Originally posted by shorbockyeah, I suppose Kc6 is better in that regard, but still, both queen on move 5...
4...Nf4+ then Ng6xe7 unstoppable!
But you're right : after 1...Ka5? white can win in different ways (2.Ka2, Kb3, Nc7) simply after 2.Kb3 Nc5+ 3.Kc4 Ne6, not 4.Kd5? but 4.Nf6! then the king can chase black knight
That's why 1...Kc6 is a better defensive try than Ka5, leaving only 1 winning move for white! (found by heinzkat, congrats!)
I would've never found Ka2 after Kc6 on my own though...
I didn't find it either...
I think this study is great if you want to show how deep the game of chess is : even in a position like this with only a pawn and 2 knights (yeah kings too ok) there can be such subtle and apparently incomprehensible moves
When you first see the position, hard to guess the only winning moves are 1.Ka3! Kc6 2.Ka2!!
Originally posted by shorbockhei, please do not forget about my substantial contribution for the solution with 1 Ka3 😛...maybe if I would have been online I would have helped more to finding the solution....
4...Nf4+ then Ng6xe7 unstoppable!
But you're right : after 1...Ka5? white can win in different ways (2.Ka2, Kb3, Nc7) simply after 2.Kb3 Nc5+ 3.Kc4 Ne6, not 4.Kd5? but 4.Nf6! then the king can chase black knight
That's why 1...Kc6 is a better defensive try than Ka5, leaving only 1 winning move for white! (found by heinzkat, congrats!)
anyway, it was preatty difficult: when I found Ka3 actually I was more like: take this move, found a refutation for black, take the second, the same...instead of searching for the correct move 😀...more like eliminating all the options and stay with the only one remaining...
Originally posted by heinzkat1.Nb3 with mate threat on 2.Na5 and 2.Rd4?
Another nice heroic Knight:
[fen]8/1N6/2pR3r/b1P5/K1kNBnq1/2P1p3/1Pp5/5b2[/fen]
White to move, mate in two. Composed by László Lindner (1947).
It looks like there's no way to stop them both and the king cannot escape in due time...
Oh golly, I hope I'm right!