Queen mate

Queen mate

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If white can arrange for black's king to be on a6 when his queen arrives on b8 with black to move then the king can be forced to move down the a-file until the queen can mate. Forcing that arrangement of king and queen is the thing though. Too much beer and not enough sleep for that tonight.

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You could be right. My brain just won't do the necessary to work it out tonight. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe not.

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You can't force the black K to a4 with just the Q.

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I dont have a beard, but the solution is:

1.Qd5+ Ka7
2.Qb5 Ka8
3.Qa6+ Kb8
4.Qc6 Ka7
5.Qc8 Kb6
6.Qd7 Kc5
7.Qe6 Kb5
8.Qd6 Ka5
9.Qb4+ Ka6
10.Qb8 Ka5
11.Qb7 Ka4
12Qa6#

tell me a better move for black at any time, and I will gladly tell you a better way to mate.

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When I looked at your surprisingly high rating, I thought you were smarter and could easily figure this out, instead of immediatly jumping to conclusions.😉

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Just what I thought. And what about 1.. Kb8

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If 1 ... Kb8 then white just plays Qc6 and the mate (if it works, I haven't found anything to counter 6 ... Ka6 yet) is just advanced by a couple of moves.

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This thread could end up with endless examples of non-forcing lines!

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6.......Ka6
7.Qc7 Kb5
8.Qd6, and the same situation results