxf4 how will you mate black with your lone rook?
my moves are all check though
Its 2.20 AM here and my eyes are closing I would love to have a go at this one because I think the key is the knight check first, but by the time I get up this will be solved.
11 Oct 07
Originally posted by ouwe belgyea good point, i am clearly too tired to do this in my head and cant be bothered right now to setup the position in analasyis.
Yes,all check,but the 2nd check is given by a hanging queen.After 1.Na6+,bxa6 2.Rd7+??,Rxf4 how will you mate black with your lone rook?
11 Oct 07
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Originally posted by Pigface1It's 3.30am overhere,I'm tired too.Why use an engine for this?And the queen is still hanging 😛
because i am too tired, i dont have an engine, and i like figuring them out myself.
Rest well,you'll see it in the morning when you are fully awake.
edit: you already saw it 🙂
11 Oct 07
Originally posted by Pigface1Sorry, I should have done a quote. My engine question was for jonesvich. BTW, my engine gave me an answer, but I'll hold off on mentioning it in case you still want to figure it out on your own.
because i am too tired, i dont have an engine, and i like figuring them out myself.
11 Oct 07
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Originally posted by mrjonesvich321Sure, there are a number of free ones. Probably the best free one is the Arena GUI. Go to the link below, then go to the "Arena Downloads" section. For starters, just download the Arena 1.1 Setup 1. (Version 1.1 is stable, and Setup 1 comes with the SOS 5.1 engine, which isn't bad.) Later you can download other free engines and add them to the Arena GUI.
I don't have an engine, though that's probably an investment I should make. Are there online ones?
http://www.playwitharena.com/