Mate in 5

White to play and mate in 5 moves

Ka8 works. Good puzzle, and black's a dumbass.

Originally posted by doodinthemood
Ka8 works. Good puzzle, and black's a dumbass.

So fast?😲

oooh, just checked it out though. Fritz cannot find the answer. So this can go to people's memory banks as another puzzle to cite when trying to show how awful fritz is 😉

Originally posted by doodinthemood
Ka8 works. Good puzzle, and black's a dumbass.

The full solution:

1.Ka8 [threat 2.Rh7 and 3.Rxh2] 1...Rh8+ 2.Qe8! Rxe8+

2...Rh2 3.Re7 and 4.Rxe2+ finishes

3.Ka7 Ra8+ 4.Kxa8 ~ 5.Ng2#

Originally posted by doodinthemood
oooh, just checked it out though. Fritz cannot find the answer. So this can go to people's memory banks as another puzzle to cite when trying to show how awful fritz is 😉

It only mated me in 17 moves instead of 5! 😠 I want my money back!

What if 3..Nd3?

4. Nxd3 mate, I suppose.

Originally posted by heinzkat
4. Nxd3 mate, I suppose.

I keep being fooled by the inversed places...😳

Originally posted by SwissGambit
It only mated me in 17 moves instead of 5! 😠 I want my money back!

Yeah, if Fritz was playing blitz game, he might only have time for 6 moves, and he would have lost that game!!!!

That being said, I took 10 minutes thinking about the 5 moves, in which time I could have made quite a few :p

Originally posted by SwissGambit
The full solution:

1.Ka8 [threat 2.Rh7 and 3.Rxh2] 1...Rh8+ 2.Qe8! Rxe8+

2...Rh2 3.Re7 and 4.Rxe2+ finishes

3.Ka7 Ra8+ 4.Kxa8 ~ 5.Ng2#

what's stopping black from playing 4. Ne4?
to me that kinda looks liek it defuses the mate...
or is there another mate somewhere else
EDIT: nvm, jst realised that the pawns were going the wrong way

Originally posted by doodinthemood
oooh, just checked it out though. Fritz cannot find the answer. So this can go to people's memory banks as another puzzle to cite when trying to show how awful fritz is 😉

Chessmaster 8000 took 8 seconds with 333 MHz proscessor
🙂