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this is from an otb tournament game i should have lost. seeing as it's not composed there may be flaws, and as black played imperfectly i give you his moves:
...Kf8
...Qf3+
#

white to play, wins in 3


probably not hard as a puzzle, but it was a very exciting endgame 🙂

edit: oops, forget to title the thread!

That was far from an immediate win, but according to the moves you gave, I expect the last move was Rg2#

yes, that's right, by that i suppose you must have figured the preceding moves as well.

edit: as the mate must be discovered

1.Rxg7+ 1.Kf8
2.Re1g1 2.Qf3+
3.Rg1g2 then 3.Bxg2! is not mate i think.

sorry if i'm missing something.

Originally posted by pootstick
this is from an otb tournament game i should have lost. seeing as it's not composed there may be flaws, and as black played imperfectly i give you his moves:
...Kf8
...Qf3+
#

white to play, wins in 3
[fen]r3r1k1/5pp1/7p/2p5/8/7b/2QB1q1P/4R1RK w - - 0 2[/fen]

probably not hard as a puzzle, but it was a very exciting endgame 🙂

edit: oops, forget to title the thread!

I would go 1 Rxg7+ Kf8
2 R-G8+ KxR (Forced)
3 R-G1+ if K-f1, Bx H6+ wins queen
or 3 R-g1+ K-h8
4 B-C3+ Wins queen.

Originally posted by jorko
1.Rxg7+ 1.Kf8
2.Re1g1 2.Qf3+
3.Rg1g2 then 3.Bxg2! is not mate i think.

sorry if i'm missing something.

Mephisto correctly gives Rg2# as white's third move, which must block check, and simultaneously discover mate. So, Bxh6 is the intermediate move.

edit: sonhouse, you have mate forced after 3.Kf8 Bxh6# which is probably better than the solution, as black doesn't have the option Re8xRe1 which gives white the queen but for a heavy price.