Originally posted by BigDoggProblem 1.Rg8 Qa2 2.Rf8 Qa3 3.Ke8! looks like a promising start...
That's actually it. Black can't do a thing. The only way for him to prevent mate is to play 3. ... Qe6 4. Kf7 Qb7 5. Rxb7 and white king can just move in to lock up the black king while with no hurry queen his pawn and mate black.
Originally posted by kbaumen That's actually it. Black can't do a thing. The only way for him to prevent mate is to play 3. ... Qe6 4. Kf7 Qb7 5. Rxb7 and white king can just move in to lock up the black king while with no hurry queen his pawn and mate black.
Looks like you mean 3...Qd6 4.Kf7+ Qb8 5.Rxb8+.
I had refrained from solving this because I thought it was going to have essentially the same solution as another oft-posted problem on these forums:
Yes, I did mean Qd6. Just the letters 'e' and 'd' are very near on the keyboard. And I have no idea did I write Qb7. I was in a hurry so I had a few typos. Stupid ones, indeed, but good that you understood and there weren't any misunderstandings. (I hope there weren't)
Originally posted by ilywrin Here is something I've devised from your position (haven't run it through a program to see if there are alternative solutions than the intended one:
White to mate in 3:
[fen]4B3/8/2p1p3/2PNB2P/4k1pP/2K5/3PPp2/8 [/fen]
Brilliant if my solution is right.
1. Bg6+! Kxe5
2. d4+! Kxd5
3. e4#
or;
1. Bg6+! Kxd5
2.
3.
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