#2

White #2

nice

Qc5!

if Kc7 then Nb5++
if Ke5 then Re8++

and Ba3 if king takes queen

After 1. ..., Ke5 you can also play 2. Bf4++

Good problem. Although there are some great puzzles on here, there aren't many chess mates. I suppose I'd better start.
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Originally posted by ares3
Good problem. Although there are some great puzzles on here, there aren't many chess mates. I suppose I'd better start.
😛
[fen]7k/p4pR1/1p5p/3p1r2/4n3/P5NP/1P4P1/6K1[/fen]
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Originally posted by Aetherael
unless i'm missing something...? Nxf5 protects the white rook from recapture

i'm not sure why because i can't work out the ending for certain, but my gut tells me it's ...d4 aiming for a pawn promotion. but after Nxf5..d3 Kf1..d2 Ke1 the pawn doesn't get through. clearly ...Kg7 fails to Nxf5+, and ...Nxg3 Rxg3 gains nothing. is it possible that ..Rf6 provides enough protection to get the pawn promoted? or is Rg4?! enough attack to compensate. i'd love to know, but am too much an amateur 🙂

Originally posted by Aetherael
i'm not sure why because i can't work out the ending for certain, but my gut tells me it's ...d4 aiming for a pawn promotion. but after Nxf5..d3 Kf1..d2 Ke1 the pawn doesn't get through. clearly ...Kg7 fails to Nxf5+, and ...Nxg3 Rxg3 gains nothing. is it possible that ..Rf6 provides enough protection to get the pawn promoted? or is Rg4?! enough attack to compensate. i'd love to know, but am too much an amateur 🙂

Originally posted by ares3
Don't knock yourself, Aethereal. Your analysis is mostly fine except with the Pd2, Ke1 is not possible. Also, after Nxf5 d3, Rxf7 followed by Ne3 protects the queening square.
Good idea, but unfortunately not the right one. 😉

Originally posted by Aetherael
thanks ares - yeah i definitely meant ..d2 Ke2, but same idea - no good for black's pawn.

Previously was Bh6 Kf8. White actually played Be3, but was there something better? A tough one here.
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Alright, I've relocated these puzzles to my thread now.
Anyone welcome, of course.😀

Rf4?

Nope.

Originally posted by ares3
[fen]r1bq1k1r/2p1n1bp/p4ppB/np1Np3/4P3/1B3N2/PPP2PPP/R2QK2R[/fen]

Previously was Bh6 Kf8. White actually played Be3, but was there something better? A tough one here.
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