3Q4/5q1k/4ppp1/2Kp1N1B/RR6/3P1r2/4nP1b/3b4 w - - 0 1
SETUP
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[Event "Chess Puzzle"] [Site "RedHotPawn"] [Date "1851.01.01"] [Round "-"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [FEN "3Q4/5q1k/4ppp1/2Kp1N1B/RR6/3P1r2/4nP1b/3b4 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] 1. Rb7 { Pinning the black queen to her king. It isn't defended though so she can just take it. } 1... Qxb7 2. Bxg6+ { Sacrificing a piece. You'll see that white follows the sac trend throughout the puzzle. He is forced to take the bishop, it's his only legal move. } 2... Kxg6 3. Qg8+ { Here it seems white is sacrificing another piece (the knight). If black moves to h5 he gets checkmated in one with either Rh4 or Qg4. } 3... Kxf5 4. Qg4+ { Winning the rook? I don't think so. White isn't gonna try to get his material back: He's going for the mate. Only legal move for black is Ke5. } 4... Ke5 5. Qh5+ { As I said, not taking the rook. Black has to be careful here. } 5... Rf5 { His only good move. f5 can be followed by Qxh2+ and black's going to lose his queen after Kf6 OR he drops the rook on f3. Rf5 definitely best. At the moment he suspects nothing apart from the fact that white is playing suicide chess. } 6. f4+ { Saccing another piece. Black has to take with his bishop, the knight taking is a checkmate with Re4+ dxe4 d4#. } 6... Bxf4 { Black is getting more and more hemmed in by his own pieces. It'll come at a cost. } 7. Qxe2+ { The Queen is gone and white is so far down in material it's not even a joke. If a person hadn't seen the game before he would have thought this was a game between a 2800 and a 500. } 7... Bxe2 8. Re4+ { Black is forced to take with his pawn as it his only legal move. This blocks the escape for the black king on e4. } 8... dxe4 9. d4# { A brilliant game. White beats black with one pawn vs a Queen, Rook, two Bishops and three pawns. How sad. }
Originally posted by Tygert Do you think you could have solved the puzzle without looking at the solution? There is no way in hell I would have got it.
Yes, I could have solved it. It is mostly checking/forcing moves. The more difficult ones have quiet moves.
Originally posted by Tygert White to play and mate in 9.
[fen]3Q4/5q1k/4ppp1/2Kp1N1B/RR6/3P1r2/4nP1b/3b4 w - - 0 1[/fen]
Solution:
[pgn]
[Event "Chess Puzzle"]
[Site "RedHotPawn"]
[Date "1851.01.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[FEN "3Q4/5q1k/4ppp1/2Kp1N1B/RR6/3P1r2/4nP1b/3b4 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
1. Rb7 { Pinning the black queen to her king. It wn vs a Queen, Rook, two Bishops and three pawns. How sad. } [/pgn]
Originally posted by Lloyd Linton Jones What do you mean?
I was trying to visualize the moves without moving and I thought that instead of 5.Qh5+ that 5.Re4+ dxe4 6.Qxe4 was checkmate, but then I saw the Black Queen on b7, which I had lost from my visual memory somehow.
Originally posted by Fat Lady One of my comments was that if 5. ... f5 instead of 5. ... Rf5 then White has 6. Qh8+ Qg7 7. Qxg7#
I missed the original thread and comments, but I would hve said something like "Jesus %$#@ that's the most *&^%$#@ amazing thing I've ever &^%$#@ seen!!" 🙂
Originally posted by ChessPraxis I missed the original thread and comments, but I would hve said something like "Jesus %$#@ that's the most *&^%$#@ amazing thing I've ever &^%$#@ seen!!" 🙂
Pretty cool hey? Could someone perhaps do an analysis of one of Alekhine's famous puzzles?
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